Ægroto, dum anima est, spes est-While a sick man has life, there is hope. Pr. 5 Ae half o' the world doesna ken how the ither half lives. Sc. Pr. Ae man may tak' a horse to the water, but twenty winna gar (make) him drink. Sc. Pr. Ae man's meat is anither man's poison. Sc. Pr. Emulatio æmulationem parit-Emulation begets emulation. Pr. Emulus atque imitator studiorum ac laborum -A rival and imitator of his studies and labours. Cic. 10 Aendern und bessern sind zwei-To change, and to change for the better, are two different things. Ger. Pr. Aquabiliter et diligenter-By equity and diligence. M. Equâ lege necessitas / Sortitur insignes et imos-Necessity apportions impartially to high and low alike. Hor. Æquam memento rebus in arduis / Servare mentem, non secus in bonis / Ab insolenti temperatam / Lætitiâ-Be sure to preserve an unruffled mind in adversity, as well as one restrained from immoderate joy in prosperity. Hor. Æquam servare mentem-To preserve an even temper. M. 15 Æquanimiter-With equanimity. M. Aqua tellus/Pauperi recluditur / Regumque pueris-The impartial earth opens alike for the child of the pauper and of the king. Hor. Æquo animo-With an even or equable mind. M. Equum est/Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus-It is fair that he who begs to be forgiven should in turn forgive. Hor. Ære perennius-More enduring than brass. Hor. 20 Ærugo animi, rubigo ingenii-Rust, viz., idle. ness, of mind is the blight of genius, i.e., natural capability of every kind. Æs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit-A slight debt makes a man your debtor; a heavier one, your enemy. Laber. Ætatem non tegunt tempora-Our temples do not conceal our age. Eternum inter se discordant-They are eternally at variance with each other. Ter. Evo rarissima nostro simplicitas-Simplicity a very rare thing now-a-days. Ovid. 25 A fact is a great thing: a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Carlyle. A fact in our lives is valuable, not so far as it L. Max. "A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing; yet in what corner of this planet was that ever realised? Carlyle. A fair face may hide a foul heart. Pr. 30 A faithful friend is a true image of the Deity. Napoleon. A fault confessed is half redressed. Pr. A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind. A fellow who speculates is like an animal on a barren heath, driven round and round by an evil spirit, while there extends on all sides of him a beautiful green meadow-pasture. Goethe. "A few strong instincts and a few plain rules" 85 Affaire du cœur-An affair of the heart. Fr. Affection lights a brighter flame / Than ever 40 Afflictions are blessings in disguise. Pr. A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. J. Roux. A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism. Victor Hugo. A flute lay side by side with Frederick the 45 Great's baton of command. Jean Paul. A fortiori-With stronger reason. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire 55 him. Boileau. A fool and his money are soon parted. Pr. A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Bulwer. A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible. Colton. A fool is wise in his own conceit. Pr. A fool knows more in his own house than a 60 wise man in another's. Pr. A fool may give a wise man counsel. Pr. A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it. Pr. A fool may sometimes have talent, but he never has judgment. La Roche. A fool may speer (ask) mair questions than a wise man can answer. Sc. Pr. A fool resents good counsel, but a wise man 65 lays it to heart. Confucius. A fool's bolt is soon shot. Hen. V., iii. 7. A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like a hack-horse setting out to gallop. Chamfort. A fop is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe. Lavater. A force de mal aller tout ira bien-By dint of going wrong all will go right. Fr. Pr. A force de peindre le diable sur les murs, finit par apparaître en personne-If you keep painting the devil on the walls, he will by and by appear to you in person. Fr. Pr. 5 A friend in court makes the process short. Pr. A friend is a person with whom I may be sin cere. Emerson. A friend is never known till needed. Pr. A friend loveth at all times. Bible. Pr. Pr. A gold key opens every door. A good bargain is a pick-purse. A good book is the precious life-blood of a 40 A good beginning makes a good ending. Pr. master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton. A good friend is my nearest relation. Pr. good horse should be seldom spurred. Pr. A good inclination is only the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will. South. A good king is a public servant. Ben Jonson. A good laugh is sunshine in a house. Thackeray. 