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DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck
1591Spanish Schoolmaster
L2
V
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
La diligencia es madre de la buena ventura
.
1736
Poor Richard's Almanack
(Feb.)
Diligence is the mother of good Luck.
1875
Thrift
ix.
Diligence is the mother of good luck … A man's success in life will be proportionate to his efforts.
1972
In Ditch
vi.
Where do people get a system that allows a man to be better off when out of work?.. People .. used to say that diligence was the mother of fortune.
diligence;
luck
dinner
Throw DIRT enough, and some will stick
Persistent slander will eventually pass for truth. Cf. L.
calumniare fortiter
,
et aliquid adhaerebit
, slander strongly and some will stick.
1656
Trepan
34
She will say before company, Have you never had the French Pox? speak as in the sight of God: let them Reply what they will, some dirt will stick.
1678
Letter to Popish Friends
7
'Tis a blessed Line in Matchiavel—If durt enough be thrown, some will stick.
1705
Hudibras Redivivus
II. 11
Scurrility's a useful Trick, Approv'd by the most Politic; Fling Dirt enough, And some will stick.
1857
Tom Brown's Schooldays
I. viii.
Whatever harm a .. venomous tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough and some of it is sure to stick.
1979
Service of all Dead
xli.
If I tell everybody you're having an affair .. you'd suddenly find yourself trying like hell to prove you weren't … Like they say, you throw enough mud and some of it'll stick.
malice
;
slander
calumniare fortiter
,
et aliquid adhaerebit
, slander strongly and some will stick.
1656Trepan
34
She will say before company, Have you never had the French Pox? speak as in the sight of God: let them Reply what they will, some dirt will stick.
1678
Letter to Popish Friends
7
'Tis a blessed Line in Matchiavel—If durt enough be thrown, some will stick.
1705
Hudibras Redivivus
II. 11
Scurrility's a useful Trick, Approv'd by the most Politic; Fling Dirt enough, And some will stick.
1857
Tom Brown's Schooldays
I. viii.
Whatever harm a .. venomous tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough and some of it is sure to stick.
1979
Service of all Dead
xli.
If I tell everybody you're having an affair .. you'd suddenly find yourself trying like hell to prove you weren't … Like they say, you throw enough mud and some of it'll stick.
malice;
slander
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