Dictionary of quotations (classical) / by Thomas Benfield Harbottle.

Date:
1897
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Credit: Dictionary of quotations (classical) / by Thomas Benfield Harbottle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    King, The— sets the fashion, 30. Kingdom unstable, ‘291. Kingly to enrich others, 518. Kings beneath Jove’s sceptre bow, 252. ,, Divine right of—- 365. ,, Long are the arms of— 11. ,, The wrath of— 77. Kinship, 125, 214, 512. Kisses, Stolen— 15, 345. Kitchen, 25. Knees, On the— of the gods, 501. Knife, A sore that needs the— 455. ,, Between the— and the victim, 107. Know thyself, 53, 344, 346, 403. Knowledge, 146, 312, 373, 418, 424, 482. ,, acquired under compulsion, 535. ,, Deprivation of— 337. ,, Forbidden— 288. ,, is nothing if not known, 294. ,, is power, 110. ,, Mind the beginning of— 426. ,, the food of the soul, 519. ,. The price of— 177. ,, The reward of— 466. ,, Universal— impossible, 450. Labour, 494. ,, a sauce, 434. ,, The reward of— 466. „ the sire of fame, 488. Labours, Past— 116. ,, Voluntary— 347. Lamb, Wolf and— 125, 451, 498. Lamp, The— of life, 272, 343. ,, His impromptus smell of the— 367. Lamp-oil, Waste time and— 192. Land, The sight of— 180. Language, 282. ,, and life in agreement, 245. ,, The— of truth is simple, 301. The law of— 141. Languages, 49. Last, Each man’s shoe made on his own— 134. ,, Let the cobbler stick to his— 146. Late, Better— than never, 216. Laugh if you be wise, 254. Laughter, 276, 295, 345, 520. ,, and truth, 254. ,, at a friend’s expense, 71. ,, at the expense of honesty, 165. ,, Homeric—336. ,, Ill-timed— 255. ,, Sardonic— 254, 412. Laughter to be used sparingly, 520. Lavishness, 120, 541. Law. 55, 58, 91, 102, 122, 136, 236, 291, 298, 327, 353, 367, 425, 426, 431, 506, 519. ,, cares nought for little things, 40. ,, Equality before the— 266. ,, Flagrant violation of the—99. ,, Leaders break the— not fol- lowers, 433. ,, Love owns no— 241. ,, Morality safer than—■ 519. ,, Natural— 404. ,, Necessity has no— 151. ,, Right limited by—- 450. ,, silent amongst arms, 215, 273. ,, The just is not in nature but in — 398. ,, the king of all, 426. ,, The supreme— 257. ,, To break the— for the sake of power, 270. ,, Universal— 122. ,, Unwritten— 31, 426. Lawlessness, 491. Laws, 120, 214, 399, 402, 491. ,, Good— 120, 294. ,, human and divine, 196. ,, numerous in a corrupt state, 33, 441. ,, The life of a state is in its— 133. ,, The virtuous need few— 440. Lay, Sweeter thy— than sound of falling waters, 311. Leaders break the law, not followers, 433. Learn as long as you live, 359. ,, Desire to— 146. ,, Never too late to— 283. ,, not all things, 418. ,, while teaching, 87. Learning, 339, 346, 357, 391, 428, 487. ,, a process of recollection, 454. ,, better late than never, 471. ,, in old age, 344. ,, Life without— 274. ,, no child’s play, 451. Leaves, Men like— 436, 437. ,, to the woods, 137. Leech, 395. ,, A garrulous—- 394. Leeches, 172. Legacy, 201, 471. Legal knowledge, 117. Legislator, 459. Leisure, 192, 202, 441, 502. ,, in old age, 6.