45 A good law is one that holds, whether you recognise it or not; a bad law is one that cannot, however much you ordain it. Ruskin. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece A good man in his dark striving is, I should of Nature. Emerson. Agent de change-A stockbroker. Fr. A gentleman makes no noise; a lady is serene. Emerson. A gentleman's first characteristic is fineness of nature. Ruskin. A gentleman that will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. Rom, and Jul., ii. 4. 30 Age quod agis-Attend to (lit. do) what you are doing. Agere considerate pluris est quam cogitare prudenter-It is of more consequence to act considerately than to think sagely. Cic. Agiotage-Stockbroking. Fr. A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise. Love's L. Lost, iv. 1. Agnosco veteris vestigia flammæ-I own I feel traces of an old passion. Vig. 35 A God all mercy is a God unjust. Young. A God speaks softly in our breast; softly, yet distinctly, shows us what to hold by and what to shun. Goethe. say, conscious of the right way. Goethe. A good man shall be satisfied from himself. Bible. Pr. 50 A good marksman may miss. Pr. A good name is sooner lost than won. A tood presence is a letter of recommendaA good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. Willmott. A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him. Lord Herbert of Cherbury. A good road and a wise traveller are two different things. Pr. A good solid bit of work lasts. George Eliot. A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. Pr. A good thought is a great boon. Bovee. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth. Pr. 55 A gorge déployée-With full throat. Fr. A government for protecting business and 60 bread only is but a carcase, and soon falls by its own corruption to decay. A. B. Alcott. A government may not waver; once it has chosen its course, it must, without looking to right or left, thenceforth go forward. Bismarck. A grands frais-At great expense. Fr. A grave and a majestic exterior is the palace of the soul. Chinese Pr. A great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity. George Eliot. A great deal may and must be done which we 65 dare not acknowledge in words. Goethe. A great genius takes shape by contact with another gret genius, but less by assimilation than by friction. Heine. A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation. Emerson. A great man is he who can call together the most select company when it pleases him. Landor. A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation. Disraeli. A great man living for high ends is the 70 divinest thing that can be seen on earth. G. S. Hillard. A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw | Aldws öλwλev-Modesty has died out. Theognis. on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. Emerson. A great master always appropriates what is good in his predecessors, and it is this which makes him great. Goethe. A great observer, and he looks / Quite through the deeds of men. Jul. Cæs., i. 2. A great reputation is a great noise; the more there is made, the farther off it is heard. Napoleon. 5 A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. Goethe. A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. Goethe. A great spirit errs as well as a little one, the former because it knows no bounds, the latter because it confounds its own horizon with that of the universe. Goethe. A great thing can only be done by a great man, and he does it without effort. Ruskin. A great thing is a great book, but greater than all is the talk of a great man. Disraeli. 10 A great writer does not reveal himself here and there, but everywhere. Lowell. Agree, for the law is costly. Pr. A green winter makes a fat churchyard. Pr. A grey eye is a sly eye; a brown one indicates a roguish humour; a blue eye expresses fidelity; while the sparkling of a dark eye is, like the ways of Providence, always a riddle. Bodenstedt. A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. Pr. 15 Agues come on horseback and go away on foot. Pr. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Pr. A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. Gibbon. 