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

Alia res sceptrum, alia plectrum—Ruling men is one thing, fiddling to them another. Pr.

A liar is always lavish of oaths. Corneille.

A liar should have a good memory. Pr. 10

Alias—Otherwise.

Alia tentanda via est—We must try another way.

Alibi—Elsewhere.

A lie is like a snowball; the farther you roll it, the bigger it becomes. Luther.

A lie has no legs, but scandal has wings. 15 Pr.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. Tennyson.

Aliena negotia centum / Per caput, et circa saliunt latus—A hundred affairs of other people leap through my head and at my side. Hor.