Authority Cited: A Proverb
Author name and dates: Various compilers of Proverbs
BKG Bio-tweet: [SJ Dict definition]
1. A short sentence frequently repeated by the people; a saw; an adage.
2. A word, name or observation commonly received or uttered.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: The quotations cited as "Proverb" are from various sources, likely from memory.]
Author name and dates: Various compilers of Proverbs
BKG Bio-tweet: [SJ Dict definition]
1. A short sentence frequently repeated by the people; a saw; an adage.
2. A word, name or observation commonly received or uttered.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: The quotations cited as "Proverb" are from various sources, likely from memory.]
- A Proverb; devil [Dict.: The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.] Ray's text:
- The Devill was sick, the Devill a monk would be,
The Devill was well, the devill a monk was he. - A collection of English proverbs digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion : with short annotations : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs / by J. Ray, M.A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. 1678 (first edition, 1670)
- Proverb; edge [in Moxon's Mechanick Exercises. Dict.: He that will a good edge win, Must forge thick, and grind thin]; curst [from Camden's Remaines (added in 1773 Dict.: Curst cows have short horns.)]; true [from Proverbs 14:25 (added in 1773 Dict.: A true witness delivereth souls.)]; wilful [in Ray's Proverbs (added in 1773 Dict.: The wilful never want woe.); woful [in J. Kelly's Scottish Proverbs, 1721 (added in 1773 Dict.: Wilful extravagance ends in woful want; Kelly text: Wilful waste makes woful want.);
- Proverb in Camden's Remains; faint [Dict.: Faint heart never won fair lady];
- Old Proverb; set [in Cardanus Rider's British Merlin, e.g. 1715, 1737. Dict: In gard’ning ne’er this rule forget, To sow dry, and set wet.];