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A PROPHET is not without honour save in his own country

With allusion to
MATTHEW
xiii. 57 (AV) A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

a
1485
in Malory
Works
(1967) I. p. cxlv.
The word of God .. sayth that no man is accept for a prophete in his owne contreye.
1603
tr.
Montaigne's Essays
III
. ii.
No man hath beene a Prophet .. in his owne country, saith the experience of histories.
1771
Humphry Clinker
III. 92
The captain, like the prophets of old, is but little honoured in his own country.
1946
Then & Now
xxx.
In Florence .. they had no great confidence in his judgment and never followed his advice. ‘A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.’
1984
English Companion
167
The BBC Orchestra .. is conducted by a wide range of foreign visitors. Meantime, excellent conductors like Andrew Davis and Sir Colin Davis flourish abroad. It was truly said that a prophet is not without honour save in his own country.