Thomas Tusser Frasi e Citazioni
Thomas Tusser: Frasi in inglese
A Description of the Properties of Wind, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Tenants of God's Farmstead or A Description of Life and Riches (c. 1557), lines 9-12.
“Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.”
"June's Abstract".
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
“[He] spread his bread with all sorts of butter, yet none would stick thereon.”
Thomas Fuller, describing Tusser's failure to profit from numerous ventures.
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“At Christmas be merry and thankful withal,
And feast thy poor neighbors, the great with the small.”
"December Husbandry".
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
Posies for a Parlour, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Dry sun, dry wind;
Safe bind, safe find.”
Washing, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Than catch and hold while I may, fast binde, fast finde", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part I, Chapter III; "Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind", William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, act ii. sc. 5.
“At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.”
"The Farmer's Daily Diet".
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
"October's Abstract". Compare: "Naught venture naught have", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part I, Chapter XI.
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
“God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat.”
Compare: "God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks", John Taylor, Works, vol. ii. p. 85 (1630).
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
“T is merry in hall
Where beards wag all.”
"August's Abstract". Compare: "Merry swithe it is in halle, When the beards waveth alle", Life of Alexander, 1312; (author unknown, but earlier wrongly attributed to Adam Davie, who had elsewhere written "Swithe mury hit is in halle, When burdes waiven alle").
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
“Such mistress, such Nan,
Such master, such man.”
"April's Abstract". Comment: M. Cimber of the Bibliothèque Royale ascribes this proverb to Chevalier Bayard: “Tel maître, tel valet.”
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
