Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Kartenspiel ist des Teufels Gebetsbuch—A pack of cards is the devil's prayer-book. Ger. Pr.

[Greek: Kat' exochên]—By way of excellence; pre-eminently.

[Greek: Katopin heorês]—After the feast; too late. 10

[Greek: Katthane kai Patroklos, hoper seo pollon ameinôn]—Even Patroclus is dead, who was much better than thou. Hom.

Kauf bedarf hundert Augen; Verkauf hat an einem genug—One who buys needs a hundred eyes; one is enough for him who sells. Ger. Pr.

Kaufen ist wohlfeiler als Bitten—Buying is cheaper than asking. Ger. Pr.

Kaum ist ein Irrthum unterdrückt, so erhebt sich wieder ein anderer, den man schon in tiefe Vergessenheit begraben glaubte—No sooner is one error suppressed than another rises up again which was believed to be buried in eternal oblivion. Oersted.

Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student 15 from his book. Merry Wives, iii. 1.

Keep a thing seven years, and you find a use for it. Sc. Pr.

Keep all thy native good, and naturalise / All foreign of that name; but scorn their ill; / Embrace their activeness, not vanities. George Herbert.