Definition of Lest

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Definition of Lest
	Lest To listen. Lust; desire; pleasure. Last; least. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. Related Definitions: After, Apprehension, Certain, Denoting, Desire, Fear, For, In, Last, Least, Listen, Lust, Negative, Not, Or, Order, Particle, Pleasure, That, The, To, Without

Lest Quotations

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
William Shakespeare

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
Epictetus

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
Francis Bacon

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
Robert Browning

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.
John Ruskin

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
Carl Sandburg

Lest Translations

lest in German is geringere
lest in Hungarian is nehogy

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