The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
Savings and Who Said Them.

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| when and by whom they were first said.
| The country editor could i'll describe a
local festivity without the aid of the wee
| sma' hours ayont the twal," which IS
| found in Burns poem, Death and Doc
| tor Hornbrook." Dancing IS never dane
| ing, but people "trip the light. fantastic
| toe" for which expression the editor is
| indebted to no less a parsonage than
John Milton. Conspicuous by his alb
sence' was used by Lord John Russell.
who quoted it from Tacitus. And echo
answers where is from Lord Byrons
| Bride of Abydos." 1T beggars descrip-
ton" is found in Antony and Cleopatra
| Where ignorance is bliss. It's folly TO be
| wise" was said by Gray in his lode 10
Eton College well begun is half done"
may be traced back to Horace. Accord
| ing TO her garment she cut her CLOTH
was said by Dryden in THE Cock and
| Fox" Sir John Holt, in Sir William
Morriss Case" said, THE better the cay
| the better the deed" 'Out of sight out
| of mind" dates back TO 1865. and is found
in Googe's "Epytahpes. Eglogs, and Son
nettes.'' And there, though last. not
least" IS from Skeletons Colin Clout.'
| and Through thick and thin from the
''Faery Queen"
Rare Ben Jonson gives the advice to
laugh and be fat" One of Bishop
Horne's sermons is the source of 1T is
better to wear out than to rust cut
| George Wither in Poem on Christmas
gives the warning that Care VIII Kill
| cat" and couplet from John Wolco.'s
| '.Expostulary Odes'' contains the same
sentiment:
| Care to our coffin adds nail, no doubt.
And every grin so merry draws enc cut"
Nothing venture, nothing have" is
1 f1..r
bandry," by Thomas Tusse-. Churchill.
in THE Ghost" said, The more haste
the less speed ITO go n one ear and
out of the other" probably had its origin
! in Chaucer's ONE care It heard al the
| ether it went out"
Prior, in his "Epilogue to Lucus." gave
Us an adage which is in use every day,
The ..Tay marc vi prove me better
horse" MY dear, my better half" was
said by Sir Philip Sidney, in arcadia"
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the
| gander'' is from 1.-The New Maxims of
Tom Brown" and another proverb often
eAempified is from a fable by Gay:
I'm every age and cline we see.
Two of a trade can ne'er agree
Ben JOnson, in The Devil is an ASS"
says that "A burnt child breads the fire"
- IT'S good to look before you feao."
| New Medley" Goldsmith tells US that
man wants but little here below" Com
| ing events cast their shadows before" is
found in 'LochieFs Warning" by Camp
| bell Discretion is the better part of
valor" occurs in Beaumont and Fletcher's
"A King and no King" and Shakespeare
uses almost the same words in Henry
IV."-''The better part of valor is dis
cretion, in which better part have saw
ed my life
Many other sayings have been used
with slight variations by several authors,
| Comparisons are odious is found in Bur-
toms Anatomy of Melancholy" in Hey
! wards "A Woman Killed by Kindness"
in Dome. and in George Herbert In
Don Quixote" we read that "Compari-
sons are offensive" Thomas A Kempis
says that "Of two evils the less is TO be
chosen and in Prior's limitations of
Horace" we find, ''Of two evils L have
chosen the least" Wadsworth is respon-
sible for the statement that THE child
is father to the man. but in Paradise
Regained" Milton had already said;
'"The childhood shows the man.
AS morning shows the day
The changes have been rung on the ex-
preston 'All is not gold that glitters,' -
Middleton gives 'All is not gold that glist-
ems" Spenser, in the 'Faery Queene, -
says. Gold is not all that golden seems -
Lydgate has lin all that glisters gold all
is not gold that outward showeth light
Dreyden's version is 'All. as they say,
that glistens is not gold" and Chaucer.
in the Canterbury Tales" says the same
thing, but with more circumlocution:
But think that which sehineth as the
gold
Is naugh as that have hearI ten
There's luck in odd numbers" Lover
makes Rory O'Moore say. And in The
Merry Wives of Windsor We find, Good
luck lies in odd numbers, they say
there IS a divinity in odd numbers, either
in nativity, chance. or death" Heaven
never helps the man VINO VIII not act, -
said Sophocles. and Sir Philip Sidney PUT
God helps those who helps themselves"
Holy George Herbert IS the author or
compiler of many shrew1 sayings. sucd as
''Wouldst thou have thy cake and keep
il, toO?' THE wearer knows where ne
shoe pinches'' Little pitchers have wide
ears cit is poor sport that IS not worth
the candle" Gods mills grind slow but
sure" Half the world knows not how
the other half lives" His bark is worse
than his bite" The burnt child breads
the fire. 1.-The mill cannot grind with
water that is past, Whose house is
glass must not throw stones at another 50
God comes 10 see without a bell" An
III laborer quarreis with his tools ITO
close-shorn sheep God gives wind by
measure" This is probably the origin
Of the proverb God tempers the wind 20
the shorn lamb" which was said by
Sterne in Tristan Shandy." Herbert
also quotes Man proposes. God dis
poses" This was first said by Thomas a
Kempis.
A great many OF our common sayings
are taken from Shakespeare. As dead
as a doornail" and TO give the devil lis
due" are from Henry w. My cake Is
dough. - Is from The Tanning OF the
Shrew'' screw your courage 10 the
! sticking place" IS found in Macbeth. "
Some quotations from Shakespeare are
credited to the Bible, as. for instance.
That bourne from which no traveller re-
turns" which is used by worthy dea-
con once a week in prayer meeting, IN the
belief that IT is a Scriptural quotation.
Beaumont and Fletcher are responsible
for several much-used sayings. such as
.Reggars should never be choosers.
found in THE Scornful Lady" and "Ons
| mans meat is another mans poison,
which Is taken from Loves Cure. and
, IN Putler's ~Hudibras" occur TO take
the wrong SOW BY the ear ITO get by
hoax or crook TO count their chickens
ere they're hatche5.'' and To smell q
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