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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. (1547–1616) (continued)
 
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    There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things. 1
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxv.
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    But all in good time.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvi.
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    Matters will go swimmingly.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvi.
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    Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii.
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    They had best not stir the rice, though it sticks to the pot.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii.
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    Good wits jump; 2 a word to the wise is enough.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii.
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    You may as well expect pears from an elm. 3
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xl.
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    Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. 4
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xlii.
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    You cannot eat your cake and have your cake; 5 and store ’s no sore. 6
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.
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    Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.
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    What a man has, so much he is sure of.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.
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    When a man says, “Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?” there is no answer to be made.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.
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    The pot calls the kettle black.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.
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    This peck of troubles.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. liii.
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    When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. 7
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. liv.
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    Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.
          Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. lv.
 
Note 1.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose.—Ecclesiastes iii. 1. [back]
Note 2.
See Sterne, Quotation 2. [back]
Note 3.
See Publius Syrus, Quotation 69. [back]
Note 4.
See Chaucer, Quotation 38. [back]
Note 5.
See Heywood, Quotation 129. [back]
Note 6.
See Heywood, Quotation 27. [back]
Note 7.
See Burton, Quotation 87. [back]