L Quotes
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“Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.”
“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”
“Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.”
Source: The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer. (1. Ed.)
“Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart.”
“Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.”
Source: The Dhammapada
“Let him think is I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
“Let him treat you like a lady and open the car door for you. If he doesn't automatically open the door for you, stand by the darn thing and don't get into the vehicle until he realises he needs to get hid behind out of the driver's seat and come round and open the car door for you. That's his job!”
“Let him try to take on Torpedo Ink. He'll realize he has a tiger by the tail.”
Source: Vendetta Road
“Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.”
Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann
“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will only do harm to himself and to the community. ... But the reverse is also true: Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.”
Source: Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.”
“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair.”
Source: Life Together
“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.”
“Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.”
Source: Sermons on the Liturgical Seasons (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 38)
“Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.”
“Let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD.”
Source: Holy Bible: New International Version
“Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to heart: "Do the duty which lies nearest to thee," which thou know to be a duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.”
“Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.”
Source: Awakened India
“Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.”
“Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.”
“Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.”
“Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.”
“Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth”
“Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.”
“Let him who is worthy by reason of his clear eye and unjaded heart wander across these borders of beauty and mystery and be glad.”
“Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him.”
Source: Select Speeches of Kossuth
“Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me.”
“Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.”
“Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.”
“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”
“Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.”
“Let him who would move the world first move himself.”
“Let his blood be upon us and upon our children”
“Let his herald your end,and begone with the thundder clap.”
“Let his name be cleared and everyone else adjust their thinking. He had put in time, now they must do the work. His business was simple. Find Cecilia and love her, marry her and live without shame.”
“Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonightto you, the great silent majority of my fellow AmericansI ask for your support.”
“Let history handle empires. Learn a thousand words and handle the conversation.”
Source: In English as in Russian: 1000 words with explanations - ПО-АНГЛИЙСКИ КАК ПО-РУССКИ: 1000 слов с пояснениями
“Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee”
“Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.”
Source: The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin
“Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.”
“Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.”
“Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each day that dawns the last you'll see; For so the hour that greets you unforeseen Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)
“Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.”
“Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph.”
“Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body.”
Source: The Concubine's Tattoo
“Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.”
“Let husbands know Their wives have sense like them. They see, and smell, And have their palates both for sweet and sour, As husbands have.”
“Let Ian laugh. Let him believe pain will ruin me. I know better. I've already been ruined once, and I know how to rise from the ashes. I know how to find my broken pieces.”
Source: Deception
“Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces