Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
a qui se contente—He has enough who is content. Fr. Pr.
Assez dort qui rien ne fait—He sleeps enough who does nothing. Fr. Pr.
Assez gagne qui malheur perd—He gains enough who gets rid of a sorrow. Fr. Pr.
Assez sait qui sait vivre et se taire—He knows 30 enough who knows how to live and how to keep his own counsel. Fr. Pr.
Assez tôt si assez bien—Soon enough if well enough. Fr. Pr.
Assez y a, si trop n'y a—There is enough where there is not too much. Fr. Pr.
Associate with the good, and you will be esteemed one of them. Sp. Pr.
As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, / Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, / Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, / Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Goldsmith.
As soon as a man is born he begins to die. 35 Ger. Pr.
As soon as beauty is sought, not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Emerson.
As soon as the soul sees any object, it stops before that object. Emerson.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Ham., iii. 4.
Assumpsit—An action on a verbal promise. L.
Assurance is two-thirds of success. Gael. Pr. 40
A state is never greater than when all its superfluous hands are employed in the service of the public. Hume.
A state of violence cannot be perpetual, or disaster and ruin would be universal. Bp. Burnet.
A statesman requires rather a large converse with men, and much intercourse in life, than deep study of books. Burke.
A stern discipline pervades all Nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind. Spenser.
As the births of living creatures at first are 45 ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. Bacon.
As the first order of wisdom is to know thyself, so the first order of charity is to be sufficient for thyself. Ruskin.
As the fool thinks, the bell clinks. Pr.
As the good man saith, so say we: / As the good woman saith, so it must be. Pr.
As the husband is, the wife is: / Thou art mated with a clown, / And the grossness of his nature / Will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson.
As the man is, so is his strength. Bible. 50
As the old cock crows, the young one learns. Pr.
As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain. Quarles.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, / So honour peereth in the meanest habit. Tam. of Shrew, iv. 3.
As the youth lives in the future, so the man lives with the past; no one knows rightly how to live in the present. Grillparzer.
As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Bible. 55
A still, small voice. Bible.
A stitch in time saves nine. Pr.
As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. Goethe.
Astra castra, numen lumen—The stars my camp, the deity my light. M.
Astræa redux—Return of the goddess of justice. 60
A straight line is the shortest in morals as well as in geometry. Rahel.
A strange fish. Tempest, ii. 2.
Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus—The stars govern men, but God governs the stars.
A strenuous soul hates cheap success. Emerson.
A strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. Montaigne.
A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing. Colton.
Astronomy has revealed the great truth that 5 the whole universe is bound together by one all-pervading influence. Leitch.
A' Stuarts are no sib (related) to the king (the family name of the Scotch kings being Stuart). Sc. Pr.
Astutior coccyge—More crafty than the cuckoo (who deposits her eggs in another bird's nest). Pr.
A subject's faults a subject may proclaim, / A monarch's errors are forbidden game. Cowper.
A substitute shines brightly as a king, until a king be by. Mer. of Ven., v. 1.
A sudden thought strikes me, / Let us swear 10 an eternal friendship. Canning.
A sunbeam passes through pollution unpolluted. Eusebius.
A surfeit of sweetest things. Mid. N.'s Dream, ii. 3.
As water spilt upon the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Bible.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. Froude.
As we are born to work, so others are born to 15 watch over us while working. Goldsmith.
As weel be oot o' the world as oot o' the fashion. Sc. Pr.
As wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. Bacon.
As yet a child, not yet a fool to fame, / I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.
As you do to others, expect others to do to you. Pr.
As you make your bed you must lie on it. Pr. 20
As you sow you shall reap. Pr.
A tale never loses in the telling. Pr.
A talisman that shall turn base metal into precious, Nature acknowledges not; but a talisman to turn base souls into noble, Nature has given us; and that is a "philosopher's stone," but it is a stone which the builders refuse. Ruskin.
A tâtons—Groping. Fr.
A tattler is worse than a thief. Pr. 25
A (man of) teachable mind will hang about a wise man's neck. Bp. Patrick.
At every trifle scorn to take offence; / That always shows great pride or little sense. Pope.
At first one omits writing for a little while; and then one stays a little while to consider of excuses; and at last it grows desperate, and one does not write at all. Swift.