Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein. Bible.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Goldsmith.

Ask why God made the gem so small, / And why so huge the granite? / Because God meant mankind should set / The higher value on it. Burns.

As long as any man exists, there is some need 50 of him. Emerson.

As long lives a merry heart as a sad. Pr.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile, esteem without love is languid and cold. Swift.

A slow fire makes sweet malt. Pr.

A small man, if he stands too near a great, may see single portions well, and, if he will survey the whole, must stand too far off, where his eyes do not reach the details. Goethe.

A small sorrow distracts us, a great one makes 55 us collected. Jean Paul.

A small unkindness is a great offence. Hannah More.