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

Language is the memory of the human race. It is a thread or nerve of life running through all the ages, connecting them into one common, prolonged, and advancing existence. Wm. Smith.

Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee. Ben Jonson.

Languages are more properly to be called 5 vehicles of learning than learning itself.... True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. Lady Montagu.

Languages are the barometers of national thought and character. Hare.

Languages are the pedigree of nations. Johnson.

Lapidary inscriptions should be historical rather than lyrical. Carlyle.

Lapis philosophorum—The philosopher's stone.

Lapis qui volvitur algam non generat—A rolling 10 stone gathers no moss. Pr.

Lapsus memoriæ—A slip of the memory.

Lares et penates—Household gods.