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

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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.[787:3]

Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi.

Little said is soonest mended.[787:4]

Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi.

A close mouth catches no flies.

Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi.

She may guess what I should perform in the wet, if I do so much in the dry.

Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi.

You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand to.

Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi.