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ardour at the beginning, careless at the end. _Tac._ =A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is often an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief.= _Hare._ =A crowd is not company.= _Bacon._ =A crown / Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns.= _Milton._ =A crown is no cure for the headache.= _Pr._ 40 =A cruce salus=--Salvation from the cross. _M._ =A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.= _Ouida._ =A crust of bread and liberty.= _Pope._ =Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta=--Outward acts betray the secret intention. _L. Max._ =Act always so that the immediate motive of= 45 =thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings.= _Kant._ =Acti labores jucundi=--The remembrance of past labours is pleasant. =Action can be understood and again represented by the spirit alone.= _Goethe._ =Action is but coarsened thought.= _Amiel._ =Action is the right outlet of emotion.= _Ward Beecher._ =Actions speak louder than words.= _Pr._ 50 =Actis ævum implet, non segnibus annis=--His lifetime is full of deeds, not of indolent years. _Ovid._ =Activity is the presence, and character the record, of function.= _Greenough._ =Actum est de republicâ=--It is all over with the republic. =Actum ne agas=--What has been done don't do over again. _Cic._ =Actus Dei nemini facit injuriam=--The act of 55 God does wrong to no man. _L. Max._ =Actus legis nulli facit injuriam=--The act of the law does wrong to no man. _L. Max._ =Actus me invito factus, non est meus actus=--An act I do against my will is not my act. _L. Max._ =Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea=--The act does not make a man guilty, unless the mind be guilty. _L. Max._ =Act well your part; there all the honour lies.= _Pope._ =A cuspide corona=--From the spear a crown, _i.e._, 60 honour for military exploits. _M._ =A custom / More honoured in the breach than the observance.= _Ham._, i. 4. =Adam muss eine Eve haben, die er zeiht was er gethan=--Adam must have an Eve, to blame for what he has done. _Ger. Pr._ =Ad amussim=--Made exactly by rule. =A danger foreseen is half avoided.= _Pr._ =Adaptiveness is the peculiarity of human= 65 =nature.= _Emerson._ =Ad aperturam=--Wherever a book may be opened. =Ad arbitrium=--At pleasure. =Ad astra per ardua=--To the stars by steep paths. _M._ =A Daniel come to judgment.= _Mer. of Ven._, iv. 1. =Ad avizandum=--Into consideration. _Scots Law._ 70 =A day may sink or save a realm.= _Tennyson._ =A day of grace= (_Gunst_) =is as a day in harvest; one must be diligent as soon as it is ripe.= _Goethe._ =A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.= _Dickens._ =Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet=--When a disaster happens, every report confirming it obtains ready credence. =Ad captandum vulgus=--To catch the rabble. =Addere legi justitiam decus=--It is to one's honour 5 to combine justice with law. _M._ =A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution.= _Junius._ =A deep meaning resides in old customs.= _Schiller._ =A democracy is a state in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens.= _Ruskin._ =A Deo et rege=--From God and the king. _M._ =Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est=--So 10 much depends on habit in the tender years of youth. _Virg._ =Ad eundem=--To the same degree. Said of a graduate passing from one university to another. =Ad extremum=--At last. =Ad finem=--To the end. =Ad Græcas kalendas=--At the Greek calends, _i.e._, never. =Ad gustum=--To one's taste. 15 =Adhibenda est in jocando moderatio=--Moderation should be used in joking. _Cic._ =Ad hoc=--For this purpose. =Ad hominem=--Personal (_lit._ to the man). =Adhuc sub judice lis est=--The affair is not yet decided. =Adhuc tua messis in herba est=--Your crop is 20 still in grass. _Ovid._ =A die=--From that day. =Adieu la voiture, adieu la boutique=--Adieu to the carriage, adieu to the shop, _i.e._, to the business. _Fr. Pr._ =Adieu, paniers! vendanges sont faites=--Farewell, baskets! vintage is over. _Fr._ =Ad infinitum=--To infinity. =Ad interim=--Meanwhile. 25 =Ad internecionem=--To extermination. =A Dio spiacente ed a' nemici sui=--Hateful to God and the enemies of God. _Dante._ =A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando=--Praying to God and smiting with the hammer. _Sp. Pr._ =A discrétion=--Without any restriction (_lit._ at discretion). _Fr._ =Ad libitum=--At pleasure. 30 =Ad majorem Dei gloriam=--To the greater glory of God (_M. of the Jesuits_). =Ad mala quisque animum referat sua=--Let each recall his own woes. _Ovid._ =Admiration praises; love is dumb.= _Börne._ =Ad modum=--In the manner. =Ad nauseam=--To disgust; sickening. 