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

Lay up that you may lay out. Pr.

Lazarus did not go to Abraham's bosom because 30 he was poor, or every sluggard would go there easily. Spurgeon.

Laziness begins with cobwebs and ends with iron chains. Pr.

Laziness is nothing unless you carry it out. Pr.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. Ben. Franklin.

Lazy as Ludlam's dog, that laid his head against the wall to bark. Pr.

Lazy folks ask for work with their lips, but 35 their hearts pray God that they may not find it. Creole saying.

Lazy folk's stomachs don't get tired. Uncle Remus.

Lazy is the hand that ploughs not. Gael. Pr.

Le beau monde—The fashionable world. Fr.