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

Amantes, amentes—In love, in delirium. Ter.

Amantium iræ amoris redintegratio est—The 5 quarrels of lovers bring about a renewal of love. Ter.

A man who cannot mind his own business is not to be trusted with the king's. Saville.

A ma puissance—To my power. M.

Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur—To be in love and act wisely is scarcely in the power of a god. Faber.

[Greek: Hamartôlai ... en anthrôpoisin hepontai thnêtois]—Proneness to sin cleaves fast to mortal men. Theognis.

Ambigendi locus—Reason for questioning or 10 doubt.

Ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces—To scatter ambiguous reports among the people. Virg.

Ambition is not a vice of little people. Montaigne.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth in nobleness proceeds. T. D. English.