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Everyone SPEAKS well of the bridge which carries him over

1678
English Proverbs
(ed. 2) 106
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. i.e. Speak not ill of him who hath done you a courtesie, or whom you have made use of to your benefit; or do commonly make use of.
1797
Journal
11 May (1856) 279
Let every one speak well of the bridge which carries him safe over.
1850
Alton Locke
I. x.
Every one speaks well of the bridge which carries him over. Every one fancies the laws which fill his pockets to be God's laws.
1886
Biographical Lectures
i.
Our love of compromise .. has also been our great strength … We speak well of the bridge that carries us over.

assistance
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public opinion

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the FEMALE of the species is more deadly than the male
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If you don't SPECULATE, you can't accumulate

1941
Death & Taxes
xxiii.
Krebs took out his billfold. ‘Can you give me any assurance that you have useful information?’ ‘Nope.’ .. ‘You never accumulate if you don't speculate.’
1957
Something Fishy
iv.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar, or, putting it another way, if you don't speculate, you can't accumulate.
1984
All pretty People
ix.
‘Bloody liquor's becoming an expense.’ ‘Won't be for long. You have to speculate to accumulate, if we kept her sober we couldn't do it our way.’

gains and losses
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riches
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risk

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