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

Lenity is part of justice. Joubert.

Lenity will operate with greater force, in some 35 instances, than rigour. It is, therefore, my first wish to have my whole conduct distinguished by it. G. Washington.

Leonem larva terres—You frighten a lion with a mask. Pr.

Leonina societas—Partnership with a lion.

Leonum ora a magistris impune tractantur—The mouths of lions are with impunity handled by their keepers. Sen.

Leporis vitam vivit—He lives the life of a hare, i.e., always full of fear. Pr.

Lern' entbehren, O Freund, / Beut Trotz dem 40 Schmerz und dem Tode, / Und kein Gott des Olymps fühlet sich freier, als du—Learn to dispense with things, O friend, bid defiance to pain and death, and no god on Olympus breathes more freely than thou. Bürger.

Lerne vom Schlimmsten Gutes, und Schlimmes nicht vom Besten—Learn good from the worst, and not bad from the best. Lavater.

Les affaires? c'est bien simple: c'est l'argent des autres—Business? That's easily defined: it is other people's money. Dumas fils.

Les affaires font les hommes—Business makes men. Fr.