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

Liebe ohne Gegenliebe ist wie eine Frage 10 ohne Antwort—Love unreciprocated is like a question without an answer. Ger. Pr.

Liebe schwärmet auf allen Wegen; / Treue wohnt für sich allein; / Liebe kommt euch rasch entgegen; / Aufgesucht will Treue sein—Love ranges about in all thoroughfares; fidelity dwells by herself alone. Love comes to meet you with quick footstep; fidelity will be sought out. Goethe.

Liebe ward der Welt von Gott verliehen, / Um zu Gott die Seele zu erziehen—Love was bestowed on the world by God, in order to train the soul for God. Rückert.

Lieber Neid denn Mitleid—Better envy than pity. Ger. Pr.

Lies are like nitro-glycerine—the best of judges can't tell where they are going to burst and scatter confusion. Billings.

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion 15 brings on substance. Bacon.

Lies are the ghosts of truths, the masks of faces. J. Sterling.

Lies have short legs. It. and Ger. Pr.

Lies hunt in packs. Pr.

Lies may be acted as well as spoken. Pr.