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Don't get MAD, get even
1975in
Conversations with Kennedy
25
Some of the reasons have their roots in that wonderful law of the Boston Irish political jungle: ‘Don't get mad; get even’.
1990
Evening Standard
28 Feb. 13
Nancy Reagan made more than $2 million from her ‘don't get mad, get even’ .. memories.
revenge
made
Mahomet
MAKE hay while the sun shines
1546Dialogue of Proverbs
I
. iii. A4
Whan the sunne shynth make hey.
1583
Philotimus
24
Yt is well therefore to make hay while the sunne shines.
1835
Letters & Memorials
(1883) I. 21
‘It is good to make hay while the sun shines,’ which means, in the present case .. to catch hold of a friend while she is in the humour.
1924
Serena Blandish
vi.
The countess's enthusiasm was cooling. Martin .. said warningly, ‘You must make hay, my child, while the sun shines’.
1960
Fresh from Country
i.
‘Make hay while the sun shines,’ quoted Anna aloud. It seemed as encouraging a proverb as any under the circumstances.
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