Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
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.
An artist is a person who has submitted to a law which it is painful to obey, that he may bestow a delight which it is gracious to bestow. Ruskin.
An artist is only then truly praised by us when we forget him in his work. Lessing.
An artist must have his measuring tools, not in the hand, but in the eye. Michael Angelo.
An artist should be fit for the best society, and 30 should keep out of it. Ruskin.
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. George Eliot.
A nation which labours, and takes care of the fruits of labour, would be rich and happy, though there were no gold in the universe. Ruskin.
[Greek: Ananka d' oude theoi machontai]—The gods themselves do not fight against necessity. Gr. Pr.
Anche il mar, che è si grande, si pacifica—Even the sea, great though it be, grows calm. It. Pr.
Anch' io sono pittore—I too am a painter. Correggio 35 before a picture of Raphael's.
Anche la rana morderebbe se avesse denti—Even the frog would bite if it had teeth. It. Pr.
Ancient art corporealises the spiritual; modern spiritualises the corporeal. Börne.
Ancient art is plastic; modern, pictorial. Schlegel.
And better had they ne'er been born / Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Scott.
And can eternity belong to me, / Poor pensioner 40 on the bounties of an hour? Young.
And earthly power doth then show likest God's, / When mercy seasons justice. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1.
And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side. Goldsmith.
And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Milton.
And he is oft the wisest man / Who is not wise at all. Wordsworth.
"And is this all?" cried Cæsar at his height, 45 disgusted. Young.
An dives sit omnes quærunt, nemo an bonus—Every one inquires if he is rich; no one asks if he is good.
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. Byron.
And much it grieved my heart to think / What man has made of man. Wordsworth.
And, often times, excusing of a fault / Doth make the fault worse by the excuse. King John, iv. 2.
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, / 50 And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot, / And thereby hangs a tale. As You Like It, ii. 7.
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, / That one small head could carry all he knew. Goldsmith.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. As You Like It, ii. 1.
A needle's eye is wide enough for two friends; the whole world is too narrow for two foes. Pers. Pr.
[Greek: Anechou kai apechou]—Bear and forbear. Epictetus.
A nemico che fugge, fa un ponte d'oro—Make 55 a bridge of gold for an enemy who is flying from you. It. Pr.
An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles. Pr.
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.
Angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. George Eliot.
Anger is like / A full-hot horse; who, being allow'd his way, / Self-mettle tires him. Hen. VIII., i. 2.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. Fuller. 10
Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Bible.
Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Quarles.
Anglicè—In English.
Angling is somewhat like poetry; men are to be born so. Isaak Walton.
Anguis in herbâ—A snake in the grass. 15
An honest citizen who maintains himself industriously has everywhere as much freedom as he wants. Goethe.
An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope.
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. Rich. III., iv. 4.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop. Pr.
An idler is a watch that wants both hands; / 20 As useless if it goes as if it stands. Cowper.
An ill-willie (ill-natured) cow should have short horns. Sc. Pr.
An ill wind that blows nobody good. Pr.
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. Pr.
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