Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
menteur, menteur à demi—To a liar, a liar and a half, i.e., one be a match for him. Fr.
Amentium, haud amantium—Of lunatics, not 20 lovers.
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong. Ecclus.
A merciful man is merciful to his beast. Bible.
A mere madness to live like a wretch and die rich. Burton.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Bible.
A merveille—To a wonder. Fr. 25
Am Golde hängt doch Alles—On gold, after all, hangs everything. Margaret in "Faust."
Amici, diem perdidi—Friends, I have lost a day. Titus (at the close of a day on which he had done good to no one).
Amici probantur rebus adversis—Friends are proved by adversity. Cic.
Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum—Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own. Pub. Syr.
Amico d'ognuno, amico di nessuno—Everybody's 30 friend is nobody's friend. It. Pr.
Amicorum esse communia omnia—Friends' goods are all common property. Pr.
Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias—Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew he may one day become your enemy. Laber.
Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum—To lose a friend is the greatest of losses. Syr.
Amicus animæ dimidium—A friend the half of life.
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur—A true 35 friend is seen when fortune wavers. Ennius.
Amicus curiæ—A friend to the court, i.e., an uninterested adviser in a case.
Amicus est unus animus in duobus corporibus—A friend is one soul in two bodies. Arist.
Amicus humani generis—A friend of the human race.
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas—Plato is my friend, but truth is my divinity (lit. more a friend).
Amicus usque ad aras—A friend to the very 40 altar, i.e., to the death.
A mighty maze! but not without a plan. Pope.
A millstone and a man's heart are kept constantly revolving; where they have nothing to grind, they grind and fray away their own substance. Logan.
A mirror is better than a whole gallery of ancestral portraits. Menzel.
A miser is as furious about a halfpenny as the man of ambition about the conquest of a kingdom. Adam Smith.
A miss is as good as a mile. Pr. 45
"Am I to be saved? or am I to be lost?" Certain to be lost, so long as you put that question. Carlyle.
Amittit famam qui se indignis comparat—He loses repute who compares himself with unworthy people. Phædr.
Amittit merito proprium, qui alienum appetit—He who covets what is another's, deservedly loses what is his own. (Moral of the fable of the dog and the shadow.) Phædr.
Am meisten Unkraut trägt der fettste Boden—The fattest soil brings forth the most weeds. Ger. Pr.
A mob is a body voluntarily bereaving itself 50 of reason and traversing its work. Emerson.
A modest confession of ignorance is the ripest and last attainment of philosophy. R. D. Hitchcock.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. Holmes.
A monarchy is apt to fall by tyranny; an aristocracy, by ambition; a democracy, by tumults. Quarles.
Among nations the head has alway preceded the heart by centuries. Jean Paul.
Among the blind the one-eyed is a king. Pr. 55
Amor al cor gentil ratto s' apprende.—Love is quickly learned by a noble heart. Dante.
Amor a nullo amato amar perdona—Love spares no loved one from loving. Dante.
Amor bleibt ein Schalk, und wer ihm vertraut, ist betrogen—Cupid is ever a rogue, and whoever trusts him is deceived. Goethe.
Amore è di sospetti fabro—Love is a forger of suspicions. It. Pr.
Amore sitis uniti—Be ye united in love. 60
Amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus—Love is most fruitful both of honey and gall. Plaut.
Amor et obœdientia—Love and obedience. M.
Amor gignit amorem—Love begets love.
Amor omnibus idem—Love is the same in all. Virg.
Amor patriæ—Love of one's country. 65
Amor proximi—Love for one's neighbour.
Amor tutti eguaglia—Love makes all equal. It. Pr.
Amoto quæramus seria ludo—Jesting aside, let us give attention to serious business. Hor.
Amour avec loyaulté—Love with loyalty. M.
Amour fait moult, argent fait tout—Love can do much, but money can do everything. Fr. Pr.
Amour propre—Vanity; self-love. Fr.
A mouse never trusts its life to one hole only. 5 Plaut.
Amphora cœpit / Institui: currente rota cur urceus exit?—A vase was begun; why from the revolving wheel does it turn out a worthless pitcher? Hor.
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.
Analysis kills