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

Land was never lost for want of an heir. Pr.

Lands intersected by a narrow firth / Abhor each other. Mountains interposed / Make enemies of nations, which had else, / Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Cowper.

Lands mortgaged may return, and more esteemed; / But honesty once pawned is ne'er redeemed. Middleton.

Lang ill, soon weel. Sc. Pr. 30

Lang syne, in Eden's bonny yaird, / When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, / And all the soul of love they shared, / The raptured hour, / Sweet on the fragrant flowery swaird, / In shady bower, / Then you, ye auld sneck-drawing (latch-lifting) dog, / Ye cam' to Paradise incog, / And play'd on man a curséd brogue, / (Black be your fa') / And gied the infant warld a shog (shake), / 'Maist ruin'd a'. Burns to the Deil.

Langage des halles—Language of the fishmarket. Fr.

Lange ist nicht ewig—Long is not for ever. Ger. Pr.

Lange Ueberlegungen zeigen gewöhnlich, dass man den Punkt nicht im Auge hat, von dem die Rede ist; übereilte Handlungen, dass man ihn gar nicht kennt—Long pondering on a matter usually indicates that one has not properly got his eye on the point at issue; and too hasty action that he does not know it at all. Goethe.

Langes Leben heisst viele überleben—To live 35 long is to outlive many. Goethe.

Langeweile ist ein böses Kraut / Aber auch eine Würze, die viel verdaut—Ennui is an ill weed, but also a condiment which digests a good deal. Goethe.