a 1607 T. DELONEY Gentle Craft (1648) I. XV. Thus love you see can finde a way,
To make both Men and Maids obey. 1661 ‘T. B.’ (title) Love will finde out the way. 1765
in T. Percy Reliques III. III. 236 Over the mountains, And over the waves;.. Love will
find out the way. 1962 ‘S. NASH’ Killed by Scandal ix. But he’s so fond of June that I’m
sure it’s going to be all right. Love will find a way. 1975 Listener 16 Oct. 504 The red-
plush curtain fell on a reprise of ‘Love will find a way’. lovelove see also (noun) the COURSE of true love never did run smooth; all’s FAIR in love
and war; when the FURZE is in bloom, my love’s in tune; LUCKY at cards, unlucky in love;
MONEY is the root of all evil; it is best to be OFF with the old love before you are on with the
new; PITY is akin to love; when POVERTY comes in at the door, love flies out of the window;
PRAISE the child, and you make love to the mother; the QUARREL of lovers is the renewal of
love; (verb) EVERYBODY loves a lord; whom the GODS love die young.
loved see BETTER to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.Lovell see the CAT, the rat, and Lovell the dog, rule all England under the hog.lover see JOVE but laughs at lovers’ perjury; the QUARREL of lovers is the renewal of
love.
There is LUCK in leisureIt is often advisable to wait before acting.1683 G. MERITON Yorkshire Dialogue 9 There’s luck in Leizur. 1859 ‘SKITT’
Fisher’s River vii. Thinks I, ‘There’s luck in leisure,’ as I’ve hearn folks say. ..So I jist
waited a spell. 1936 J. ESTEVEN While Murder Waits xxii. ‘You.. won’t decide now?’..
‘There’s luck in leisure, Victoria.’ patience and impatience; procrastinationThere is LUCK in odd numbersA superstition similar to that in THIRD time lucky. Cf. VIRGIL Eclogues viii. 75 numero
deus impare gaudet, the god delights in an uneven number.
1598 SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives of Windsor v. i. 3 This is the third time; I hope
good luck lies in odd numbers. 1837 S. LOVER Rory O’More I. (title-page) ‘There’s luck