Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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2 Haste makes waste.- HEYWOOD : Proverbs , part i . chap . ii . Nothing can be
done at once hastily and prudently . — Publius Syrus : Maxim 357 . 3 Ease and
speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty
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2 Haste makes waste.- HEYWOOD : Proverbs , part i . chap . ii . Nothing can be
done at once hastily and prudently . — Publius Syrus : Maxim 357 . 3 Ease and
speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty
.
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GOLDSMITH : Vicar of Wakefield , chap . i . 3 Hee must have a long spoon , shall
eat with the devill . -- HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . v . He must have a
long spoon that must eat with the devil . SHAKESPEARE : Comedy of Errors , act
...
GOLDSMITH : Vicar of Wakefield , chap . i . 3 Hee must have a long spoon , shall
eat with the devill . -- HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . v . He must have a
long spoon that must eat with the devil . SHAKESPEARE : Comedy of Errors , act
...
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HEYWOOD : Proverbes part i . chap . xi . 4 Of two evils the less is always to be
chosen . — Thomas À KEMPIS . Imitation of Christ , book ii . chap . xii . HOOKER :
Polity , book v . chap . lxxcci . Of two evils I have chose the least . — PRIOR ...
HEYWOOD : Proverbes part i . chap . xi . 4 Of two evils the less is always to be
chosen . — Thomas À KEMPIS . Imitation of Christ , book ii . chap . xii . HOOKER :
Polity , book v . chap . lxxcci . Of two evils I have chose the least . — PRIOR ...
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HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . ix . 2 This wonder lasted nine daies .
HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . i . 8 Ars longa , vita brevis ( Art is long : life
is brief ) . — HIPPOCRATES : Aphorism i . 4 Three may keepe counsayle , if two
be ...
HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . ix . 2 This wonder lasted nine daies .
HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . i . 8 Ars longa , vita brevis ( Art is long : life
is brief ) . — HIPPOCRATES : Aphorism i . 4 Three may keepe counsayle , if two
be ...
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Chap . 19 . And when he is out of sight , quickly also is he out of mind.2 Chap . 23
. Of two evils , the less is always to be chosen . Book iii . Chap . 12 . JOHN
FORTESCUE . Circa 1395–1485 . Moche Crye and no Wull . * De Laudibus Leg .
Chap . 19 . And when he is out of sight , quickly also is he out of mind.2 Chap . 23
. Of two evils , the less is always to be chosen . Book iii . Chap . 12 . JOHN
FORTESCUE . Circa 1395–1485 . Moche Crye and no Wull . * De Laudibus Leg .
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| Title | Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
| Compiled by | John Bartlett |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1894 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Length | 1158 pages |
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