Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Fie on possession , But if a man be vertuous withal . The Frankeleines Prologue .
Line 10998 . Truth is the highest thing that man may keep . The Frankeleines
Tale . Line 11789 . Full wise is he that can himselven knowe . 4 The Monkes Tale
.
Fie on possession , But if a man be vertuous withal . The Frankeleines Prologue .
Line 10998 . Truth is the highest thing that man may keep . The Frankeleines
Tale . Line 11789 . Full wise is he that can himselven knowe . 4 The Monkes Tale
.
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Be Merry Friends . All a green willow , willow , All a green willow is my garland .
The Green Willow . Haste maketh waste . Proverbes . Part i . Chap . ii . Beware of
, Had I wist . ? Ibid . Good to be merie and wise .: Ibid . Beaten with his owne rod .
Be Merry Friends . All a green willow , willow , All a green willow is my garland .
The Green Willow . Haste maketh waste . Proverbes . Part i . Chap . ii . Beware of
, Had I wist . ? Ibid . Good to be merie and wise .: Ibid . Beaten with his owne rod .
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Convey , ” the wise it call . “ Steal ! ” foh ! a fico for the phrase ! Ibid . Sail like my
pinnace to these golden shores . Ibid . Tester I ' ll have in pouch , when thou shalt
lack , Base Phrygian Turk ! Ibid . Thou art the Mars of malcontents . Ibid .
Convey , ” the wise it call . “ Steal ! ” foh ! a fico for the phrase ! Ibid . Sail like my
pinnace to these golden shores . Ibid . Tester I ' ll have in pouch , when thou shalt
lack , Base Phrygian Turk ! Ibid . Thou art the Mars of malcontents . Ibid .
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I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing . Ibid .
Fish not , with this melancholy bait , For this fool gudgeon , this opinion . Ibid .
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing , more than any man in all Venice .
I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing . Ibid .
Fish not , with this melancholy bait , For this fool gudgeon , this opinion . Ibid .
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing , more than any man in all Venice .
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And then the justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined , With eyes severe
and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he
plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon , With ...
And then the justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined , With eyes severe
and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he
plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon , With ...
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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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