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 man's own sphere confine his view. Beattie.

Let May be oot (out) before you cast a cloot (a piece of clothing). Sc. Pr.

Let me be cruel, not unnatural; / I will speak daggers to her, but use none. / My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites. Ham., iii. 2.

Let me die to the sounds of the delicious music. Last words of Mirabeau.

Let me have men about me that are fat; / 30 Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights; / Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look; / He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

Let me have no lying; it becomes none but tradesmen. Winter's Tale, iv. 3.

Let me keep from vice myself, and pity it in others. Goldsmith.

Let me make the ballads of a people, and I care not who makes the laws. Quoted by Fletcher of Saltoun.

Let me play the fool; / With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, / And let my liver rather heat with wine / Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

Let me say amen betimes, lest the devil cross 35 my prayers. Mer. of Ven., iii. 1.