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All's FAIR in love and war
Cf.
1578
LYLY
Euphues
I. 236 Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in loue, which is lawlesse.
1620
tr.
Cervantes' Don Quixote
II. xxi.
Love and warre are all one …It is lawfull to use sleights and stratagems to .. attaine the wished end.
1845
Smuggler
II. iv.
In love and war, every stratagem is fair, they say.
1850
Frank Fairlegh
xlix.
‘You opened the letter!’..‘How was I to read it if I hadn't? All's .. fair in love and war, you know.’
1972
Palace of Art
xii.
‘Do you really suppose I would tell?’ he demanded coldly. ‘Might do. All's fair in—.’
1986
Nice Class of Corpse
xl.
Then Eulalie's eyes narrowed and she looked hard at her companion. ‘Do you believe that all is fair in love and war?’
fair dealing
;
love
;
warfare
1578
LYLY
Euphues
I. 236 Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in loue, which is lawlesse.
1620tr.
Cervantes' Don Quixote
II. xxi.
Love and warre are all one …It is lawfull to use sleights and stratagems to .. attaine the wished end.
1845
Smuggler
II. iv.
In love and war, every stratagem is fair, they say.
1850
Frank Fairlegh
xlix.
‘You opened the letter!’..‘How was I to read it if I hadn't? All's .. fair in love and war, you know.’
1972
Palace of Art
xii.
‘Do you really suppose I would tell?’ he demanded coldly. ‘Might do. All's fair in—.’
1986
Nice Class of Corpse
xl.
Then Eulalie's eyes narrowed and she looked hard at her companion. ‘Do you believe that all is fair in love and war?’
fair dealing;
love
;
warfare
FAIR play's a jewel
1809Hist. New York
II. vi. vii.
The furious Risingh, in despight of that noble maxim .. that ‘fair play is a jewel’, hastened to take advantage of the hero's fall.
1823
Pioneers
II. v.
Well, fair play's a jewel. But I've got the lead of you, old fellow.
1935
Lucia's Progress
viii.
There's been a lil' mistake …I want my lil' rubber of Bridge. Fair play's a jewel.
1948
Trevannion
iv.
‘It ain't good to win crooked.’ ‘Good for you, Stan. I agree. Fair play's a jewel.’
fair dealingfair
FAITH will move mountains
With allusion to
MATTHEW
xvii. 20 (AV) If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain; Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove.
1897
‘’
Beth Book
xvi.
If mountains can be moved by faith, you can surely move your own legs!
1933
Ghastly Good Taste
iii.
As faith can move mountains, so nothing was impossible to Holy Church.
1948
Home Book of Proverbs
(rev. ed.) 745
Faith will move mountains.
1980
With no Crying
xix.
Faith moves mountains, they say: and Hope lights up our darkness.
faith
MATTHEW
xvii. 20 (AV) If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain; Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove.
1897‘’
Beth Book
xvi.
If mountains can be moved by faith, you can surely move your own legs!
1933
Ghastly Good Taste
iii.
As faith can move mountains, so nothing was impossible to Holy Church.
1948
Home Book of Proverbs
(rev. ed.) 745
Faith will move mountains.
1980
With no Crying
xix.
Faith moves mountains, they say: and Hope lights up our darkness.
faith
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