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

Leben athme die bildende Kunst, / Geist fordr' ich vom Dichter—Let painting and sculpture breathe life; it is spirit itself I require of the poet. Schiller.

Leben heisst träumen: weise sein heisst 5 angenehm träumen—To live is to dream, to be wise is to dream agreeably. Schiller.

Leberide cæcior—Blinder than a serpent's slough. Pr.

Led by illusions romantic and subtle deceptions of fancy, / Pleasure disguised as duty, and love in the semblance of friendship. Longfellow.

Leeze me o' drink; it gies us mair / Than either school or college; / It kindles wit, it waukens lair (learning), / It pangs (stuffs) us fu' o' knowledge. Burns.

Legant prius et postea despeciant—Let them read first, and despise afterwards. Lope de Vega.

Legatus a latere—An extraordinary Papal ambassador. 10

Lege totum si vis scire totum—Read the whole if you wish to know the whole.

Legem brevem esse oportet quo facilius ab imperitis teneatur—A law ought to be short, that it may be the more easily understood by the unlearned. Sen.

Leges ad civium salutem, civitatumque incolumitatem conditæ sunt—Laws were framed for the welfare of citizens and the security of states. Cic.