John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. (1547–1616) (continued) |
| 9461 |
| Sancho Panza by name, is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxx. |
| 9462 |
| “Sit there, clod-pate!” cried he; “for let me sit wherever I will, that will still be the upper end, and the place of worship to thee.” 1 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxi. |
| 9463 |
| Building castles in the air, 2 and making yourself a laughing-stock. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxi. |
| 9464 |
| It is good to live and learn. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxii. |
| 9465 |
| He is as mad as a March hare. 3 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9466 |
| I must follow him through thick and thin. 4 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9467 |
| There is no love lost between us. 5 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9468 |
| In the night all cats are gray. 6 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9469 |
| All is not gold that glisters. 7 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9470 |
| I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9471 |
| Honesty is the best policy. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9472 |
| Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9473 |
| A good name is better than riches. 8 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9474 |
| I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9475 |
| An honest man’s word is as good as his bond. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii. |
| 9476 |
| Heaven’s help is better than early rising. |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiv. |
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| I have other fish to fry. 9 |
| Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxv. |
| Note 1. Sit thee down, chaff-threshing churl! for let me sit where I will, that is the upper end to thee.—Jarvis’s translation. This is generally placed in the mouth of Macgregor: “Where Macgregor sits, there is the head of the table.” Emerson quotes it, in his “American Scholar,” as the saying of Macdonald, and Theodore Parker as the saying of the Highlander. [back] |
| Note 2. See Burton, Quotation 21. [back] |
| Note 3. See Heywood, Quotation 112. [back] |
| Note 4. See Spenser, Quotation 15. [back] |
| Note 5. See Middleton, Quotation 18. [back] |
| Note 6. See Heywood, Quotation 32. [back] |
| Note 7. See Chaucer, Quotation 40. [back] |
| Note 8. See Publius Syrus, Quotation 9. [back] |
| Note 9. See Rabelais, Quotation 49. [back] |