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

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.

What a man has, so much he is sure of.

Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.

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.

The pot calls the kettle black.

Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.

This peck of troubles.

Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. liii.