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

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We first survey the plot, then draw the model;

And when we see the figure of the house,

Then must we rate the cost of the erection.[88:1]

King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.

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An habitation giddy and unsure

Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.

King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.

Past and to come seems best; things present worst.

King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.