Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
(moneyless) man gangs fast through the market. Sc. Pr.
A silver key can open an iron lock. Pr.
A simple child, / That lightly draws its breath, / 30 And feels its life in every limb, / What should it know of death? Wordsworth.
A simple maiden in her flower, / Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.
A simple, manly character need never make an apology. Emerson.
As in a theatre, the eyes of men, / After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, / Are idly bent on him that enters next, / Thinking his prattle to be tedious. Rich. II., v. 2.
A single grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. Lessing.
A single moment may transform everything. 35 Wieland.
A single word is often a concentrated poem, a little grain of pure gold, capable of being beaten out into a broad extent of gold-leaf. Trench.
Asinum sub fræno currere docere—To teach an ass to obey the rein, i.e., to labour in vain. Pr.
Asinus ad lyram—An ass at the lyre, i.e., one unsusceptible of music.
Asinus asino, et sus sui pulcher—An ass is beautiful to an ass, and a pig to a pig. Pr.
Asinus in tegulis—An ass on the house-tiles. 40
Asinus inter simias—An ass among apes, i.e., a fool among people who make a fool of him. Pr.
Asinus in unguento—An ass among perfumes, i.e., things he cannot appreciate.
As is the garden, such is the gardener. Heb. Pr.
As is the man, so is his God. Rückert, Goethe.
A sip is the most that mortals are permitted 45 from any goblet of delight. A. B. Alcott.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. Jesus.
Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein. Bible.
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Goldsmith.
Ask why God made the gem so small, / And why so huge the granite? / Because God meant mankind should set / The higher value on it. Burns.
As long as any man exists, there is some need 50 of him. Emerson.
As long lives a merry heart as a sad. Pr.
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile, esteem without love is languid and cold. Swift.
A slow fire makes sweet malt. Pr.
A small man, if he stands too near a great, may see single portions well, and, if he will survey the whole, must stand too far off, where his eyes do not reach the details. Goethe.
A small sorrow distracts us, a great one makes 55 us collected. Jean Paul.
A small unkindness is a great offence. Hannah More.
As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, / Receives the lurking principle of death; / The young disease, that must subdue at length, / Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.
As many suffer from too much as too little. Bovee.
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. Dut. Pr.
As merry as the day is long. Much Ado, ii. 1. 60
A smile abroad is oft a scowl at home. Tennyson.
A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown. Shakespeare.
As much love, so much mind, or heart. Lat. Pr.
As much virtue as there is, so much appears; as much goodness as there is, so much reverence it commands. Emerson.
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. Winter's Tale, iv. 2.
A society of people will cursorily represent a certain culture, though there is not a gentleman or a lady in the group. Emerson.
A soldier, / Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth. As You Like It, ii. 7.
A solis ortu usque ad occasum—From where the sun rises to where it sets.
A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. 5 Henry Giles.
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Tennyson.
A sorrow shared is but half a trouble, / But a joy that's shared is a joy made double. Pr.
A' sottili cascano le brache—The cloak sometimes falls off a cunning man. It. Pr.
A soul without reflection, like a pile / Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. Young.
A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. Herrick. 10
A species is a succession of individuals which perpetuates itself. Cuvier.
Asperæ facetiæ ubi multum ex vero traxere, acrem sui memoriam relinquunt—Satire, when it comes near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. Tac.
Asperius nihil est humili, cum surgit in altum—Nothing is more offensive than a low-bred man in a high station. Claud.
Aspettare e non venire, / Stare in letto e non dormire, / Ben servire e non gradire, / Son tre cose da morire—To wait for what never comes, to lie abed and not sleep, to serve and not be advanced, are three things to die of. It. Pr.
A spirit may be known from only a single 15 thought. Swedenborg.
As poor as Job. Merry Wives, v. 5.
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. Pr.
As proud go behind as before. Pr.
A spur in the head is worth two in the heels. Pr.
As reason is a rebel unto faith, so is passion 20 unto reason. Sir T. Browne.
Assai acqua passa per il molino, che il molinaio non se n'accorge—A good deal of water passes by the mill which the miller takes no note of. It. Pr.
Assai basta, e troppo guasta—Enough is enough, and too much spoils. It. Pr.
Assai ben balla, à chi fortuna suona—He dances well to whom fortune pipes. It. Pr.
Assai è ricco à chi non manca—He is rich enough who has no wants. It. Pr.
Assai guadagna chi vano sperar perde—He 25 gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. It. Pr.
Assai sa, chi non sa, se tacer sa—He who knows not, knows a good deal if he knows how to hold his tongue.