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

Altera manu scabunt, altera feriunt—They tickle with one hand and smite with the other. Pr.

Alter ego—Another or second self. 25

Alter idem—Another exactly the same.

Alter ipse amicus—A friend is a second self. Pr.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest—Let no man be slave of another who can be his own master. M. of Paracelsus.

Alter remus aquas, alter mihi radat arenas—Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch the sands, i.e., so as not to go out of my depth.

Alterum tantum—As much more. 30

Although men are accused of not knowing their weakness, yet perhaps as few know their strength. Swift.

Although the last, not least. King Lear, i. 1.

Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur—The deepest rivers flow with the least noise. Curt.