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

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[206:1] See Burton, page [192].

[206:2] Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.—F. Von Logau (1614-1655): Retribution (translation).

[206:3] They ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.—Dryden: The Conquest of Grenada.

[206:4] God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.—Sterne: Sentimental Journey.

[206:5] The lion is not so fierce as painted.—Fuller: Expecting Preferment.

[206:6] God helps those who help themselves.—Sidney: Discourses on Government, sect. xxiii. Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac.

[206:7] Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.—Dr. Madden: Boulter's Monument (supposed to have been inserted by Dr. Johnson, 1745).

[206:8] See Chaucer, page [4].

[206:9] See Burton, page [185].

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