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

Associate with the good, and you will be esteemed one of them. Sp. Pr.

As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, / Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, / Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, / Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Goldsmith.

As soon as a man is born he begins to die. 35 Ger. Pr.

As soon as beauty is sought, not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Emerson.

As soon as the soul sees any object, it stops before that object. Emerson.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Ham., iii. 4.

Assumpsit—An action on a verbal promise. L.

Assurance is two-thirds of success. Gael. Pr. 40

A state is never greater than when all its superfluous hands are employed in the service of the public. Hume.

A state of violence cannot be perpetual, or disaster and ruin would be universal. Bp. Burnet.