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COMMON fame is seldom to blame
Cf.
1597
H. LOK
Sundry Christian Passions
149 Though prouerbe truely say, by fames affect, Gods iudgement lightly doth a truth detect.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
227
Common fame's seldome to blame.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
80
Common Fame sindle
[seldom]
to blame
.
A man will seldom be under an universal ill Report, unless he has given some occasion for it.
1853
Lessons in Proverbs
13
Common fame is seldom to blame.
1936
Corpse in Crimson Slippers
i.
But though, as the proverb says, common fame is seldom to blame, don't believe everything you hear about me.
public opinion
1597
H. LOK
Sundry Christian Passions
149 Though prouerbe truely say, by fames affect, Gods iudgement lightly doth a truth detect.
1639Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
227
Common fame's seldome to blame.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
80
Common Fame sindle
[seldom]
to blame
.
A man will seldom be under an universal ill Report, unless he has given some occasion for it.
1853
Lessons in Proverbs
13
Common fame is seldom to blame.
1936
Corpse in Crimson Slippers
i.
But though, as the proverb says, common fame is seldom to blame, don't believe everything you hear about me.
public opinionA man is known by the COMPANY he keeps
Originally used as a moral maxim or exhortation in the context of (preparation for) marriage.
1541
tr.
H. Bullinger's Christian State of Matrimony
F6
So maye much be spyed also, by the company and pastyme that a body vseth. For a man is for the moost parte condicioned euen lyke vnto them that he kepeth company wythe all.
1591
Preparative to Marriage
42
If a man can be known by nothing els, then he maye bee known by his companions.
1672
Love in Wood
I. i.
There is a Proverb, Mrs. Joyner, You may know him by his Company.
1854
Complete Short Stories
(1951) 182
‘Surely he does not mean me.’..‘One is known by the company he keeps.’
1912
‘’
Chronicles of Clovis
286 (
heading
)
A man is known by the company he keeps.
1942
Repeat Performance
xvi.
I have always contended .. that a man is best known by the company he keeps.
1976
Kinflicks
ii.
People knew a man by the company he kept, but they generally knew a woman by the man who kept her.
associates
1541tr.
H. Bullinger's Christian State of Matrimony
F6
So maye much be spyed also, by the company and pastyme that a body vseth. For a man is for the moost parte condicioned euen lyke vnto them that he kepeth company wythe all.
1591
Preparative to Marriage
42
If a man can be known by nothing els, then he maye bee known by his companions.
1672
Love in Wood
I. i.
There is a Proverb, Mrs. Joyner, You may know him by his Company.
1854
Complete Short Stories
(1951) 182
‘Surely he does not mean me.’..‘One is known by the company he keeps.’
1912
‘’
Chronicles of Clovis
286 (
heading
)
A man is known by the company he keeps.
1942
Repeat Performance
xvi.
I have always contended .. that a man is best known by the company he keeps.
1976
Kinflicks
ii.
People knew a man by the company he kept, but they generally knew a woman by the man who kept her.
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