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

A hungry belly has no ears. Pr. 30

Ah! vitam perdidi operose nihil agendo—I have lost my life, alas! in laboriously doing nothing. Grotius.

Aide-toi, et le ciel t'aidera—Help yourself and Heaven will help you. Fr.

[Greek: Ai symphorai poiousi makrologous]—Misfortunes make men talk loquaciously. Appian.

[Greek: Aidôs olôlen]—Modesty has died out. Theognis.

Ainsi que son esprit, tout peuple a son langage—Every 35 nation has its own language as well as its own temperament. Voltaire.

Air de fête—Looking festive. Fr.

Air distingué—Distinguished looking. Fr.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence. Lavater.

Aisé à dire est difficile à faire—Easy to say is hard to do. Fr. Pr.