Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
definition of man.
Animals can enjoy, but only men can be cheerful. 25 Jean Paul.
Anima mundi—The soul of the world.
Animo ægrotanti medicus est oratio—Kind words are as a physician to an afflicted spirit. Pr.
Animo et fide—By courage and faith. M.
Animo, non astutia—By courage, not by craft. M.
Animum pictura pascit inani—He feeds his soul 30 on the unreal picture. Virg.
Animum rege, qui nisi paret imperat—Rule your spirit well, for if it is not subject to you, it will lord it over you. Hor.
Animus æquus optimum est ærumnæ condimentum—A patient mind is the best remedy for trouble. Plaut.
Animus furandi—The intention of stealing. L.
Animus homini, quicquid sibi imperat, obtinet—The mind of man can accomplish whatever it resolves on.
Animus hominis semper appetit agere aliquid—The 35 mind of man is always longing to do something. Cic.
Animus non deficit æquus—Equanimity does not fail us. M.
Animus quod perdidit optat / Atque in præterita se totus imagine versat—The mind yearns after what is gone, and loses itself in dreaming of the past. Petron.
An indifferent agreement is better than a good verdict. Pr.
An individual helps not; only he who unites with many at the proper time. Goethe.
An individual man is a fruit which it cost all 40 the foregoing ages to form and ripen. Emerson.
An infant crying in the night, / An infant crying for the light; / And with no language but a cry. Tennyson.
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. Ruskin.
An innocent man needs no eloquence; his innocence is instead of it. Ben Jonson.
An iron hand in a velvet glove. Charles V., said of a gentle compulsion.
An irreverent knowledge is no knowledge; 45 it may be a development of the logical or other handicraft faculty, but is no culture of the soul of a man. Carlyle.
An nescis longas regibus esse manus?—Do you not know that kings have long, i.e., far-grasping, hands? Ovid.
An nescis, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur (or regatur orbis)?—Do you not know with how very little wisdom the world is governed? Axel Oxenstjerna to his son.
An nichts Geliebtes muszt du dein Gemüt / Also verpfänden, dass dich sein Verlust / Untröstbar machte—Never so set your heart on what you love that its loss may render you inconsolable. Herder.
Anno domini—In the year of our Lord.
Anno mundi—In the year of the world. 50
Annus mirabilis—The year of wonders.
A noble heart will frankly capitulate to reason. Schiller.
A noble man cannot be indebted for his culture to a narrow circle. The world and his native land must act on him. Goethe.
An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. Pope.
A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool. 55 Heb. Pr.
An old bird is not to be caught with chaff. Pr.
An old knave is no babe. Pr.
An old man in a house is a good sign in a house. Heb. Pr.
An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow. Metastasio.
An open confession is good for the soul. Pr. 60
An open door may tempt a saint. Pr.
Another such victory and we are done. Pyrrhus after his second victory over the Romans.
An ounce of a man's own wit is worth a pound of other peoples'. Sterne.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. Fuller.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of 65 wit. Pr.
An ounce o' mother-wit is worth a pound o' clergy. Sc. Pr.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. Pr.
An quidquid stultius, quam quos singulos contemnas, eos aliquid putare esse universos?—Can there be any greater folly than the respect you pay to men collectively when you despise them individually? Cic.
[Greek: Anthrôpos ôn tout' isthi kai memnês' aei]—Being a man, know and remember always that thou art one. Philemon Comicus.
[Greek: Anthrôpos physei zôon politikon]—Man is by nature an animal meant for civic life. Arist.
Ante lucem—Before daybreak.
Ante meridiem—Before noon. 5
Ante omnia—Before everything else.
Antequam incipias, consulto; et ubi consulueris, facto opus est—Before you begin, consider well; and when you have considered, act. Sall.
Ante senectutem curavi, ut bene viverem; in senectute, ut bene moriar—Before old age, it was my chief care to live well; in old age, it is to die well. Sen.
Ante tubam tremor occupat artus—We tremble all over before the bugle sounds. Virg.
Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum—Don't 10 celebrate your triumph before you have conquered.
Anticipation forward points the view. Burns.
Antiquâ homo virtute ac fide—A man of antique valour and fidelity. M.
Antiquitas sæculi juventus mundi—The ancient time of the world was the youth of the world. Bacon.
An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind. Ruskin.
Anxiety is the poison of human life. Blair. 15
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. Thoreau.
Any port in a storm. Sc. Pr.
Any road will lead you to the end of the world. Schiller.
Anything for a quiet life. Pr.
"A pack of kinless loons;" said of Cromwell's 20 judges by the Scotch.
Apage, Satana—Begone, Satan!
A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the land encumbers him with help. Johnson.
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