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

Almsgiving never made any man poor. Pr.

A loan should come laughing home. Pr. 15

A l'œuvre on connaît l'artisan—By the work one knows the workman. La Font.

A loisir—At leisure. Fr.

Alomban és szerelemben nincs lehetetlenséej—In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. J. Arany.

Along the cool sequester'd vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Gray.

A los bobos se les aperece la Madre de Dios—The 20 mother of God appears to fools. Sp. Pr.

A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind. Love's L. Lost, iv. 3.

Alte fert aquila—The eagle bears me on high. M.

Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat—He carries a stone in one hand, and shows bread in the other. Pr.