Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.
Henry Fielding
Quotes , Source: Love in Several Masques (act V, sc. 13)
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He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt,
Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Quotes , Source: Spruche In Reimen (III)
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It is good the have a hatch before the durre.
John Heywood
Quotes , Source: Proverbs (pt. I, ch. XI)
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So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath
two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for
future possibility or chance.
Richard Hooker
Quotes , Source: Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (bk. V, ch. LXXX, no. 9)
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He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has
hay on his horns, showing he is dangerous.)
[Lat., Faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge.]
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
Quotes , Source: Satires (I, IV, 34)
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The first years of man must make provision for the last.
Samuel Johnson
Quotes , Source: Rasselas (ch. XVII)
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One can't get diseases
of Mad Chicken or Mad Pig
by eating tomatoes or
almonds or figs.
O Anna Niemus
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
Mark Twain
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.
Henry Fielding
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