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

Kühl bis an's Herz hinan—Cool to the very heart. Goethe.

[Greek: Kynos ommat' echôn]—Having dog's eyes. Hom.

Kunst ist die rechte Hand der Natur. Diese hat nur Geschöpfe, jene hat Menschen gemacht—Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has made only creatures, the former has made men. Schiller.

Kurz ist der Lieb' Entzücken, doch ewig ist 40 die Pein—Short is the rapture of love, but eternal is the pain. S. Rossini.

Kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude!—Short is the pain and eternal the joy! Schiller.

Kyrie eleeison—Lord, have mercy upon us.

Kythe (appear) in your ain colours, that folk may ken ye. Sc. Pr.

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L'absence est à l'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent; / Il éteint le petit, il allume le grand—Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it quenches the small flame and quickens the large. Bussy.

L'adresse surmonte la force—Skill surpasses 45 strength. Fr. Pr.