ãoẞEOTOS Yéλws-Unquenchable, or Homeric, A single grateful thought turned heavenwards laughter. Hom. is the most perfect prayer. Lessing. A scalded cat dreads cauld water. Sc. Pr. A single moment may transform everything. 35 As dear to me as are the ruddy drops/ That A single word is often a concentrated poem, visit my sad heart. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1. A second Daniel. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1. 5 A secret is in my custody if I keep it; but if I blab it, it is I that am prisoner. Arab Pr. A self-denial no less austere than the saint's is demanded of the scholar. Emerson. As ever in my great taskmaster's eye. Milton. As every great evil, so every excessive power wears itself out at last. Herder. As falls the dew on quenchless sands, / Blood only serves to wash ambition's hands. Byron. 10 As for discontentments, they are in the politic body like humours in the natural, which are apt to gather a preternatural heat and inflame. Bacon. As formerly we suffered from wickedness, so now we suffer from the laws. Tac. As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there's no Goldsmith. - love lost between us. As for talkers and futile persons, they are commonly vain and credulous withal. Bacon. As from the wing no scar the sky retains, / The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Young. 15 As good be out of the world as out of the fashion. Pr. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself. Milton. As guid fish i'the sea as e'er came oot o't. Sc. Pr. As guid may haud (hold) the stirrup as he that loups on. Sc. Pr. A's guid that God sends. Sc. Pr. 20 As he alone is a good father who at table serves his children first, so is he alone a good citizen who, before all other outlays, discharges what he owes to the state. Goethe. As he who has health is young, so he who A short cut is often a wrong cut. Dan. Pr. 25 As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. A sight to dream of, not to tell. Coleridge. A sillerless (moneyless)man gangs fast through A silver key can open an iron lock. Pr. 20 A simple child, / That lightly draws its breath,/ 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. Rick. II., v. 2. 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. 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. 40 As is the man, so is his God. Rückert, Goethe. A sip is the most that mortals are permitted 45 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye from any goblet of delight. A. B. Alcott. 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. 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. Tenny son. 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 A society of people will cursorily represent a 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. 5 A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. 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. 10 A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. Her. rick. 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. 15 A spirit may be known from only a single thought. Swedenborg. As poor as Job. Merry Wives, v. 5. A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. Pr. A spur in the head is worth two in the heels. 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. Emers n. 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, As the fool thinks, the bell clinks. 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. As there is no worldly gain without some loss, As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,/ 50 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, Astræa redux-Return of the goddess of justice. 60 Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra DeusThe stars govern men, but God governs the stars. A strenuous soul hates cheap success. Emer son. 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. 5 Astronomy has revealed the great truth that 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. I. 10 A sudden thought strikes me, / Let us swear 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. 15 As we are born to work, so others are born to 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. 20 As you make your bed you must lie on it. Pr. As you sow you shall reap. Pr. A tale never loses in the telling. Pr. A tâtons-Groping. Fr. 25 A tattler is worse than a thief. Pr. A (man of) teachable mind will hang about a 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. Αθάνατους μὲν πρῶτα θεούς, νόμῳ ὡς διάκειται Tiua Reverence, first of all, the immortal gods, as prescribed by law. Pythagoras. 30 At the gates of the forest the surprised man 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. Cariyle. 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. 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. 45 At no age should a woman be allowed to 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 wear. A travelled man has leave to lie. Pr. A tragic farce. Lille. 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. 60 A man in the right, with God on his side, is in A man is a golden impossibility. Emerson. 5 A man is king in his own house. Gael. Pr. A man is not born the second time, any more than the first, without travail. Carlyle. A man is not as God, / But then most godlike being most a man. Tennyson. A man is not strong who takes convulsion fits, though six men cannot hold him; only he that can walk under the heaviest weight without staggering. Carlyle. 10 A man is only a relative and a representative nature. Emerson. A man is the façade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide. Emerson. A man is the prisoner of his power. Emerson. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things. Carlyle. A man may be proud of his house, and not ride on the rigging (ridge) of it. Sc. Pr. 15 A man may do what he likes with his own. Pr. A man may smile, and smile, and be a villain. Ham., i. 5. A man may spit in his nieve and do little. Sc. Pr. A man may survive distress, but not disgrace. Gael. Pr. A man More sinn'd against than sinning. King Lear, iii. 2. 20 A man must ask his wife's leave to thrive. Pr. A man must become wise at his own expense. Montaigne. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. Mme. Swetchine. A man must be well off who is irritated by trifles, for in misfortune trifles are not felt. Schopenhauer. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge. Johnson. 