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

L'esprit de modération doit être celui du législateur—A legislator should be animated by the spirit of moderation. Montesquieu.

L'esprit est le dieu des instants, le génie est le dieu des âges—Wit is the god of the moments, but genius is the god of the ages. Fr.

L'esprit est toujours la dupe du cœur—The 5 mind is always the dupe of the heart. La Roche.

L'esprit est une plante dont on ne sauroit arrêter la végétation sans la faire périr—Wit is a plant of which you cannot arrest the development without destroying it. Fr. Pr.

L'esprit qu'on veut avoir, gâte celui qu'on a—The wit which we strive to possess spoils that which we naturally possess. Gresset.

L'esprit ressemble aux coquettes; ceux qui courent après lui sont ceux qu'il favorise le moins—Wit is like a coquette; those who run after it are the least favoured. Fr.

"L'état, c'est moi"—"The state, I am the state." Louis XIV.

L'état doit avoir aussi des entrailles—The state 10 as well as the individual ought to have a feeling heart. Cousin.

"L'Europe m'ennuie"—"I am tired of Europe." Napoleon, when he took the field against Russia.

L'exactitude est la politesse des rois—Punctuality is the politeness of kings. Max. of Louis XVIII.