A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

planned to incriminate anyone else. 1978 R. L. HILL Evil that Men Do vi. Giving the

devil his due will always jostle the angels. fair dealing

give see also it is BETTER to give than to receive; give CREDIT where credit is due; give
a DOG a bad name and hang him; give a man ROPE enough and he will hang himself; never
give a SUCKER an even break.

He GIVES twice who gives quickly

Cf. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Sententia ccxxxv. inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter, he
gives twice who gives quickly to the needy; mid 14th-cent. Fr. qui tost donne, deus fois donne.
Also c 1385 CHAUCER Legend of Good Women Prologue 1. 451 For whoso yeveth a yifte, or
dooth a grace. Do it by tyme [in good time], his thanks ys wel the more. The Latin bis dat qui
cito dat is perhaps better known than the Publilius Syrus version, and was quoted in this form
by Francis Bacon in a speech on 17 May 1617, upon taking his seat as Keeper of the Great
Seal.

1553 T. WILSON Art of Rhetoric 65 V He geueth twise, that geueth sone and

chearefully. 1612 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote I. iv. It is an old proverbe,

that hee that gives quickly, gives twice. 1775 J. BOSWELL Life of Johnson I. 443 I did

really ask the favour twice; but you have been even with me by granting it so speedily.

Bis dat qui cito dat. 1980 Times 17 Oct. 13 ‘He gives twice who gives quickly.’..We have

everything to gain by generous action at once. charity; giving and receiving

Those who live in GLASS houses shouldn’t throw stones

Do not criticize or slander another if you are vulnerable to retaliation. Cf. c 1385
CHAUCER Troilus & Criseyde II. 867 Who that hath an hed of verre [glass], Fro cast of
stones war hym in the werre!

1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 196 Whose house is of glasse, must not

throw stones at another. 1754 J. SHEBBEARE Marriage Act II. lv. Thee shouldst not

throw Stones, who hast a Head of Glass thyself. .. Thee canst have no Title to Honesty

who lendest the writings to deceive Neighbour Barter. 1778 T. PAINE in Pennsylvania

Packet 22 Oct. i. He who lives in a glass house, says a Spanish proverb, should never

begin throwing stones. 1861 TROLLOPE Framley Parsonage I. vi. Those who live in

glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. .. Mr. Robarts’s sermon will be too near akin to your

lecture to allow of his laughing. 2001 W. NORTHCUTT Darwin Awards II i. 16 Judea

and Samaria district police jointly determined that the accidental crash was caused by the