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

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Straining upon the start.

King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Men of few words are the best men.

King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.

I thought upon one pair of English legs

Did march three Frenchmen.

King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 6.

You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.