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Things PAST cannot be recalled
Cf. late 14th-cent. Fr.
ce qui est passé ne poet on recouver
, that which is past one cannot recall.
a
1500
Nature
H3
V
A thyng don can not be called agayn.
a
1535
Edward V
in
Chronicle
(1543)
II
. 36
Sith [since] thynges passed cannot be gaine called, muche more ought wee to bee ware.
1616
Adages
151
That that is past, cannot be recalled or helped.
1804
Popular Tales
II. 130
Since a thing past can't be recalled .. we may be content.
1979
Country Life
24 May 1683
Visually, another period's realities are palpably inaccessible. Things past cannot be—perfectly—recalled.
past
;
regrets
ce qui est passé ne poet on recouver
, that which is past one cannot recall.
a1500
Nature
H3
V
A thyng don can not be called agayn.
a
1535
Edward V
in
Chronicle
(1543)
II
. 36
Sith [since] thynges passed cannot be gaine called, muche more ought wee to bee ware.
1616
Adages
151
That that is past, cannot be recalled or helped.
1804
Popular Tales
II. 130
Since a thing past can't be recalled .. we may be content.
1979
Country Life
24 May 1683
Visually, another period's realities are palpably inaccessible. Things past cannot be—perfectly—recalled.
past;
regrets
PATIENCE is a virtue
Cf.
Disticha Catonis
I
. xxxviii.
maxima enim .. patientia virtus
, patience is the greatest virtue; mid 14th-cent. Fr.
patience est une grant vertu
, patience is a great virtue.
1377
Piers Plowman
B.
XI
. 370
Suffraunce [forebearance] is a souereygne vertue.
c
1386
Tale of Melibee
l. 1517
Pacience is a greet vertu of perfeccioun.
1594
Mother Bombie
V. iii.
Patience is a vertue, but pinching is worse than any vice!
1754
Grandison
II. xvii.
Aunt Prue in Yorkshire .. will be able to instruct you, that patience is a virtue; and that you ought not to be in haste to take a first offer, for fear you should not have a second.
1858
Dr. Thorne
I. xiv.
That was only three days ago. Why don't you .. ferret her out?..Patience is and always was a virtue.
1979
Threat Warning Red
iv.
‘I .. can't
wait
for you.’ .. ‘Patience is and said to be a virtue?’
patience and impatience
Disticha Catonis
I
. xxxviii.
maxima enim .. patientia virtus
, patience is the greatest virtue; mid 14th-cent. Fr.
patience est une grant vertu
, patience is a great virtue.
1377
Piers Plowman
B.
XI
. 370
Suffraunce [forebearance] is a souereygne vertue.
c
1386
Tale of Melibee
l. 1517
Pacience is a greet vertu of perfeccioun.
1594
Mother Bombie
V. iii.
Patience is a vertue, but pinching is worse than any vice!
1754
Grandison
II. xvii.
Aunt Prue in Yorkshire .. will be able to instruct you, that patience is a virtue; and that you ought not to be in haste to take a first offer, for fear you should not have a second.
1858
Dr. Thorne
I. xiv.
That was only three days ago. Why don't you .. ferret her out?..Patience is and always was a virtue.
1979
Threat Warning Red
iv.
‘I .. can't
wait
for you.’ .. ‘Patience is and said to be a virtue?’
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