“To hold with the hare and run with the hound.”
John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546)
“I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde.”
Source: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 107. Compare: "To hold with the hare and run with the hound", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part i, Chap. x.
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John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Part II, chapter 5.
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And chase the hare with the ox,
And swim against the torrent.”
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Ieu sui Arnautz qu'amas l'aura
E cas la lebre ab lo bueu
E nadi contra suberna.
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