The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-10
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.
THE SOURCES FROM WHICH MANY OF
THEN ORIGINALLY sPRANG.


Many of our common sayings, so trite
and pIthy, are used without the least
idea from whose mouth and pen they
first originated. Probably Shakespeare S
works furnish us with more of these IA
miliar maxims than any other writer.
for TO him we owe ''All is not gold
that glitSers, - make a virtue Of neces-
sity, " Screw your courage to the stick
ing place" mot pOint), They laugh
that win. y This is the long and short
of it, Comparisons are OdioUs, . "As
merry Of the day is long, - "a Daniel
come to judgment, - ''Frailty, thy name
is wOmOn, 5" aud hOS5 of others.
Washington Irving gives us 1.-The al
mighty dollar"
Thomas Morton queried long ago,
''What will Mrs. Grundy say ?'' while
Goldsmith answers, Ask me no uues-
tions and l will tell you no fibs. - Chas.
Pinckney gives, millions for defense.
but not one cent for tribute -
First in war, first in the hearts of
his cOuntTymen, appeared in the reso-
lutiOns presented to the House of Rep
resentatives in December, 1890, by Gen.
Henry Lee.
Thomas Tusser, a writer of the six
teenth century, gives us, Its an i'll
wind that turns no good, - Better late
than never" >" and the ''stOne that is roll
ing can gather no moss. -
Dryden says None but the brave
deserve the fair, - Men are but chill
dren of larger growth, and Through
thick and thin.
NO pent-up Utica contracts our pow
er," declared Jonathan Sewen.
OF two evils have chosen the least, ,
on Il I
are from Matthew Prior.
Johnson tells of "A good hater." " and
Macintosh made the phrase, often at
tTibuted to John Randolph, wise and
mastery inactivity -
Variety is the spice of life.D and
Not much the worse for fear,' are
from Cowper
Man proposes, but God disposes, - is
from Thomas attempts.
Edward Coke was of the opinion that
"A mans house is his CASTLE
To Milton we owe the Paradise of
fools" "A wilderness of sweets and
moonstruck madness. -
Edward Love tells US Death loves a
shining mark, > y fool indeed, - but.
alas MAN wants hut little here below,
nor wants that little long"
Dean Swift thought that 'sBread is
the staff Of life ."
Campbell found that 'Coming events
cast their shadows before - Distance
lends enchantment to the view"
"A thing of beauty is a JOY forever"
is from Keats.
Franklin said "GOd helps those who
help themselves. " and Lawrence SteTne
comforts US with the thought that &c ID
tempers the wind to tn e shOTn lamb. >
Even some of the slang phrases of the
day have Legitimate origin. Putting
your foot in it, - is certainly not very
elegant mode of expression, but. accord
ing to the ''ASiatic Researches, - it is
quite fine point point at law for when
the title to land is disputed in HinGOos-
tan, two holes are dug in the ground,
and used to enease the limb of each law
yer ~. and the one who tires first loses
his clients case. Fancy, is you can.
some of our famous climbs Of the law, -
in such manner. L is gener-
ally the client who ''puts his foot in it,
When things are in disorder they are
said to be tOpsy turvy. This expression
is derived from she way turf for fuel is
placed to dry, the turf being placed face
downward and tho expression then
means top-side tUTf-way.
''All cry and no wool, lis found in Bull
wer's ''Hudibras. -
From Bacon comes knowledge is
power" and S0uthev reminds us that
PHYS akin TO love-