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 présent est gros de l'avenir—The present is big with coming events. Leibnitz.

Le présent est pour ceux qui jouissent, l'avenir pour ceux qui souffrent—The present is for those who enjoy, the future for those who suffer. Fr.

Le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire un public?—The public! How many fools must there be to make a public? Chamfort.

Le réel est étroit, le possible est immense—The 40 real is limited, the possible is unlimited. Lamartine.

Le refus des louanges est souvent un désir d'être loué deux fois—The refusal of praise often proceeds from a desire to have it repeated.

Le repos est une bonne chose, mais l'ennui est son frère—Repose is a good thing, but ennui is his brother. Voltaire.

Le reste ne vaut pas l'honneur d'être nommé—The rest don't deserve to be mentioned. Corneille.

Le roi est mort; vive le roi!—The king is dead; long live the king! The form of announcing the death of a French king.

Le roy et l'état—The king and the state. M. 45

Le roi le veut—The king wills it. The formula of royal assent in France.