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

Adó sacan y non pon, presto llegan al hondon—By ever taking out and never putting in, one soon reaches the bottom. Sp. Pr.

Ad patres—Dead; to death (lit. to the fathers).

A downright contradiction is equally mysterious 45 to wise men as to fools. Goethe.

Ad perditam securim manubrium adjicere—To throw the helve after the hatchet, i.e., to give up in despair.

Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas—Honesty is often goaded to ruin. Phædr.

Ad pœnitendum properat, cito qui judicat—He who decides in haste repents in haste. Pub. Syr.

Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute novi—To the vulgar herd with your trappings; for me, I know you both inside and out. Pers.

Ad quæstionem legis respondent judices, ad 50 quæstionem facti respondent juratores—It is the judge's business to answer to the question of law, the jury's to answer to the question of fact. L.

Ad quod damnum—To what damage. L.

Ad referendum—For further consideration.