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

Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta—Outward acts betray the secret intention. L. Max.

Act always so that the immediate motive of 45 thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings. Kant.

Acti labores jucundi—The remembrance of past labours is pleasant.

Action can be understood and again represented by the spirit alone. Goethe.

Action is but coarsened thought. Amiel.

Action is the right outlet of emotion. Ward Beecher.

Actions speak louder than words. Pr. 50

Actis ævum implet, non segnibus annis—His lifetime is full of deeds, not of indolent years. Ovid.

Activity is the presence, and character the record, of function. Greenough.

Actum est de republicâ—It is all over with the republic.