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

Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, / Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; / But when he once attains the upmost round, / He then unto the ladder turns his back, / Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees / By which he did ascend. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

Loyal à la mort—Loyal to death. M.

Loyal en tout—Loyal in all. M. 30

Loyal je serai durant ma vie—I will be loyal during my life. M.

Loyauté m'oblige—Loyalty binds me. M.

Loyauté n'a honte—Loyalty feels no shame. M.

Lubrici sunt fortunæ gressus—The footsteps of fortune are slippery.

Lubricum linguæ non facile in pœnam est 35 trahendum—A slip of the tongue ought not to be rashly punished. L.

[Greek: Lychnou arthentos, gynê pasa hê autê]—When the candle is taken away, every woman is alike. Gr. Pr.

Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up. Labour, with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up something. Luck relies on chance, labour on character. Cobden.