The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (338 page)
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LOVE and a cough cannot be hid
Cf. L.
amor tussisque non celantur
, love and a cough cannot be concealed.
a
1325
Cursor Mundi
(EETS) I. 4276
Luken luue at the end wil kith [concealed love will show itself in the end].
1573
Garden of Pleasure
98
V
Foure things cannot be kept close, Loue, the cough, fyre, and sorrowe.
1611
Dict. French & English
s.v. Amour,
We say, Loue, and the Cough cannot be hidden.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 49
Love and a Cough cannot be hid.
1863
Romola
I. vi.
If there are two things not to be hidden—love and a cough—I say there is a third, and that is ignorance.
1943
Chinese Shawl
xxvi.
He is in love with Laura Fane … Love and a cold cannot be hid.
love
;
secrecy
amor tussisque non celantur
, love and a cough cannot be concealed.
a1325
Cursor Mundi
(EETS) I. 4276
Luken luue at the end wil kith [concealed love will show itself in the end].
1573
Garden of Pleasure
98
V
Foure things cannot be kept close, Loue, the cough, fyre, and sorrowe.
1611
Dict. French & English
s.v. Amour,
We say, Loue, and the Cough cannot be hidden.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 49
Love and a Cough cannot be hid.
1863
Romola
I. vi.
If there are two things not to be hidden—love and a cough—I say there is a third, and that is ignorance.
1943
Chinese Shawl
xxvi.
He is in love with Laura Fane … Love and a cold cannot be hid.
love;
secrecy
One cannot LOVE and be wise
Cf. PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Sententiae
xxii.
amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
, to love and to be wise is scarcely allowed to God.
c
1527
tr.
Erasmus' Sayings of Wise Men
B1
V
To have a sadde [serious] mynde and loue is nat in one person.
1539
tr.
Erasmus' Adages
II. A5
To be in loue and to be wyse is scase graunted to god.
1612
Essays
‘Of Love’ xii.
It is impossible to loue and bee wise.
1631
English Gentlewoman
32
The Louer is euer blinded .. with affection .. whence came that vsuall saying One cannot loue and be wise.
1872
Middlemarch
II. III. xxvii.
If a man could not love and be wise, surely he could flirt and be wise at the same time?
love
;
wisdom
Sententiae
xxii.
amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
, to love and to be wise is scarcely allowed to God.
c1527
tr.
Erasmus' Sayings of Wise Men
B1
V
To have a sadde [serious] mynde and loue is nat in one person.
1539
tr.
Erasmus' Adages
II. A5
To be in loue and to be wyse is scase graunted to god.
1612
Essays
‘Of Love’ xii.
It is impossible to loue and bee wise.
1631
English Gentlewoman
32
The Louer is euer blinded .. with affection .. whence came that vsuall saying One cannot loue and be wise.
1872
Middlemarch
II. III. xxvii.
If a man could not love and be wise, surely he could flirt and be wise at the same time?
love;
wisdom
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