Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Laudem virtutis necessitati damus ( We give to necessity the praise of virtue ) . -
QUINTILIAN : Inst . Orut . i . 8. 14 . 2 Haste makes waste.- HEYWOOD : Proverbs ,
part i . chap . ii . Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently . — Publius ...
Laudem virtutis necessitati damus ( We give to necessity the praise of virtue ) . -
QUINTILIAN : Inst . Orut . i . 8. 14 . 2 Haste makes waste.- HEYWOOD : Proverbs ,
part i . chap . ii . Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently . — Publius ...
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Nothing is impossible to a willing hart . Ibid . The wise man sayth , store is no sore
. Chap . v . Let the world wagge , * and take mine ease in myne Inne.5 Ibid . Rule
the rost.6 Ibid . Hold their noses to grinstone . " Ibid . Better to give then to take .
Nothing is impossible to a willing hart . Ibid . The wise man sayth , store is no sore
. Chap . v . Let the world wagge , * and take mine ease in myne Inne.5 Ibid . Rule
the rost.6 Ibid . Hold their noses to grinstone . " Ibid . Better to give then to take .
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It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . 8 Ibid . Two heads are better then one
. Ibid . A short horse is soone currid . ' Chap . x . To tell tales out of schoole . Ibid .
To hold with the hare and run with the hound . 10 Ibid . 1 RABELAIS : book iv ...
It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . 8 Ibid . Two heads are better then one
. Ibid . A short horse is soone currid . ' Chap . x . To tell tales out of schoole . Ibid .
To hold with the hare and run with the hound . 10 Ibid . 1 RABELAIS : book iv ...
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To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares ; To eate thy heart through
comfortlesse dispaires ; To fawne , to crowche , to waite , to ride , to ronne , To
spend , to give , to want , to be undonne . Unhappie wight , borne to desastrous
end , That ...
To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares ; To eate thy heart through
comfortlesse dispaires ; To fawne , to crowche , to waite , to ride , to ronne , To
spend , to give , to want , to be undonne . Unhappie wight , borne to desastrous
end , That ...
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Give you a reason on compulsion ! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries , I
would give no man a reason upon compulsion , I. King Henry IV . Part 1. Act ii . Sc
. 4 . Mark now , how a plain tale shall put you down . Ibid . I was now a coward ...
Give you a reason on compulsion ! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries , I
would give no man a reason upon compulsion , I. King Henry IV . Part 1. Act ii . Sc
. 4 . Mark now , how a plain tale shall put you down . Ibid . I was now a coward ...
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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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