25 A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him. IV. von Humboldt. A man must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion. Emerson. A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. Emerson. A man must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into certainty of Yes or No. Carlyle. A man must wait for the right moment. Schopenhauer. 30 A man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for. Schopenhauer. A man never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going. Oliver Cromwell. A man of intellect without energy added to it is a failure. Chamfort. A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye in the back of his head. Coleridge. A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be. La Bruyère. A man of wit would often be much embarrassed without the company of fools. La Roche. A man only understands what is akin to some things already in his mind. Amiel. A man places himself on a level with him whom he praises. Goethe. A man protesting against error is on the way 40 towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth. Cariyle. A man so various, that he seem'd to be,/ Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden. A man that is young in years may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. Bacon. A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. Johnson. A man who cannot gird himself into harness will take no weight along these highways. Carlyle. A man who claps his Pegasus into a harness, 45 and urges on his muse with the whip, will have to pay to Nature the penalty of this trespass. Schopenhauer. A man who does not know rigour cannot pity either. Carlyle. A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not began to comprehend the real nature of it. J. G. Holland. A man who has nothing to do is the devil's playfellow. J. G. Holland. A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is ignorant of his own. Goethe. A man who reads much becomes arrogant and 50 pedantic; one who sees much becomes wise, sociable, and helpful. Lichtenberg. A man will love or hate solitude that is, his own society according as he is himse'f worthy or worthless. Schopenhauer. A man will not be observed in doing that which he can do best. Emerson. A man with half a volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road. Carlyle. A man with knowledge but without energy, is a house furnished but not inhabited; a man with energy but no knowledge, a house dwelt in but unfurnished. John Sterling. 55 A man's a man for a' that. Burns. A man's gift makes room for him. Pr. A man's house is his castle. Pr. A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side until he learns its arc. Emerson. A man's task is always light if his heart is 65 light. Lew Wallace. A man's virtue is to be measured not by his extraordinary efforts, but his everyday conduct. Pascal. A man's walking is a succession of falls. Pr. Gael. Pr. Amantes, amentes-In love, in delirium. Ter. 5 Amantium iræ amoris redintegratio est-The quarrels of lovers bring about a renewal of love. Ter. A man who cannot mind his own business is Αμαρτωλαὶ . . . ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἕπονται men. 15 Ame damnée-Mere tool, underling. Fr. Ame de boue-Base, mean soul. Fr. Amende honorable-Satisfactory apology; reparation. Fr. A menså et thoro-From bed and board; divorced. A menteur, menteur à demi-To a liar, a liar and a half, i.e., one be a match for him. Fr. 20 Amentium, haud amantium-Of lunatics, not lovers. A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong. Ecclus. A merciful man is merciful to his beast. Bible. A mere madness to live like a wretch and die rich. Burton. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Bible. 25 A merveille-To a wonder. Fr. Am Golde hängt doch Alles-On gold, after all, hangs everything. Margaret in "Faust." Amici, diem perdidi-Friends, I have lost a day. Titus (at the close of a day on which he had done good to no one). Amici probantur rebus adversis-Friends are proved by adversity. Cic. Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum-Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own. Pub. Syr. 30 Amico d'ognuno, amico di nessuno-Everybody's friend is nobody's friend. It. Pr. Amicorum esse communia omnia - Friends' goods are all common property. Pr. Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias- Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew he may one day become your enemy. Laber. Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum-To lose a friend is the greatest of losses. Syr. Amicus animæ dimidium-A friend the half of life. 35 Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur-A true friend is seen when fortune wavers. Ennius. Amicus curiæ-A friend to the court, i.e., an uninterested adviser in a case. Amicus est unus animus in duobus corporibus -A friend is one soul in two bodies. Arist. Amicus humani generis-A friend of the human race. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas-Plato is my friend, but truth is my divinity (lit. more a friend). Amicus usque ad aras-A friend to the very 40 altar, ie, to the death. A mighty maze! but not without a plan. Pope. A millstone and a man's heart are kept con stantly revolving; where they have nothing to grind, they grind and fray away their own substance. Logan. A mirror is better than a whole gallery of ancestral portraits. Menzel. A miser is as furious about a halfpenny as the man of ambition about the conquest of a kingdom. Adam Smith. A miss is as good as a mile. Pr. "Am I to be saved? or am I to be lost?" Certain to be lost, so long as you put that question. Carlyle. Amittit famam qui se indignis comparat-He loses repute who compares himself with unworthy Amittit merito proprium, qui alienum appetit people. Phædr. -He who covets what is another's, deservedly loses what is his own. (Moral of the fable of the dog and the shadow.) Phædr. Am meisten Unkraut trägt der fettste Boden -The fattest soil brings forth the most weeds. Ger. Pr. 45 A mob is a body voluntarily bereaving itself 50 of reason and traversing its work. Emer son. A modest confession of ignorance is the ripest and last attainment of philosophy. R. D. Hitchcock. A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. Holmes. A monarchy is apt to fall by tyranny; an aristocracy, by ambition; a democracy, by tumults. Quarles. Among nations the head has alway preceded the heart by centuries. Jean Paul. Among the blind the one-eyed is a king. Pr. 55 Amor al cor gentil ratto s' apprende.-Love is quickly learned by a noble heart. Dante. Amor a nullo amato amar perdona-Love spares Amore sitis uniti-Be ye united in love. Amor patriæ-Love of one's country. 60 65 |