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

Analysis kills spontaneity, just as grain, once it is ground into flour, no longer springs and germinates. Amiel.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. Sir H. Wotten.

An ambitious man is slave to everybody. Feijoó.

A name is no despicable matter. Napoleon, 20 for the sake of a great name, broke in pieces almost half a world. Goethe.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. Bismarck.

An archer is known by his aim, not by his arrows. Pr.

An arc in the movement of a large intellect does not differ sensibly from a straight line. Holmes.

An Argus at home, a mole abroad. Pr.

An army, like a serpent, goes on its belly. 25 Frederick the Great (?).

A narrow faith has much more energy than an enlightened one. Amiel.