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

Ampliat ætatis spatium sibi vir bonus; hoc est / Vivere bis vitâ posse priore frui—The good man extends the term of his life; it is to live twice, to be able to enjoy one's former life. Mar.

Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen uns're Reben—On the Rhine, on the Rhine, there grow our vines! Claudius.

Am sausenden Webstuhl der Zeit—On the noisy loom of Time. Goethe.

Amt ohne Geld macht Diebe—Office without 10 pay makes thieves. Ger. Pr.

A mucho hablar, mucho errar—Talk much, err much. Sp. Pr.

A multitude of sparks yields but a sorry light. Amiel.

Anacharsis among the Scythians—A wise man among unwise.

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. Macaulay.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world 15 of promise. Howell.

Analysis is not the business of the poet. His office is to portray, not to dissect. Macaulay.