35 =Ad ogni santo la sua torcia=--To every saint his own torch, _i.e._, his place of honour. _It. Pr._ =Ad ogni nocello suo nido è bello=--Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful. _It. Pr._ =Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua=--Every one thinks his own cross the hardest to bear. _It. Pr._ =A dog's life=--hunger and ease. =A dog winna yowl if you fell him wi' a bane.= 40 _Sc. Pr._ =Adolescentem verecundum esse decet=--A young man ought to be modest. _Plaut._ =Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo=--A man addicted to every lust. =Adó sacan y non pon, presto llegan al hondon=--By ever taking out and never putting in, one soon reaches the bottom. _Sp. Pr._ =Ad patres=--Dead; to death (_lit._ to the fathers). =A downright contradiction is equally mysterious= 45 =to wise men as to fools.= _Goethe._ =Ad perditam securim manubrium adjicere=--To throw the helve after the hatchet, _i.e._, to give up in despair. =Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas=--Honesty is often goaded to ruin. _Phædr._ =Ad pœnitendum properat, cito qui judicat=--He who decides in haste repents in haste. _Pub. Syr._ =Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute novi=--To the vulgar herd with your trappings; for me, I know you both inside and out. _Pers._ =Ad quæstionem legis respondent judices, ad= 50 =quæstionem facti respondent juratores=--It is the judge's business to answer to the question of law, the jury's to answer to the question of fact. _L._ =Ad quod damnum=--To what damage. _L._ =Ad referendum=--For further consideration. =Ad rem=--To the point (_lit._ to the thing). =A droit=--To the right. _Fr._ =A drop of honey catches more flies than a= 55 =hogshead of vinegar.= _Pr._ =A drop of water has all the properties of water, but it cannot exhibit a storm.= _Emerson._ =A drowning man will catch at a straw.= _Pr._ =Adscriptus glebæ=--Attached to the soil. =Adsit regula, peccatis quæ pœnas irroget æquas=--Have a rule apportioning to each offence its appropriate penalty. _Hor._ =Adstrictus necessitate=--Bound by necessity. _Cic._ 60 =Ad summum=--To the highest point. =Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio=--One is quick to suspect where one has suffered harm before. _Pub. Syr._ =Ad unguem=--To a nicety (_lit._ to the nail). =Ad unum omnes=--All to a (_lit._ one) man. =A dur âne dur aiguillon=--A hard goad for a stubborn 65 ass. _Fr. Pr._ =Ad utrumque paratus=--Prepared for either case. =Ad valorem=--According to the value. =Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.= _Hen. V._, iii. 6. =Adversa virtute repello=--I repel adversity by valour. _M._ =Adversity is a great schoolmistress, as many= 70 =a poor fellow knows that has whimpered over his lesson before her awful chair.= _Thackeray._ =Adversity's sweet milk--philosophy.= _Rom. and Jul._, iii. 3. =Adversus solem ne loquitor=--Speak not against the sun, _i.e._, don't argue against what is sun-clear. _Pr._ =Ad vitam aut culpam=--Till some misconduct be proved (_lit._ for life or fault). =Ad vivum=--To the life. =A dwarf sees farther than the giant when he= 75 =has the giant's shoulders to mount on.= _Coleridge._ =Ægis fortissima virtus=--Virtue is the strongest shield. _M._ =Ægrescit medendo=--The remedy is worse than the disease (_lit._ the disorder increases with the remedy). =Ægri somnia vana=--The delusive dreams of a sick man. _Hor._ =Ægroto, dum anima est, spes est=--While a sick man has life, there is hope. _Pr._ =Ae half o' the world doesna ken how the ither= 5 =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._ =Æmulatio æmulationem parit=--Emulation begets emulation. _Pr._ =Æmulus atque imitator studiorum ac laborum=--A rival and imitator of his studies and labours. _Cic._ =Aendern und bessern sind zwei=--To change, and 10 to change for the better, are two different things. _Ger. Pr._ =Æquabiliter et diligenter=--By equity and diligence. _M._ =Æquâ 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._ =Æquanimiter=--With equanimity. _M._ 15 =Æqua 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._ =Æquum 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._ =Ærugo animi, rubigo ingenii=--Rust, _viz._, idleness, 20 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. =Æternum inter se discordant=--They are eternally at variance with each other. _Ter._ =Ævo rarissima nostro simplicitas=--Simplicity a very rare thing now-a-days. _Ovid._ =A fact is a great thing: a sentence printed,= 25 =if not by God, then at least by the Devil.= _Carlyle._ =A fact in our lives is valuable, not so far as it is true, but as it is significant.= _Goethe._ =A facto ad jus non datur consequentia=--Inference from the fact to the law is not legitimate. _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._ =A faithful friend is a true image of the Deity.= 30 _Napoleon._ =A fault confessed is half redressed.= _Pr._ =A favour does not consist in the service done, but in the spirit of the man who confers it.= _Sen._ =A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.= _Garrick._ =A fellow who speculates is like an animal on a barren heath