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

Keep your mouth and keep your friend. Dan. Pr.

Keep your mouth shut and your een open. Sc. Pr.

Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you. Pr.

Keeping from falling is better than helping up. Pr.

Kein Baum fällt auf den ersten Schlag—No 5 tree falls at the first blow. Ger. Pr.

Kein Bündniss ist mit dem Gezücht der Schlangen—No covenant is to be made with the serpent's brood. Schiller.

Kein Ding ist so schlecht, dass es nicht zu etwas nützen sollte—There's nothing so bad as not to be of service for something. Ger. Pr.

Kein grosser Mann muss eines natürlichen Todes sterben—No great man is ordained to die a natural death. Goethe.

Kein Kaiser hat dem Herzen vorzuschreiben—No emperor has power to dictate to the heart. Schiller.

Kein kluger Streiter hält den Feind gering—No 10 prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversary. Goethe.