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 jest loses its point when he who makes it 40 is the first to laugh. Schiller.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear / Of him that hears it, never in the tongue / Of him that makes it. Love's L. Lost, v. 2.

A Jove principium—Beginning with Jove.

A judge who cannot punish, associates himself in the end with the criminal. Goethe.

A judicious (verständiger) man is of much value for himself, of little for the whole. Goethe.

A king of shreds and patches. Ham., iii. 4. 45

A king's son is no nobler than his company. Gael. Pr.

A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. Ham., iv. 2.

A l'abandon—At random; little cared for. Fr.

A la belle étoile—In the open air. Fr.