=A poet on canvas is exactly the same species of creature as a poet in song.= _Ruskin._
=A poison which acts not at once is not therefore a less dangerous poison.= _Lessing._
=A position of eminence makes a great man greater and a little man less.= _La Bruyère._
=Apothegms are, in history, the same as the= 50 =pearls in the sand or the gold in the mine.= _Erasmus._
[Greek: 'Ap' echthrôn polla manthanousin hoi sophoi]--Wise men learn many things from their enemies. _Aristoph._
=Apollo himself confessed it was ecstasy to be a man among men.= _Schiller._
=A posse ad esse=--From possibility to actuality.
=A posteriori=--From the effect to the cause; by 55 induction.
=Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter.= _Pr._
=A pound of care won't pay an ounce of debt.= _Pr._
=Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto=--A few are seen swimming here and there in the vast abyss. _Virg._
=Appetitus rationi pareat=--Let reason govern desire. _Cic._
=Applause is the spur of noble minds, the aim= 60 =and end of weak ones.= _Colton._
=Après la mort le médecin=--After death the doctor. _Fr. Pr._
=Après la pluie, le beau temps=--After the rain, fair weather. _Fr. Pr._
=Après nous le déluge=--After us the deluge! _Mme. de Pompadour._
=A primrose by a river's brim / A yellow primrose was to him, / And it was nothing more.= _Wordsworth._
=A prince can mak' a belted knight, / A marquis,= 65 =duke, and a' that; / But an honest man's aboon his might, / Gude faith, he maunna fa' that.= _Burns._
=A priori=--From the cause to the effect; by deduction.
=A progress of society on the one hand, a decline of souls on the other.= _Amiel._
=A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.= _Hume._
=A prophet is not without honour, save in his= 5 =own country, and in his own house.= _Jesus._
=A propos=--To the point; seasonably; in due time. _Fr._
=A proverb is good sense brought to a point.= _John Morley._
=A proverb is much matter decocted into few words.= _Fuller._
=Apt alliteration's artful aid.= _Churchill._ 10
=Apt to revolt, and willing to rebel, / And never are contented when they're well.= _Defoe._
=A puñadas entran las buenas hadas=--Good luck pushes its way (_lit._ gets on) by elbowing. _Sp. Pr._