Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
Athanatous men prôta theous, nomô hôs diakeitai Tima]—Reverence, first of all, the immortal gods, as prescribed by law. Pythagoras.
At the gates of the forest the surprised man 30 of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. Emerson.
Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man. Bacon.
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Bacon.
A thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf. Pr.
A thing is the bigger of being shared. Gael. Pr.
A thing is what it is, only in and by means of 35 its limit. Hegel.
A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it. Ruskin.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness. Keats.
A thing you don't want is dear at any price. Pr.
A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have. Carlyle.
A third interprets motion, looks, and eyes, / 40 At every word a reputation dies. Pope.
A thorn is a changed bud. T. Lynch.
A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what others have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what others think proper to remember. Colton.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; / An hour may lay it in the dust. Byron.
A thread will tie an honest man better than a rope will do a rogue. Sc. Pr.
A threatened blow is seldom given. Pr. 45
A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Bible.
A thrill passes through all men at the reception of a new truth, or at the performance of a great action, which comes out of the heart of nature. … By the necessity of our constitution, a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's consciousness of that Divine presence. Emerson.
At ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore—Yet under this rude exterior lies concealed a mighty genius. Hor.
At no age should a woman be allowed to govern herself as she pleases. H. Mann.
A tocherless dame sits lang at hame. Sc. Pr. 50
A toom (empty) pantry maks a thriftless guid-wife. Sc. Pr.
A tort et à travers—Without consideration; at random. Fr.
A toute force—With all one's force. Fr.
A toute seigneur tout honneur—Let every one have his due honour. Fr. Pr.
At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier hic 55 est—Yet it is a fine thing to be pointed at with the finger and have it said, This is he! Persius.
Atque in rege tamen pater est—And yet in the king there is the father. Ovid.
Atqui vultus erat multa et præclara minantis—And yet you had the look of one that promised (lit. threatened) many fine things. Hor.
A trade of barbarians. Napoleon on war.
A tragic farce. Lille.
A travelled man has leave to lie. Pr. 60
A traveller of taste at once perceives that the wise are polite all the world over, but that fools are only polite at home. Goldsmith.
A tree is known by its fruit. Pr.
Atria regum hominibus plena sunt, amicis vacua—The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends. Sen.
Atrocitatis mansuetudo est remedium—Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty. Phædr.
A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation. Defoe.
A true genius may be known by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Swift.
A true man hates no one. Napoleon. 5
A truly great genius will be the first to prescribe limits for its own exertions. Brougham.
A truth / Looks freshest in the fashion of the day. Tennyson.
A truth to an age that has rejected and trampled on it, is not a word of peace, but a sword. Henry George.
At spes non fracta—Yet hope is not broken. M.
Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen 10 despotism; as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. Colton.
Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; / Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. Herrick.
Attendez à la nuit pour dire que le jour a été beau—Wait till night before saying that the day has been fine. Fr. Pr.
Attention makes the genius; all learning, fancy, and science depend on it. Willmott.
At the sight of a man we too say to ourselves, Let us be men. Amiel.
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, / Knows 15 it at forty, and reforms his plan. / At fifty, chides his infamous delay. / Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve. / Resolves—and re-resolves; then dies the same. Young.
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Grattan.
A tu hijo, buen nombre y oficio—To your son a good name and a trade. Sp. Pr.
A tutti non si adatta una sola scarpa—One shoe does not fit every foot. It. Pr.
At vindictum bonum vita jucundius ipsa. Nempe hoc indocti—But revenge is a blessing sweeter than life itself; so rude men feel. Juv.
At whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished 20 heads. Milton.
Au bon droit—By good right. Fr.
Au bout de son Latin—At his wit's end (lit. at the end of his Latin). Fr.
Au bout du compte—After the close of the account; after all. Fr.
Auch aus entwölkter Höhe / Kann der zündende Donner schlagen; / Darum in deinen fröhlichen Tagen / Fürchte des Unglücks tückische Nähe—Even out of a cloudless heaven the flaming thunderbolt may strike; therefore in thy days of joy have a fear of the spiteful neighbourhood of misfortune. Schiller.
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