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A bitter drug oft brings relief.

A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.

Add little to little and there will be a big pile.

A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.

A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.

Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat., Hei mihi, quam facile est (quamvis hic contigit omnes), Alterius lucta fortia verba loqui!]

Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]

Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

All-devouring time, envious age, Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees, Worn by your teeth, all things will lingering die.

All things can corrupt perverse minds.

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

All things change, nothing perishes.

All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

Alluring pleasure is said to have softened the savage dispositions (of early mankind). [Lat., Blanda truces animos fertur mollisse voluptas.]

A lover fears all that he believes.

Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

Art lies in concealing art.

And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]

Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

Anger assists hands however weak.

An injury may prove a blessing.

Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth. [Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.]

Anyone can be rich in promises.

A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.

A pious fraud. [Lat., Pia fraus.]

A pleasing countenance is no slight disadvantage. [Lat., Auxilium non leve vultus habet.]

A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.

Art is most effective when concealed.

Art lies by its own artifice.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.

As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense. [Lat., Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum, Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.]

A short absence is the safest.

As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris