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

Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet—When a disaster happens, every report confirming it obtains ready credence.

Ad captandum vulgus—To catch the rabble.

Addere legi justitiam decus—It is to one's honour 5 to combine justice with law. M.

A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution. Junius.

A deep meaning resides in old customs. Schiller.

A democracy is a state in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens. Ruskin.

A Deo et rege—From God and the king. M.

Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est—So 10 much depends on habit in the tender years of youth. Virg.

Ad eundem—To the same degree. Said of a graduate passing from one university to another.

Ad extremum—At last.