John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. (1547–1616) (continued) |
| 9478 |
| There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things. 1 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxv. |
| 9479 |
| But all in good time. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvi. |
| 9480 |
| Matters will go swimmingly. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvi. |
| 9481 |
| Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii. |
| 9482 |
| They had best not stir the rice, though it sticks to the pot. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii. |
| 9483 |
| Good wits jump; 2 a word to the wise is enough. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii. |
| 9484 |
| You may as well expect pears from an elm. 3 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xl. |
| 9485 |
| Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. 4 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xlii. |
| 9486 |
| You cannot eat your cake and have your cake; 5 and store ’s no sore. 6 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. |
| 9487 |
| Diligence is the mother of good fortune. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. |
| 9488 |
| What a man has, so much he is sure of. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. |
| 9489 |
| When a man says, “Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?” there is no answer to be made. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. |
| 9490 |
| The pot calls the kettle black. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. |
| 9491 |
| This peck of troubles. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. liii. |
| 9492 |
| When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. 7 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. liv. |
| 9493 |
| Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. lv. |
| Note 1. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose.—Ecclesiastes iii. 1. [back] |
| Note 2. See Sterne, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 3. See Publius Syrus, Quotation 69. [back] |
| Note 4. See Chaucer, Quotation 38. [back] |
| Note 5. See Heywood, Quotation 129. [back] |
| Note 6. See Heywood, Quotation 27. [back] |
| Note 7. See Burton, Quotation 87. [back] |