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

Affaire du cœur—An affair of the heart. Fr.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. Guicciardini.

Affection lights a brighter flame / Than ever 40 blazed by art. Cowper.

Affirmatim—In the affirmative.

Afflavit Deus et dissipantur—God sent forth his breath, and they are scattered. Inscription on medal struck to commemorate the destruction of the Spanish Armada.

Afflictions are blessings in disguise. Pr.

A fiery soul, which, working out its way / Fretted the pigmy body to decay. Dryden.

A fin—To the end. 45

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. J. Roux.

A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism. Victor Hugo.