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Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details.
Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you
for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them....
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
-- Old Testament -- 1 Kings xx, 11...
Let not the heavens hear these tell-tale women Rail on the Lord's anointed.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard III -- Act iv, Sc. 4...
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch. -- National Lampoon, _Deteriorata_
Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
-- Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book xix, Sect. 59...
Let not thy mind run on what thou lackest as much as on what thou hast already.
-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, vii, 27...
Let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act ii, Sc. 4...
Let not your heart be troubled. -- New Testament -- John xiv, 1
Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.
-- David Garrick (1716-1779) -- On the Death of Mr. Pelham...

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