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he other to death. _Schiller._ =Aus der Jugendzeit, aus der Jugendzeit / Klingt ein Lied mir immerdar, / O wie liegt so weit, O wie liegt so weit, / Was mein einst war=--Out of youth-time, out of youth-time sounds a lay of mine ever; O how so far off lies, how so far off lies, what once was mine! _Rückert._ =Aus der schlechtesten Hand kann Wahrheit noch mächtig wirken; / Bei dem Schönen allein macht das Gefäss den Gehalt=--Truth may work mightily though in the hand of the sorriest instrument; in the case of the beautiful alone the casket constitutes the jewel (_lit._ the vessel makes the content). _Schiller._ =Aus derselben Ackerkrume / Wächst das Unkraut wie die Blume / Und das Unkraut macht sich breit=--Out of the same garden-mould grows the weed as the flower, and the weed flaunts itself abroad. _Bodenstedt._ =A useful trade is a mine of gold.= _Pr._ =A useless life is an early death.= _Goethe._ 45 =Aus grauser Tiefe tritt das Höhe kühn hervor; / Aus harter Hülle kämpft die Tugend sich hervor; / Der Schmerz ist die Geburt der höhern Naturen=--Out of a horrible depth the height steps boldly forth; out of a hard shell virtue fights its way to the light; pain is the birth (medium) of the higher natures. _Tiedge._ =Aus jedem Punkt im Kreis zur Mitte geht ein Steg. / Vom fernsten Irrtum selbst zu Gott zurück ein Weg=--There is a way from every point in a circle to the centre; from the farthest error there is a way back to God Himself. _Rückert._ =Aus Mässigkeit entspringt ein reines Glück=--Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. _Goethe._ =Auspicium melioris ævi=--The pledge of happier times. _M._ =Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait=--No sooner said than done. _Fr._ =Aus ungelegten Eiern werden spät junge Hühner=--Chickens are long in coming out of unlaid eggs. _Ger. Pr._ =Ausus est vana contemnere=--He dared to scorn vain fears. =Aut amat, aut odit mulier; nil est tertium=--A 5 woman either loves or hates; there is no alternative. _Pub. Syr._ =Autant chemine un homme en un jour qu'un limaçon en cent ans=--A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years. _Fr. Pr._ =Autant dépend chiche que large, et à la fin plus davantage=--Niggard spends as much as generous, and in the end a good deal more. _Fr. Pr._ =Autant en emporte le vent=--All idle talk (_lit._ so much the wind carries away). _Fr. Pr._ =Autant pèche celui qui tient le sac que celui qui met dedans=--He is as guilty who holds the bag as he who puts in. _Fr. Pr._ =Autant vaut l'homme comme il s'estime=--A 10 man is rated by others as he rates himself. _Fr. Pr._ =Aut bibat, aut abeat=--Either drink or go. =Aut Cæsar aut nihil=--Either Cæsar or nobody. _M. of Cæsar Borgia._ =Authority, not majority.= _Stahl._ =Authors alone, with more than savage rage, / Unnatural war with brother authors wage.= _Churchill._ =Authors are martyrs, witnesses to the truth,= 15 =or else nothing.= _Carlyle._ =Authors may be divided into falling stars, planets, and fixed stars: the first have a momentary effect; the second, a much longer duration; and the third are unchangeable, possess their own light, and shine for all time.= _Schopenhauer._ =Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit=--The man is either mad, or he is making verses. _Hor._ =Aut non tentaris, aut perfice=--Either don't attempt it, or go through with it. _Ovid._ =Auto-da-fé=--An act of faith; a name applied to certain proceedings of the Inquisition connected with the burning of heretics. [Greek: Autos epha]--He himself said it; _ipse dixit_. 20 =Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetæ=--Poets wish either to profit or to please. _Hor._ =Autrefois acquis=--Acquitted before. _Fr._ =Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere=--A man ought to be born either a king or a fool. _Pr. in Sen._ =Autre temps, autres mœurs=--Other times, other fashions. _Fr. Pr._ =Aut vincere aut mori=--Either to conquer or die. 25 =Aut virtus nomen inane est, / Aut decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir=--Either virtue is an empty name, or the man of enterprise justly aims at honour and reward. _Hor._ =Aux armes=--To arms. _Fr._ =Aux grands maux les grands remèdes=--Desperate maladies require desperate remedies. _Fr. Pr._ =Auxilium ab alto=--Help from above. _M._ =Auxilium meum a Domino=--My help cometh 30 from the Lord. _M._ =Avant propos=--Prefatory matter. _Fr._ =Avaler des couleuvres=--To put up with abuse (_lit._ swallow snakes). _Fr._ =A valiant and brave soldier seeks rather to preserve one citizen than to destroy a thousand enemies.= _Scipio._ =Avancez=--Advance. _Fr._ =Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality.= 35 _Colton._ =Avarus, nisi cum moritur, nil recte facit=--A miser does nothing right except when he dies. _Pr._ =Avec un Si on mettrait Paris dans une bouteille=--With an "if" one might put Paris in a bottle. _Fr. Pr._ =A verbis ad verbera=--From words to blows. =A verse may find him who a sermon flies, / And turn delight into a sacrifice.= _George Herbert._ =A very excellent piece of villany.= _Tit. Andron._, 40 ii. 3. =A very good woman may make but a paltry man.= _Pope._ =A veste logorata poco fede vien prestata=--A shabby coat finds small credit. _It. Pr._ =A vinculo matrimonii=--From the bond or tie of marriage. =A virtuous name is the sole precious good for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.= _Schiller._ =Avise la fin=--Consider the end. _Fr._ 45 =Avito viret honore=--He flourishes with inherited honours. _M._ =Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee.= _Gael. Pr._ =A volonté=--At will. _Fr._ =A votre santé=--To your health. _Fr._ =A wee bush is better than nae bield (shelter).= 50 _Sc. Pr._ =A weel-bred dog gaes oot when he sees them preparing to kick him oot.= _Sc. Pr._ =A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.= _Montaigne._ =A well-cultivated mind is, so to say, made up of all the minds of the centuries preceding.= _Fontenelle._ =A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty.= _Sen._ =A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent= 55 =one.= _Carlyle._ =A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all in piety.= _Johnson._ =A wilful man must have his way.= _Pr._ =A willing mind makes a light foot.= _Pr._ =A wise man gets learning frae them that hae nane.= _Sc. Pr._ =A wise man is never less alone than when= 60 =alone.= _Pr._ =A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.= _Bible._ =A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.= _La Bruyère._ =A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.= _Swift._ =A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.= _Bacon._ =A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, / Is more than armies to the public weal.= _Pope._ =A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.= _Lowell._ =A wise writer does not reveal himself here and there, but everywhere.= _Lowell._ =A witless heed (head) mak's weary feet.= _Sc. Pr._ =A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.= 5 _Pope._ =A wolf in sheep's clothing.= _Pr._ =A woman conceals what she does not know.= _Pr._ =A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy: the smile that accepts the lover before the words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures it of a mother's love.= _Haliburton._ =A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.= _J. G. Holland._ =A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, /= 10 =Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty.= _Tam. of Sh._, v. 2. =A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than a man's.= _Coleridge._ =A woman's head is always influenced by her heart; but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.= _Lady Blessington._ =A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.= _Two Gent. of Ver._, iii. 1. =A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.= _W. Irving._ =A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.= 15 _Pr._ =A word from a friend is doubly enjoyable in dark days.= _Goethe._ =A word once vulgarised can never be rehabilitated.= _Lowell._ =A word sooner wounds than heals.= _Goethe._ =A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.= _Carlyle._ =A word spoken in due season, how good is it?= 20 _Bible._ =A work of real merit finds favour at last.= _A. B. Alcott._ =A world all sincere, a believing world; the like has been; the like will again be--cannot help being.= _Carlyle._ =A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.= _Emerson._ =A world this in which much is to be done, and little to be known.= _Goethe._ =A worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make= 25 =the best declaimer against sin.= _Lamb._ =A worthless man will always remain worthless, and a little mind will not, by daily intercourse with great minds, become an inch greater.= _Goethe._ =A wounded spirit who can bear?= _Bible._ =A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.= _Dan. Pr._ =A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.= _Dut. Pr._ =A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, / We= 30 =bid be quiet when we hear it cry; / But were we burdened with like weight of pain, / As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.= _Com. of Errors_, ii. 1. =Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; / To lie in cold obstruction and to rot.= _Meas. for Meas._, iii. 1. =Aye free, aff-han' your story tell, when wi' a bosom crony; / But still keep something to yoursel' / Ye scarcely tell to ony.= _Burns._ =Aye in a hurry, and aye ahint.= _Sc. Pr._ =Ay, every inch a king.= _King Lear_, iv. 6. =Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, /= 35 =Could ever hear by tale or history, / The course of true love never did run smooth.= _Mid. N.'s Dream_, i. 1. =Aymez loyauté=--Love loyalty. _M._ =A young man idle, an old man needy.= _It. Pr._ =Ay, sir, to be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of two thousand.= _Ham._, ii. 2. B. =Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; wedded, an ass.= _Sp. Pr._ ="Bad company," muttered the thief, as he= 40 =stepped to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.= _Dut. Pr._ =Bad is by its very nature negative, and can do nothing; whatsoever enables us to do anything, is by its very nature good.= _Carlyle._ =Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.= _Burke._ =Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.= _Ben Jonson._ =Bal abonné=--A subscription ball. _Fr._ =Bal champêtre=--A country ball. _Fr._ 45 =Ballon d'essai=--A balloon sent up to ascertain the direction of the wind; any test of public feeling. _Fr._ =Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts.= 2 _Hen. VI._, i. 2. =Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.= _Dryden._ =Barba bagnata è mezza rasa=--A beard well lathered is half shaved. _It. Pr._ =Barbæ tenus sapientes=--Wise as far as the beard 50 goes. _Pr._ =Barbarism is no longer at our frontiers; it lives side by side with us.= _Amiel._ =Barbarism is the non-appreciation of what is excellent.= _Goethe._ =Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli=--I am a barbarian here