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

Admiration praises; love is dumb. Börne.

Ad modum—In the manner.

Ad nauseam—To disgust; sickening. 35

Ad ogni santo la sua torcia—To every saint his own torch, i.e., his place of honour. It. Pr.

Ad ogni nocello suo nido è bello—Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful. It. Pr.

Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua—Every one thinks his own cross the hardest to bear. It. Pr.

A dog's life—hunger and ease.

A dog winna yowl if you fell him wi' a bane. 40 Sc. Pr.

Adolescentem verecundum esse decet—A young man ought to be modest. Plaut.

Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo—A man addicted to every lust.