20 A hedge between, keeps friendship green. Pr. Ah! il n'y a plus d'enfants-Ah! there are no children now-a-days! Mol. Ah me! for aught that ever I could read ../ The course of true love never did run smooth. Mid. N.'s Dream, i. 1. Ah me! how sweet this world is to the dying! Schiller. A hook's well lost to catch a salmon. Pr. 25 A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse. Rich. III., v. 4. Ah! pour être dévot, je n'en suis pas moins homme-Though I am a religious man, I am not therefore the less a man. Mol. Ah! quam dulce est meminisse-Ah! how sweet it is to remember! M. Ah! that deceit should steal such gentle shapes/ And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice. Rich. III., ii. 2. A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour. Pr. 30 A hungry belly has no ears. Pr. Ah! vitam perdidi operose nihil agendo-I have lost my life, alas! in laboriously doing nothing. Grotius. Aide-toi, et le ciel l'aidera-Help yourself and Heaven will help you. Fr. Αἴ συμφοραὶ ποιοῦσι μακρολόγους Misfortunes make men talk loquaciously. Appian. Ainsi que son esprit, tout peuple a son lan- 35 gage-Every nation has its own language as well as its own temperament. Voltaire. Air de fête-Looking festive. Fr. Airs of importance are the credentials of im Air distingué-Distinguished looking. Fr. potence. Lavater. Aisé à dire est difficile à faire-Easy to say hard to do. Fr. Pr. is A jest loses its point when he who makes it 40 is the first to laugh. Schiller. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue / Of him that makes it. Love's L. Lost, v. 2. A Jove principium-Beginning with Jove. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. A l'abandon-At random; little cared for. Fr. A la chandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle- A la dérobée-By stealth. Fr. A la fin saura-t-on qui a mangé le lard-We A la mode-According to the fashion. Fr. A la portée de tout le monde-Within reach of every one. Fr. 55 A last judgment is necessary, because fools flourish. Wm. Blake. A last judgment is not for making bad men better, but for hindering them from oppressing the good. Wm. Blake. A latere From the side of (sc. the Pope). Alba gallinæ filius-The son of a white hen. Album calculum addere-To give a white stone, i.e., to vote for, by putting a white stone into an urn, a black one indicating rejection. Al corral con allo-Out of the window with it. Alea belli-The hazard of war. Alea judiciorum-The hazard or uncertainty of law. A leaden sword in an ivory scabbard. Pr. 70 A learned man is a tank; a wise man is a spring. W. R. Alger. Al enemigo, si vuelve la espalda, la puente de plata-Make a bridge of silver for the flying enemy. Sp. Pr. Alere flammam-To feed the flame. Ales volat propriis-A bird flies to its own. 5 Al fin se canta la Gloria-Not till the end is the Gloria chanted. Sp. Pr. Al fresco-In the open air. It. Aliam excute quercum-Go, shake some other oak (of its fruit). Pr. Alia res sceptrum, alia plectrum-Ruling men is one thing, fiddling to them another. Pr. A liar is always lavish of oaths. Corneille. 10 A liar should have a good memory. Pr. Alias-Otherwise. Aliena optimum frui insania-It is best to profit by the madness of other people. Pr. Aliena vitia in oculis habemus; a tergo nostra sunt-We keep the faults of others before our eyes; our own behind our backs. Sen. Alieni appetens, sui profusus-Covetous of other men's property, prodigal of his own. Sall. Alieni temporis flores-Flowers of other days. 25 Alieno in loco haud stabile regnum est-Sovereignty over a foreign land is insecure. Sen. Alieno more vivendum est mihi-I must live according to another's humour. Ter. Alienos agros irrigas tuis sitientibus-You water the fields of others, while your own are parched. Pr. A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found. Carlyle. A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright / But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. Tennyson. 30 A life that is worth writing at all is worth writing minutely. Longfellow. A light heart lives long. Pr. Alii sementem faciunt, alii metentem-Some do the sowing, others the reaping, Aliis lætus, sapiens sibi-Cheerful for others, wise for himself. Pr. A l'impossible nul n'est tenu-No one can be held bound to do what is impossible. Fr. Pr. 35 A l'improviste-Unawares. Fr. Franklin. A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth A little spark maks muckle wark. Sc. Pr. men's minds about to religion. Bacon. Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo-Evil is nour- 50 ished and grows by concealment. Virg. Aliud est celare, aliud tacere--To conceal is one thing, to say nothing is another. L. Max. Aliud et idem-Another and the same. Aliud legunt pueri, aliud viri, aliud senesBoys read books one way, men another, old men another. Ter. A living dog is better than a dead lion. Pr. Alle anderen Dinge müssen; der Mensch ist 55 das Wesen, welches will-All other things must; man is the only creature who wills. Schiller. Alle Frachten lichten, sagte der Schiffer, da warf er seine Frau über Bord-All freights lighten, said the skipper, as he threw his wife into the sea. Ger. Pr. Allegans contraria non est audiendus-No one is to be heard whose evidence is contradictory. L. Max. Allen gehört, was du denkest; dein eigen ist nur, was du fühlest - What you think belongs to all; only what you feel is your own. Schiller. Aller Anfang ist heiter; die Schwelle ist der Platz der Erwartung-Every beginning is cheerful; the threshold is the place of expectation. Goethe. Aller Anfang ist schwer, sprach der Dieb, und 60 stahl zuerst einen Amboss--Every beginning is difficult, said the thief, when he began by Alle Schuld rächt sich auf Erden-Every offence stealing an anvil. Ger. Pr. is avenged on earth. Goethe. Alles Gescheidte ist schon gedacht worden; Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichniss- Ger. Alles wanket, wo der Glaube fehlt-All is Alles wäre gut, wär kein Aber dabei-Everything would be right if it were not for the "Buts.' Ger. Pr. Alles, was ist, ist vernünftig-Everything which is, is agreeable to reason. Hegel. Alles zu retten, muss alles gewagt werdenTo save all, we must risk all. Schiller. 5 All advantages are attended with disadvantages. Hume. All are but parts of one stupendous whole / Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. Pope. All argument will vanish before one touch of Nature. Colman. All are not hunters that blow the horn. Pr. All are not saints that go to church. Pr. 10 All are not soldiers that go to the wars. Pr. All are not thieves that dogs bark at. Pr. All art is great, and good, and true, only so far as it is distinctively the work of manhood in its entire and highest sense. Ruskin. All balloons give up their gas in the pressure of things, and collapse in a sufficiently wretched manner erelong. Carlyle. All battle is misunderstanding. Goethe. 15 All beginnings are easy; it is the ulterior steps that are of most difficult ascent and most rarely taken. Goethe. All cats are grey in the dark. Pr. All censure of a man's self is oblique praise; it is in order to show how much he can spare. Johnson. All cruelty springs from weakness. Sen. 20 All deep joy has something of awful in it. Carlyle. All delights are vain; but that most vain Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain. Love's L. Lost, i. 1. All destruction, by violent revolution or howsoever it be, is but new creation on a wider scale. Carlyle. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when people are deaf I am dumb. Joubert. Αλλ' ἔστιν, ἔνθα χὴ δίκη βλάβην φέρει Sometimes justice does harm. Sophocles. 25 All evil is as a nightmare; the instant you begin to stir under it, the evil is gone. Carlyle. All evils, when extreme, are the same. Corneille. All faults are properly shortcomings. Goethe. All faiths are to their own believers just / For none believe because they will, but must. Dryden. All feet tread not in one shoe. Pr. 30 All flesh consorteth according to its kind, and a man will cleave to his like. Ecclus. All forms of government are good, so far as the wise and kind in them govern the unwise and unkind. Ruskin. All good colour is in some degree pensive, and the purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. Ruskin. All measures of reformation are effective in proportion to their timeliness. Ruskin. All men are bores except when we want them. 60 All men are born sincere and die deceivers. All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree. Boileau. All men commend patience, though few be willing to practise it. Thomas à Kempis. All men have their price. Anon. All men honour love, because it looks up, and 65 not down. Emerson. All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong. Carlyle. All men live by truth, and stand in need of expression. Emerson. All men may dare what has by man been done. All men that are ruined are ruined on the side All men think all men mortal but themselves. 70 Young. |