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 none admire / That riches grow in hell; that soil may best / Deserve the precious bane. Milton.

Let none henceforth seek needless cause t' approve / The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek / Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.

Let none presume / To wear an undeservéd dignity. Mer. of Ven., ii. 9.

Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast 10 himself as he that putteth it off. Bible.

Let not man tempt the gods, or ever desire to pry into what they graciously conceal under a veil of darkness or terror. Schiller.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee. Bible.

Let not mirth turn to mischief. Pr.

Let not my bark in calm abide, / But win her cheerless way against the chafing tide. Keble.

Let not one enemy be few, nor a thousand 15 friends many, in thy sight. Heb. Pr.

Let not one look of fortune cast you down; / She were not fortune if she did not frown; / Such as do braveliest bear her scorns awhile / Are those on whom at last she most will smile. Orrery.