Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-08
Origin Weil-known Phrases.

| The Burlington Hawkaye calls at
tention to the enrichment of English
| which comes thru the old sayings OF
| literary characters. Shakespeare is
! presumed TO have gathered more peril
nent sayings than any other writer.
! and he did much in that direction, al
tho 1t is not likely he created anything.
He merely garnered for the accommo
cation Of the future. Cervantes did
| much in the way of enriching Ian
| gauge. His character Don Quixote, was
wise old fellow and his sayings are in
more common use than that, of any
other person in literature, altho not
many Of us who profit by his cleaning:
think of the old Spaniard when we
use his wise sayings. From Don has
! been gathered his famous sayings, Of
which the following Is a compilation:
| And had a face like benediction.
| Plain as the nose on a mans face.
| 1t is the part Of a wise man to keep
himself today for tomorrow, and not
venture all his eggs in the basket.
Let us make hay while the sun
| shines.
l never thrust my nose into other
| mems porridge. 1t is no bread and
1 self. and God for us all.
! A close mouth catches no flies.
They must needs go whom tho
devil drives. ~
! A bird in the hand Is worth two in
| the bush.
I can tell where my own shoe
! plnches me; and you must not think,
sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
| l begin to smell rat.
! When the head aches, all the men,
bers partake Of the pain.
| There are men that will make You
books and turn them loose into the
world, with as much dispatch as they
would do a dish Of fritters.
Every man is as heaven made him.
and sometimes a great deal worse.
There is a remedy for all things bu.
death, which will be sure to lay US
| out flat some, time or other.
Spare your breath to cool your por-
ridge.
A little in ones own pocket is bet
ter than much in another mans purse.
There are but two families in this
| world, Have-much and Have-little.
He has an oar in every mans boat
| and a finger in every pie.
| Patience, and shuttle the cards.
Comparisons ar odious.
The proof OF the pudding Is the
| eating.
He is as like one, as one egg is
| like another.
| He is as mad as a March hare.
| In the night all cats are gray.
| All is not gold that glitters.
| ] can look sharp as well as another.
and let me alone to keep the cobwebs
out Of my eyes.
| Honesty is the best policy.
| drink when have occasion, and
sometimes when have no occasion.
have other fish to fry.
| Many go out for wool and come
home shorn themselves.
| You may as well expect pears from
an elm.
The pot calls the kettle black.
| When thou are at Rome, do as they
do at Rome.
| Many count their chickens before
| they are Matched; and when they ex-
pect bacon, meet with broken bones.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering;
and I did like the countryman who
| looked for his ass while he was
mounted on his back.
| Now, blessings light on him tina.
first invented this same sleep. 1t covers
a man all over, thoughts and ALL like
a cloak; 1t Is meat tor the hungry.
drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold,
! and cold for the hot. It is the current
coin that purchases all the pleasures
! Of the world cheap. and the balance
that sets the king and the shepherd,
| the fool and the wise man, even.
Tn. ass Will carry his load. but not