Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Cut and come again.

Tales. Tale vii. The Widow's Tale.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.[444:2]

Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience.

But 't was a maxim he had often tried,

That right was right, and there he would abide.[444:3]

Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest.

'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

Tales. Tale xxi. The Learned Boy.

He tried the luxury of doing good.[444:4]