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

Le moindre grain de mil serait bien mieux mon affaire—The smallest grain of millet would serve my needs better. La Fontaine, "The Cock and the Pearl."

Le moineau en la main vaut mieux que l'oie qui vole—A sparrow in the hand is worth a goose on the wing. Fr. Pr.

Le monde, chère Agnès, est une étrange chose—The world, dear Agnes, is a queer concern. Molière.

Le monde est le livre des femmes—The world 10 is the book of women. Rousseau.

Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir / Doit se tenir tout seul et casser son miroir—The world is full of madmen, and he who would not see one must keep himself quite alone and break his looking-glass.

Le monde paye d'ingratitude—The world pays with ingratitude. Fr. Pr.

Le monde savant—The learned world. Fr.

Le mort est le dernier trait du tableau de la vie—Death is the finishing touch in the picture of life. Fr.

Le mot de l'énigme—The key to the riddle. Fr. 15

Le moy est haïssable—Egotism is hateful. Pascal.