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

Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus—Sometimes even the good Homer nods. Hor.

Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa—No one may sit as judge in his own case. L.

Alis volat propriis—He flies with his own wings. 40 M.

A little body often harbours a great soul. Pr.

A little fire is quickly trodden out; / Which being suffered, rivers cannot quench. 3 Hen. VI., iv. 8.

A little is better than none. Pr.

A little learning is a dangerous thing / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 45 Pr.

A little more than kin, and less than kind. Ham., i. 2.

A little neglect may breed great mischief. Franklin.