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 vitam aut culpam—Till some misconduct be proved (lit. for life or fault).

Ad vivum—To the life.

A dwarf sees farther than the giant when he 75 has the giant's shoulders to mount on. Coleridge.

Ægis fortissima virtus—Virtue is the strongest shield. M.

Ægrescit medendo—The remedy is worse than the disease (lit. the disorder increases with the remedy).

Ægri somnia vana—The delusive dreams of a sick man. Hor.

Ægroto, dum anima est, spes est—While a sick man has life, there is hope. Pr.

Ae half o' the world doesna ken how the ither 5 half lives. Sc. Pr.

Ae man may tak' a horse to the water, but twenty winna gar (make) him drink. Sc. Pr.

Ae man's meat is anither man's poison. Sc. Pr.