Please confirm or tell me the origin of this saying...?
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That sounds like the story I heard about the origin of that phrase.  Also, they hired people to stay up all night and stand by with shovels in case the bell rang. That is the origin of the term "graveyard shift" for people who work nights.
765378
... hhmmmm.... have no idea...  it´s just a good phrase...\n\n=)
259032
It appears to be an English or Danish proverb, source unknown:\n\n"You can judge a man by the company he keeps."
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the reference book everyone should have at her or his fingertips, does not give an origin for this saying; however it does give as definitions or equivalents:\n"You cannot spend your money and yet keep it. You cannot serve both God and Mammon. You cannot have it both ways."
695897
Actually I think that was something that someone just made up. I dont think it's a real quote. I think ive seen that on some website too.
928790
In what context?\n\nHow have you heard this phrase used - on the face of it, it doesn't make sense
338688
I'm not certain of the context, but, taken literally, the logic follows... \n\n...as the child develops into the man, the child, or boy, in a sense, gives "birth" or gives way to the man, and thus is the origin or "father" or the man.
935484
Interesting. Where did you find the quote?
833206
I have no idea of the context, but this is the translation:\n"you, la Bruyère and Tori cannot judge me. Leave the table of multification to God"\nThat last part does not make sense to me. May be the "table of multification" is a french expression for something like "final judgement". \nGreetings from Holland!
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my quote that i have always used and "owned- :) " since high school is\n~Amor Vincit Omnia~\n\n---it means Love Conquers All, plus it sounds really cool and looks pretty when it is written.the end.\n\n\n---P.S.!!! --Don't even think about stealing it!!! It is mine only! :)
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the poem or the phrase?  Please explain in more detail.
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This is used in the Arabic language as a stress on the certainty of the issue. God knows what is going to happen, and His knowledge is beyond he boundaries of time, so for Him these are facts. An example of this language usage is when I say that we are all dead, since there is no doubt that every human being is going to die.\n\n**Check surat Al-mu'minoon (ch.23) from verse 99 forward. There is no coming back.
519775
I don't know the true origin of it. Always wondered what it meant, but I think it means, this isn't right.
598770
The quote, in slightly different form, appears on the tomb of Cheops IV and was borrowed by Machiavelli.  The latter is the correct philosophy.  However, as we learn from Michael and Vito Corleone (both of whom have popularized the expression so that the hoi poloi now use it) have taught us, it is good to keep everyone within range of a good .38 Special.
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It is one of those sayings whose exact origins is unknown, it obviously refers to things kept secret or hidden. In the past it may actually have had something to do with someone who had died under mysterious circumstances. It was brought into literary use by Thackeray in 1845.
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I'm pretty sure that is from Proverbs... These are NIV references, so the wording may be different in another version.\n\nProverbs 21:9  "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 21:19 "Better to live in a desert \n       than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife."\n\nProverbs 25:25 "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 17:1 "Better a dry crust with peace and quiet \n       than a house full of feasting, with strife."
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not so sure of the origin and history behind the phrase but if you find it ranining cat's and dogs be careful not to step in a poodle... i looked it up for you and yu can find the answer at the link below