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CLERGYMEN's sons always turn out badly
1885How to be Happy though Married
xix.
The Proverb says that ‘Clergymen's sons always turn out badly’.. because the children are surfeited with severe religion,
not
with the true religion of Christ.
1922
Outspoken Essays
2nd Ser. vii.
An Eton boy .. When asked why the sons of Eli turned out badly, replied ‘The sons of clergymen always turn out badly’.
1982
Unsuitable Attachment
iii.
Yes, sons of the clergy often go to the bad, and daughters, too.
children and parents
clerk
climb
Hasty CLIMBERS have sudden falls
a1439
Fall of Princes
(EETS) III. 953
The wheel of Fortune tourneth as a ball; Sodeyn clymbyng axeth a sodeyn fall.
c
1511
Comfort of Lovers
(1975) A4
Clymbe not to fast, lest sodenlye ye slyde.
1592
Repentance
in
Works
XII. 158
For a yong man led on by selfe will … Hee forseath not that such as clime hastely fall sodainely.
1605
Capt. Thomas Stukeley
D1
But there are many daungers by the way, and hastie climers quicklie catch a fall.
1616
Crossing of Proverbs
II. A4
Hasty climbers haue sodaine falls … Not if they sit fast.
1869
John Ploughman's Talk
xix.
Hints as to thriving … Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
1987
Daily Telegraph
27 Apr. 12
The ambition to send spaceships to the red planet reminds me of the old saying: ‘Hasty climbers quickly catch a fall.’
ambition
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