=At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.= _Grattan._

=A tu hijo, buen nombre y oficio=--To your son a good name and a trade. _Sp. Pr._

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=A tutti non si adatta una sola scarpa=--One shoe does not fit every foot. _It. Pr._

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=At vindictum bonum vita jucundius ipsa. Nempe hoc indocti=--But revenge is a blessing sweeter than life itself; so rude men feel. _Juv._

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=At whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished= 20 =heads.= _Milton._

=Au bout de son Latin=--At his wit's end (_lit._ at the end of his Latin). _Fr._

=Au bout du compte=--After the close of the account; after all. _Fr._

=Auch aus entwölkter Höhe / Kann der zündende Donner schlagen; / Darum in deinen fröhlichen Tagen / Fürchte des Unglücks tückische Nähe=--Even out of a cloudless heaven the flaming thunderbolt may strike; therefore in thy days of joy have a fear of the spiteful neighbourhood of misfortune. _Schiller._

=Auch Bücher haben ihr Erlebtes, das ihnen= 25 =nicht entzogen werden kann=--Even books have their lifetime, of which no one can deprive them. _Goethe._

=Auch das Schöne muss sterben=--Even what is beautiful must die. _Schiller._

=Auch der Löwe muss sich vor der Mücke wehren=--Even the lion has to defend itself against flies. _Ger. Pr._

=Auch die Gerechtigkeit trägt eine Binde, / Und schliesst die Augen jedem Blendwerk zu=--Even Justice wears a bandage, and shuts her eyes on everything deceptive. _Goethe._

=Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt, / Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt=--Culture, which has licked all the world into shape, has reached even the devil. _Goethe._

=Auch die Kunst ist Himmelsgabe, / Borgt sie= 30 =gleich von ird'scher Glut=--Art is a gift of Heaven, yet does it borrow its fire from earthly passion. _Schiller._

=Auch ein Haar hat seinen Schatten=--Even a hair casts its shadow. _Ger. Pr._

=Auch für die rauhe Brust giebt's Augenblicke / Wo dunkle Mächte Melodien wecken=--Even the rude breast has moments in which dark powers awaken melodies. _Körner._

=Auch ich war ein Jüngling mit lockigem Haar, / An Mut und an Hoffnungen reich=--I too was once a youth with curly locks, rich in courage and in hopes. _Lortzing._

=Auch ich war in Arkadien geboren, / Und ward daraus entführt vom neidischen Glücke. / Ist hier der Rückweg? fragt' ich jede Brücke, / Der Eingang hier? fragt' ich an allen Thoren=--I too was born in Arcadia, and was lured away by envious Fortune. "Is this the way back?" asked I at every bridge-way; "This the entrance?" asked I at every portal. _Rückert._