John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Robert Burton. (1577–1640) (continued) |
| 2170 |
| [Quoting Seneca] Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, “and these,” said she, “are my jewels.” |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3. |
| 2171 |
| To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 4. |
| 2172 |
| Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven. 1 |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 5. |
| 2173 |
| Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 5. |
| 2174 |
| Though it rain daggers with their points downward. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 3. |
| 2175 |
| Going as if he trod upon eggs. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 3. |
| 2176 |
| I light my candle from their torches. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 5, Subsect. 1. |
| 2177 |
| England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 3, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2. |
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| The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. 2 |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1. |
| 2179 |
| As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man’s face. 3 |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1. |
| 2180 |
| Make a virtue of necessity. 4 |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1. |
| 2181 |
| Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel. 5 |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 1. |
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| If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled. |
| Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 18. [back] |
| Note 2. See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back] |
| Note 3. See Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Quotation 5. [back] |
| Note 4. See Chaucer, Quotation 22. [back] |
| Note 5. For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.—Martin Luther: Table Talk, lxvii. God never had a church but there, men say, The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles. William Drummond: Posthumous Poems. No sooner is a temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.—George Herbert: Jacula Prudentum. Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there. Daniel Defoe: The True-born Englishman, part i. line 1. [back] |