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 beggar's purse is always empty. Pr.

A belief in the Bible, the fruit of deep meditation, 20 has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found it a capital safely invested, and richly productive of interest. Goethe.

Abends wird der Faule fleissig—Towards evening the lazy man begins to be busy. Ger. Pr.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth and spreading fertility. Epicurus.

Aberrare a scopo—To miss the mark.

Abeunt studia in mores—Pursuits assiduously prosecuted become habits.

Ab extra—From without. 25

Abgründe liegen im Gemüthe, die tiefer als die Hölle sind—There are abysses in the mind that are deeper than hell. Platen.

Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret—Nothing deters a good man from what honour requires of him. Sen.

A big head and little wit. Pr.