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

Æquum est / Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus—It is fair that he who begs to be forgiven should in turn forgive. Hor.

Ære perennius—More enduring than brass. Hor.

Ærugo animi, rubigo ingenii—Rust, viz., idleness, 20 of mind is the blight of genius, i.e., natural capability of every kind.

Æs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit—A slight debt makes a man your debtor; a heavier one, your enemy. Laber.

Ætatem non tegunt tempora—Our temples do not conceal our age.

Æternum inter se discordant—They are eternally at variance with each other. Ter.

Ævo rarissima nostro simplicitas—Simplicity a very rare thing now-a-days. Ovid.

A fact is a great thing: a sentence printed, 25 if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Carlyle.

A fact in our lives is valuable, not so far as it is true, but as it is significant. Goethe.

A facto ad jus non datur consequentia—Inference from the fact to the law is not legitimate. L. Max.