
“Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.”
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
Source: Proven Guilty
“Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.”
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
“He who wants Lent to seem short, should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter.”
Candelaio, Act IV, Scene XVII. — (Lucia.)
Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275
[Ostler, Scott, The Leaping Legends of Basketball, The Los Angeles Times, 1989-02-12]
Dunking
“She laughed, and drank more beer. “Take a long trace off a short bridge, vampire.”
Source: Lothaire
“Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.”