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

Let go desire, and thou shalt lay hold on peace. Thomas à Kempis.

Let go quarrel and contention, nor embroil thyself in trouble and differences by being over-solicitous in thy own defence. Thomas à Kempis.

Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hill, lest it break thy neck with following it; but the great one that goes up the hill, let him draw thee after. Lear, ii. 4.

Let grace our selfishness expel, / Our earthliness refine. Gurney.

Let her (woman) make herself her own, / To 55 give or keep, to live, and learn, and be, / All that not harms distinctive womanhood. Tennyson.

Let Hercules himself do what he may, / The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. Ham., v. 1.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink; / So may he cease to write, and learn to think. Prior.

Let him count himself happy who lives remote from the gods of this world. Goethe.

Let him tak' his fling, and find oot his ain wecht (weight). Sc. Pr.

Let him that does not know you buy you. 5 Pr.