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

A soldier, / Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth. As You Like It, ii. 7.

A solis ortu usque ad occasum—From where the sun rises to where it sets.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. 5 Henry Giles.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Tennyson.

A sorrow shared is but half a trouble, / But a joy that's shared is a joy made double. Pr.

A' sottili cascano le brache—The cloak sometimes falls off a cunning man. It. Pr.

A soul without reflection, like a pile / Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. Young.

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. Herrick. 10

A species is a succession of individuals which perpetuates itself. Cuvier.

Asperæ facetiæ ubi multum ex vero traxere, acrem sui memoriam relinquunt—Satire, when it comes near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. Tac.