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

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. Whipple.

[Greek: Anêr ho pheugôn kai palin machêsetai]—The man who runs away will fight again.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Amiel.

An evening red and morning grey, is a sure sign of a fair day. Pr.

A new broom sweeps clean. Pr.

A new life begins when a man once sees with his own eyes all that before he has but partially read or heard of. Goethe.

A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views. Vauvenargues.

An eye like Mars, to threaten or command. 5 Ham., iii. 4.

Anfang heiss, Mittel lau, Ende kalt—The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm, the end cold. Ger. Pr.

Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Macb., iv. 3.