Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-02-06
Sayings. and Who First Said Them.

siii Sayings. and Who First Said Them.
Many Of our common sayings. so trlte
and pithy. are used without the least idea
from whose mouth or pen they first origi-
mated. Probably the works of Shakespeare
furnish us with more of these familiar
maxims than any other writer, for to him
We owe: "All is not gold that glitters,"
SNAKE virtue Of necessity - "Screw your
courage 10 the stickinQ-place" (not point).
4 They laugh that win, - 'This is the short
aud long Of it, g Companions are odius.' y
..As merry as the day IS long, "a Dan
lei come to Judgment. " Frailty, thy name
is woman" and host Of others.
u From the same we Gull, snake .assur-
lsncs doubly sure" christmas comes but
on Is year, "Count their chickens ere
| iii ey, are hstched," and ''Look before you
slsap.'' .., .
4 " asbineton Irving gives US "The Al
ml3htY Dollar" Thomas Morton queried
long ago 'sWhat will Mrs. Grundy say?"
while Goldsmith answers, s'Ask me no
questions and I'll tell you no fibs." Chas.
@. ::Plnkney gives Millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute.'' "First in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
fellow-citizens' mot countrymen). appear
ed in Che resolutions presented to the
House of Representatives in December,
|17sO, prepared by Gen. Henry Leo.
Thomas Tasser, a writer Of the sixteenth
century gives us, IT'S an i'll wind turns
nogood, "''Better late than never, '"Look
ere chou leap" and 1.-The stone that is
rolling can gather no moss" "All cry.
and no wool" is found in Buffers "Hudi-
bras"
: Dryden says: ''None but the brave de-
servo the fAir.n Men are but children
Of d larger growth, and "Through thick
and thin. emo pent-up Utica contracts
our power, - declared Jonathan Sewell.
u, Dean Swift thought that BREAD is the
staff Of life." Campbell found that Com
ing events cast their shadows before" and
s.,Tis distance lends enchantment to the
view" "a thing of beauty is Joy forev-
err, is from Keats Franklin said, "God
helps them who help themselves" and
Lawrence Sterne comforts US with the
thought, "God tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb"
when Greeks join Greeks then was the
tug of war;" Nathaniel Lee, 1892.
"Of two evils have chosen the least"
and ''The end must justify the MEANS"
are from Matthew Price. We are indebt-
ed to Colley Cibber for the agreeable intel
ligence that "Richard is himself again."
johnson tells us of "a good hater," and
Macintosh in 1871. wrote the phrase often
attributed to John Randolph. s'Wise and
mastery inactivity
variety is the very spice Of life," and
ssNot much the worse for wear" Cowper.
.sMan proposes, but God disposes," Thos.
a. Kempis. sss
Christopher Marlowe gave forth the in
sitatioh 90 often repeated by his brothers
In less public way, "Love me little, love
me long," Edward Cook was Of tho opin-
ion that "a mans house is his castle. :"
To Milton we owe 1.-THE paradise Of
fools,'' "a wilderness Of sweets" and
"Moping melancholy and moonstruck
madness
From Bacon comes acknowledge Is
power,'' and Thomas Southern reminds
US that "Pity's akin to love-
Edward Young tells US death loves
shining mari, p "a fool at forty is a fool
indeed. ? but alas, for his knowledge Of hui
man nature when he tells us "Man wants
but little, nor that little long"
Even some Of the ''slang" phrases Of the
day have legitimate origin. Putting
your foot in it," ia certainly not a very
elegant mode of expression, but, accord
| ing to the ''Asiatic Researches" it is quite
fine point of law; when the title to land
| is disputed in Aindostan, two holes are
dug in the ground and used to incase a
limb of each lawyer (9), and the one who
tired first lost his clients case. Fancy, If
you can, some Of our famous climbs of the
! law" pleading in such q manner! 1t is
generally the client who 'puts his foot in
IT, 1853 W s'.
I, When things are in disorder they are Of
ten said TO be turned topsy-turvy; this ex-
preston is derived from the way in which
turf used for fuel is placed to dry, the turf
being turned downward, and the express
sion then means top-side turf-waY.
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