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<small>Quotes reported in ''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations'' (1922), p. 533.</small> |
<small>Quotes reported in ''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations'' (1922), p. 533.</small> |
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*I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek.<br>That hath but oon hole for to sterte to. |
* I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek.<br>That hath but oon hole for to sterte to. |
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** [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], Paraphrase of the Prologue of ''The Wyves Tale of Bath'', line 572. |
** [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], Paraphrase of the Prologue of ''The Wyves Tale of Bath'', line 572. |
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* The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
* The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
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** [[George Herbert]], ''Jacula Prudentum'' (1651); see [[Plautus]], ''Trunculentus'', IV, above. |
** [[George Herbert]], ''Jacula Prudentum'' (1651); see [[Plautus]], ''Trunculentus'', IV, above. |
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*It had need to bee<br>A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
* It had need to bee<br>A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
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** [[John Heywood]], ''Proverbs'', Part II, Chapter V. |
** [[John Heywood]], ''Proverbs'', Part II, Chapter V. |
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*"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she,<br>"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew <br>Enamoured of a sainted privacy; <br>To all terrestrial things he bade adieu, <br>And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man,<br>A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan." |
*"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she,<br>"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew <br>Enamoured of a sainted privacy; <br>To all terrestrial things he bade adieu, <br>And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man,<br>A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan." |
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** [[Lorenzo Pignotti]], ''The Mouse Turned Hermit''. |
** [[Lorenzo Pignotti]], ''The Mouse Turned Hermit''. |
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* The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole<br>Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
* The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole<br>Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''The Wife of Bath'', ''Her Prologue'', line 298. |
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''The Wife of Bath'', ''Her Prologue'', line 298. |
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*The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as thev did budge<br>From rascals worse than they. |
* The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as thev did budge<br>From rascals worse than they. |
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Coriolanus]]'' (c. 1607-08), Act I, scene 6, line 44. |
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Coriolanus]]'' (c. 1607-08), Act I, scene 6, line 44. |
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== Attributed == |
== Attributed == |
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*If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. |
* If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. |
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** [[Desmond Tutu]], (quoted in Ending Poverty As We Know It : Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage (2003) by William P. Quigley, p. 8) |
** [[Desmond Tutu]], (quoted in Ending Poverty As We Know It : Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage (2003) by William P. Quigley, p. 8) |
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* The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. |
* The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. |
Revision as of 18:21, 24 August 2011
With silver claws and silver eye.
A mouse is a small rodent.
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- A cube of cheese no larger than a die
May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
- But, mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gly,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy.- Robert Burns,To a Mouse, st. 7 (1785)
- A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws and silver eye- Walter de la Mare, Silver
- Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
- Plautus, Truculentus, Act IV, sc. iv, l. 15
- When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book VIII, Section 103
- I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house —
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!- Beatrix Potter, The Old Woman
- The city mouse lives in a house,
The garden mouse lives in a bower- Christina Rossetti, The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 533.
- I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek.
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.- Geoffrey Chaucer, Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath, line 572.
- The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
- George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651); see Plautus, Trunculentus, IV, above.
- It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare.- John Heywood, Proverbs, Part II, Chapter V.
- "Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she,
"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew
Enamoured of a sainted privacy;
To all terrestrial things he bade adieu,
And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man,
A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan."- Lorenzo Pignotti, The Mouse Turned Hermit.
- The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.- Alexander Pope, The Wife of Bath, Her Prologue, line 298.
- The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as thev did budge
From rascals worse than they.- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act I, scene 6, line 44.
Attributed
- If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Desmond Tutu, (quoted in Ending Poverty As We Know It : Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage (2003) by William P. Quigley, p. 8)
- The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.