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

Alt ist das Wort, doch bleibet hoch und wahr der Sinn—Old is the Word, yet does the meaning abide as high and true as ever. Faust.

Altro diletto che' mparar, non provo—Learning 35 is my sole delight. Petrarch.

Always filling, never full. Cowper.

Always have two strings to your bow. Pr.

Always strive for the whole; and if thou canst not become a whole thyself, connect thyself with a whole as a ministering member. Schiller.

Always there is a black spot in our sunshine, the shadow of ourselves. Carlyle.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always 40 to trust. Goethe.

Always win fools first; they talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to. Helps.

Amabilis insania—A fine frenzy. Hor.

A machine is not a man or a work of art; it is destructive of humanity and art. Wm. Blake.