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Do not MEET troubles halfway
There are a number of sayings along similar lines, e.g.
never TROUBLE trouble till trouble troubles you
. Cf. SENECA
Epistle
XIII
. x.
quid iuvat dolori suo occurrere?
what help is it to run out to meet your troubles?;
1598
–
9
SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado about Nothing
I
. i. 82 Are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
1896
Crown & Anchor
xvi.
I can't see the use of anticipating the worst and trying to meet troubles halfway.
1940
Fanny by Gaslight
III
. ii.
What happens when she goes?.. Do not meet troubles half way …When need arises we will see what can be done.
1980
Murder Mystery
xx.
Don't go meeting trouble half-way. There might just be something we can do.
misfortune
never TROUBLE trouble till trouble troubles you
. Cf. SENECA
Epistle
XIII
. x.
quid iuvat dolori suo occurrere?
what help is it to run out to meet your troubles?;
1598
–
9
SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado about Nothing
I
. i. 82 Are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
1896Crown & Anchor
xvi.
I can't see the use of anticipating the worst and trying to meet troubles halfway.
1940
Fanny by Gaslight
III
. ii.
What happens when she goes?.. Do not meet troubles half way …When need arises we will see what can be done.
1980
Murder Mystery
xx.
Don't go meeting trouble half-way. There might just be something we can do.
misfortuneSo many MEN, so many opinions
Cf. TERENCE
Phormio
II
. iv.
quot homines tot sententiae
, so many men, so many opinions; mid 14th-cent. Fr.
que tant de testes
,
tant de sens
, so many heads, so many opinions.
c
1390
Squire's Tale
l. 203
As many heddes, as manye wittes ther been.
1483
Vulgaria abs Terencio
Q3
V
Many men many opinyons. Euery man has his guyse.
1692
Fables of Aesop
ccclviii.
So many Men, so many Minds; and this Diversity of Thought must necessarily be attended with Folly, Vanity, and Error.
1754
Grandison
VI. xx.
Doctors differ. So many persons, so many minds.
1924
Augustus Carp, Esq.
xii.
They were all those things, and they would remember the old saying, so many men, so many opinions.
idiosyncrasy
;
opinions
Phormio
II
. iv.
quot homines tot sententiae
, so many men, so many opinions; mid 14th-cent. Fr.
que tant de testes
,
tant de sens
, so many heads, so many opinions.
c1390
Squire's Tale
l. 203
As many heddes, as manye wittes ther been.
1483
Vulgaria abs Terencio
Q3
V
Many men many opinyons. Euery man has his guyse.
1692
Fables of Aesop
ccclviii.
So many Men, so many Minds; and this Diversity of Thought must necessarily be attended with Folly, Vanity, and Error.
1754
Grandison
VI. xx.
Doctors differ. So many persons, so many minds.
1924
Augustus Carp, Esq.
xii.
They were all those things, and they would remember the old saying, so many men, so many opinions.
idiosyncrasy;
opinions
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