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NO cure, no pay
The expression is known principally from its use on Lloyd's of London's Standard Form of Salvage Agreement; Cf. the earlier
no purchase, no pay
and similar proverbs.
c
1877
(
title
)
No Cure, No Pay.
1888
Alphabetical Reference Index to Recent & Important Maritime Law Decision
194
Agreement— ‘no cure no pay.’
1907
Treatise .. Law of Civil Salvage
(ed. 2) 270 (
heading
)
Salvage agreement on basis of Lloyd's standard form of ‘no cure—no pay’ agreement.
1933
Reports of Tax Cases (Inland Revenue)
XVII. 352
The charges of those accountants .. were made on the ‘ No cure, no pay’ principle.
1965
Lloyd's List Law Reports
I. 429
The master .. made a bargain with .. Mr. Bezikis .. who .. agreed to make good the steering engine .. at a cost of what was described as £420 ‘no cure no pay.’
1971
Outlook Dec.
113
The most violent tooth-ache cured in a few minutes without drawing (no cure no pay).
1982
Listener
6 May 10
The divers .. will earn their money … If they find nothing, they will receive nothing …No cure, no pay.
just deserts
no purchase, no pay
and similar proverbs.
c1877
(
title
)
No Cure, No Pay.
1888
Alphabetical Reference Index to Recent & Important Maritime Law Decision
194
Agreement— ‘no cure no pay.’
1907
Treatise .. Law of Civil Salvage
(ed. 2) 270 (
heading
)
Salvage agreement on basis of Lloyd's standard form of ‘no cure—no pay’ agreement.
1933
Reports of Tax Cases (Inland Revenue)
XVII. 352
The charges of those accountants .. were made on the ‘ No cure, no pay’ principle.
1965
Lloyd's List Law Reports
I. 429
The master .. made a bargain with .. Mr. Bezikis .. who .. agreed to make good the steering engine .. at a cost of what was described as £420 ‘no cure no pay.’
1971
Outlook Dec.
113
The most violent tooth-ache cured in a few minutes without drawing (no cure no pay).
1982
Listener
6 May 10
The divers .. will earn their money … If they find nothing, they will receive nothing …No cure, no pay.
just desertsNO man can serve two masters
With allusion to
MATTHEW
vi. 24 (AV) No man can serve two masters, the verse which concludes
you cannot serve GOD and Mammon
.
c
1330
in
Political Songs
(1839) 325
No man may wel serve tweie lordes to queme [please]
c
1477
Jason
(EETS) 57
No man may wel serve two maistres, for that one corumpeth that other.
1642
Naaman
vi.
You cannot have your will .. and Christ too; no man can serve two masters.
1853
On Lessons in Proverbs
v.
Our lord .. has said: ‘No man can serve two masters.’ .. So the Spanish proverb: He who has to serve two masters, has to lie to one.
1979
Some die Eloquent
v.
The Coroner's Officer existed in a sort of leaderless no-man's-land. Hostilities had broken out over this more than once …No man can serve two masters.
employers and employees
MATTHEW
vi. 24 (AV) No man can serve two masters, the verse which concludes
you cannot serve GOD and Mammon
.
c1330
in
Political Songs
(1839) 325
No man may wel serve tweie lordes to queme [please]
c
1477
Jason
(EETS) 57
No man may wel serve two maistres, for that one corumpeth that other.
1642
Naaman
vi.
You cannot have your will .. and Christ too; no man can serve two masters.
1853
On Lessons in Proverbs
v.
Our lord .. has said: ‘No man can serve two masters.’ .. So the Spanish proverb: He who has to serve two masters, has to lie to one.
1979
Some die Eloquent
v.
The Coroner's Officer existed in a sort of leaderless no-man's-land. Hostilities had broken out over this more than once …No man can serve two masters.
employers and employeesNO man is a hero to his valet
Attributed to Mme Cornuel (1605–94):
il n'y a pas de héros pour son valet-de-chambre
, no man is a hero to his valet.
1603
tr.
Montaigne's Essays
III
. ii.
Few men haue beene admired of their familiers … In my climate of Gascoigne they deeme it as iest to see mee in print.
1764
Patron
II
. 31
It has been said .. that no man is a hero to his valet de chambre; now I am afraid when you and I grow a little more intimate .. you will be horribly disappointed in your high expectations.
1910
Times
20 Jan. (Literary Supplement) 17
Many men have been heroes to their valets, and most (except Pope and Poe) to their biographers.
1940
One, Two, buckle my Shoe
i.
It has been said that no man is a hero to his valet. To that may be added that few men are heroes to themselves at the moment of visiting their dentist.
1980
Passing Strange
xiii.
Just as no man was a hero to his valet, so no member of a profession was a sea-green incorruptible to a policeman.
employers and employees
;
familiarity
il n'y a pas de héros pour son valet-de-chambre
, no man is a hero to his valet.
1603tr.
Montaigne's Essays
III
. ii.
Few men haue beene admired of their familiers … In my climate of Gascoigne they deeme it as iest to see mee in print.
1764
Patron
II
. 31
It has been said .. that no man is a hero to his valet de chambre; now I am afraid when you and I grow a little more intimate .. you will be horribly disappointed in your high expectations.
1910
Times
20 Jan. (Literary Supplement) 17
Many men have been heroes to their valets, and most (except Pope and Poe) to their biographers.
1940
One, Two, buckle my Shoe
i.
It has been said that no man is a hero to his valet. To that may be added that few men are heroes to themselves at the moment of visiting their dentist.
1980
Passing Strange
xiii.
Just as no man was a hero to his valet, so no member of a profession was a sea-green incorruptible to a policeman.
employers and employees;
familiarity
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