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 danger foreseen is half avoided. Pr.

Adaptiveness is the peculiarity of human 65 nature. Emerson.

Ad aperturam—Wherever a book may be opened.

Ad arbitrium—At pleasure.

Ad astra per ardua—To the stars by steep paths. M.

A Daniel come to judgment. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1.

Ad avizandum—Into consideration. Scots Law. 70

A day may sink or save a realm. Tennyson.

A day of grace (Gunst) is as a day in harvest; one must be diligent as soon as it is ripe. Goethe.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self. Dickens.