[Greek: Athanatous men prôta theous, nomô hôs diakeitai Tima]--Reverence, first of all, the immortal gods, as prescribed by law. _Pythagoras._

=At the gates of the forest the surprised man= 30 =of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish.= _Emerson._

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=Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man.= _Bacon._

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=Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.= _Bacon._

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=A thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf.= _Pr._

=A thing is the bigger of being shared.= _Gael. Pr._

=A thing is what it is, only in and by means of= 35 =its limit.= _Hegel._

=A thing is worth what it= _can_ =do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.= _Ruskin._

=A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness.= _Keats._

=A thing you don't want is dear at any price.= _Pr._

=A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have.= _Carlyle._

=A third interprets motion, looks, and eyes, /= 40 =At every word a reputation dies.= _Pope._

=A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what others have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what others think proper to remember.= _Colton._

=A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; / An hour may lay it in the dust.= _Byron._

=A thread will tie an honest man better than a rope will do a rogue.= _Sc. Pr._

=A threatened blow is seldom given.= _Pr._ 45

=A threefold cord is not quickly broken.= _Bible._

=A thrill passes through all men at the reception of a new truth, or at the performance of a great action, which comes out of the heart of nature.... By the necessity of our constitution, a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's consciousness of that Divine presence.= _Emerson._

=At ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore=--Yet under this rude exterior lies concealed a mighty genius. _Hor._

=At no age should a woman be allowed to govern herself as she pleases.= _H. Mann._

=A tocherless dame sits lang at hame.= _Sc. Pr._ 50

=A toom (empty) pantry maks a thriftless guid-wife.= _Sc. Pr._