The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-27
Origin of Some Popular Sayings.

trite opposite sentences, using them daily,
but having no knowledge of their author
ship; and as men are apt to be curious con-
corning the habits and laws that they follow
or arc governed by, tracing their origin back
into the dimness Of long-slumbering centu-
ries, so they are of ten possessed with n de-
sire to know who first framed these words
into the sentences so familiar to them. As
thew have not all the time to devote to such
n labor, the following have been strung to-
eether by one whose nature leads him to
mmble among books for his souls best
amusement
1t was Thomas o Kempis who in the If
tsenth century gave US :. Man proposes, but
God disposes", aud the equally well-known
saying, "Of two evils the less is to be
chosen" the original Of "Of two evils
choose the least" Thomas Tusser, a writer
of the sixteenth century, gave, Better late
than never" and the key for four other COM
mon phrases in "For Christmas comes but
once q year." "It's an i'll wind that turns
none to good" The stone that is rolling
can gather no moss" Look ere thou leap,
SEQ ere thou 60" It'was Francis Rabelais,
n French wit of the same century, who said
that by "Robbing Peter he paid Paul, and
told that when
"The devil was sick, the devil n monk would
he;
Tho devil was well. the devil a monk wns
he"
II was also in The sixteenth century that
Sir Edward Coke, a celebrnted English law.
yer. snid For n mans house is his castle"
and Lord Brooke sung, And out of mind
as soon MS out of sight" It was Christie
pher Marlowc, the f~orerunner of Shakes,
peare, and father of the grand old English
drama, who sang to the ladies, Glove me
little, love me long" and told Of "Infnite
riches in a little room"
We owe to the prolific genius of Shakes
peare, "This Ia the short and long of It,"
The worlds mine oyster" Companions
are odious," Z" As merry Us tho day is long"
"a Daniel come to judgment, /" 1T is q wise
father that knows his own child" And
thereby hangs a tale, "He needs must go
that the devil drives" Why this is very
midsummer madness, " 1.-THE smallest worm
will turn when trodden on, " Smooth runs
the water where the brook is deep" $50
wise SO young they say do meier live long"
Tho weakest goes to the wall, " We have
seen better days. This wns the most un-
kindest cut OF nll," i" Stand not upon the
order of your going" "a deed without q
name" "Frailty, thy name is woman" ~
am a man more sinned against than SIN
ming" They laugh TINT win" and a thou
sand more as good, though not as well
known.
Francis Bacon, the "~wisest, greatett
meanest of mankind, -" said knowledge 70
power" and Beaumont and Fletcher pro
nounced that whats one mans poison,
signor, is another's meat or drink" Milton
tolls of o "Moping melancholy and moon.
struck Madness" and also of "a wilderness
of sweets" IAN he'll broke loose" and
1.-THE paradise Of FOOLS"
Samuel Butler, author Of "Hudibras,"
dubbed a religious creed thus: "'Twas Pres
byterinn true blue" Dryden says, None
but the brave deserve the fair" and "Sweet
Is pleasure after pain" He also warns thus;
Beware the fury Of n patient man. IAN
delays are dangerous in war;" and thinks
that MEN are but children of n larger
growth" The Earl OF Roscommon has it
that one must Choose an author as you
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needs fear no fall" and Thomas Southerno
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war"
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DNmn uSeN" uVoe i"f"-
,s no
low snid 'Drnth loves n shining mark
he nlso Thought that a. Man wants but little.
nor that little long nnd TINT "a fool Mt for
ty is n fool indeed; ho also told of Tired
natures sweet r~cstorer, balmy Sleep; Popo
says. ITO orr il human. TO forgive divine"
and Thompson tells of " Cruel as death, and
HUNGRY ms the grave" II was John Cav
who said While there's life, there's hope"
and sang of :. Over the hills and far AWAY:
Lawrence Sterne thought lint God tenn
pers the wind to the shorn lamb" and Ben
iamin franklin TINT God helps them who
help themselves p" Cowper snid that "yari-
cty's the very spice of life -" Thomas Camp
bell that ""ris distance lends enchantment
to the view; he also said. And coming
events cast their shadows before 3" Daniel
Webster told of a "Sea of upturned faces"
md Washington Irving thought our idol was
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