“Might have gone further and have fared worse.”
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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“Shee had seene far in a milstone.”
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Whan the sunne shinth make hay, whiche is to say,
Take time whan time comth, lest time steale away.”
When the sun shines make hay, which is to say,
Take time when time comes, lest time steal away.
Part I, chapter 3.
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“Out of Gods blessing into the warme Sunne.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Though you love not to buy the pig in the poke,
Yet snatch you at the poke, that the pig is in,
Not for the poke, but the pig good cheap to win.
Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546)
“Small pitchers have wyde eares.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Well aunt (quoth Ales) all is well that endes well.
Ye Ales, of a good begynnyng comth a good end.”
Well aunt, said Ales, all is well that ends well.
Yes Ales, of a good beginning comes a good end.
Part I, chapter 10.
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“He that will not whan he may,
Whan he would, he shall haue nay.”
He that will not when he may,
When he would, he shall have nay.
Part I, chapter 3.
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True, said Ales, things done can not be undone,
Be they done in due time, too late, or too soon,
But better late than never to repent this,
To late, said my aunt, this repentance shown is,
When the steed is stolen shut the stable door.
Part I, chapter 10
"Better late than never" is recorded earlier by Livy as Potius sero quam numquam. (book IV, sec. 23).
Proverbs (1546)
“Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?”
Would you both eat your cake, and have your cake?
Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546)
“Lyke a pyckpurs pilgrim, ye prie and ye proule
At rouers, to rob Peter and paie Poule.”
Like a pickpurse pilgrim, you pry and you prowl
At rovers, to rob Peter and pay Paul.
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546)
“Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.”
Part I, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“What man love me, love my dog.”
Part II, chapter 9
Recorded in the 11th century by Bernard of Clairvaux in one of his sermons as a common proverb.
Proverbs (1546)
Mark you, how she hits me on the thumbs, said he.
And you taunt me tit over thumb, said she.
Since tit for tat, said I, on even hand is set.
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Reckeners without their host must recken twice.”
Part I, chapter 8.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“To robbe Peter and pay Poule.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“… Be they wynners or loosers,
… beggers should be no choosers.”
… Be they winners or loosers,
… beggars should be not choosers.
Part I, chapter 10.
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“The more hast the lesse speede.”
The more haste the less speed.
Part I, chapter 2.
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Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Children and fooles cannot lye.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Children and fooles cannot lye.
“Rome was not built in one day.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
As sages in all times assert;
The happy man's without a shirt.”
Be Merry Friends; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“And also I shall to reueng former hurtis,
Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.”
And also I shall to revenge former hurts,
Hold their noses to grindstone, and sit on their skirts.
Part I, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546)
“While betweene two stooles my taile goe to the ground.”
Part I, chapter 3.
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“Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother.”
Part II, chapter 9.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“One swallow maketh not summer.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Beggars should be no choosers.”
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Weddyng is desteny,
And hangyng likewise.”
Wedding is destiny,
And hanging likewise.
Part I, chapter 3.
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“She frieth in her owne grease.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Set the cart before the hors.”
Set the cart before the horse.
Part II, chapter 7.
Proverbs (1546)
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Yee have many strings to your bowe.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Naught venture naught have. spare to speak spare to speed.
Unknown unkissed. it is lost that is unsought.
As good seek nought, said I, as seek and find naught.
Part I, chapter 11.
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“All a green willow, willow,
All a green willow is my garland.”
The Green Willow; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“You stand in your owne light.”
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.”
Part I, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Part I, chapter 8.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“A woman hath nyne lyues like a cat.”
A woman has nine lives like a cat.
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
Variant: A woman hath nyne lyues like a cat.
“Ye can not sée the wood for trées.”
You cannot see the wood for trees.
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
“The mo the merier, we all daie here and sée
Ye, but the fewer the better fare (said hée)”
The more the merrier, we all day hear and see
You, but the fewer the better fare, said he.
Part II, chapter 7.
Proverbs (1546)
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Ye set circumquaques to make me beleue
Or thinke, that the moone is made of gréene chéese.”
You set circumstances to make me believe
Or think, that the moon is made of green cheese.
Part II, chapter 7.
Proverbs (1546)
“It is better to be
An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.”
It is better to be
An old man's darling than a young man's warling.
Part II, chapter 7.
Proverbs (1546)
Variant: It is better to be
An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
“We both be at our wittes end.”
Part I, chapter 8.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
