The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (432 page)

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PITY is akin to love
1601
Twelfth Night
III
. i. 119
I pity you.—That's a degree to love.
1696
Oroonoko
II
. i.
Do, pity me: Pity's a-kin to Love.
a
1895
My Confidences
(1896) 95
They say that Pity is akin to Love, though only a Poor Relation; but Amy did not even pity me.
love
;
pity
A PLACE for everything, and everything in its place
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 379
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
1842
Masterman Ready
II. i.
In a well-conducted man-of-war .. every thing in its place, and there is a place for every thing.
1855
Nature & Human Nature
I. vi.
There was a place for everything, and everything was in its place.
1928
Lord Peter views Body
x.
‘I thought you were rather partial to anatomical specimens.’ ‘So I am, but not on the breakfast-table. “A place for everything and everything in its place,” as my grandmother used to say.’
1968
Skin Deep
vii.
Do you run your whole life like that? .. A place for everything and everything in its place, and all in easy reach.
1989
Honeymoon with (Love) Murder
xii.
Jesse Penrick had fashioned for himself a geometric environment. A place for everything and everything in its place.
orderliness

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