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

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And this is that Homer's golden chain, which reacheth down from heaven to earth, by which every creature is annexed, and depends on his Creator.

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 1, Memb. 2, Subsect. 1.

And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.[191:1]

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 1, Memb. 3.

Every man for himself, his own ends, the Devil for all.[191:2]

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 1, Memb. 3.

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.[191:3]

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.