1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 72 Sue a begger and get a louse. 1659
J. HOWELL Proverbs (English) 2 Goe to Law with a beggar, thou shalt gett a lowse. 1732
T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 4285 Sue a Beggar, and catch a Louse. 1819 SCOTT Bride
ofLammermoor iii. I guess it is some law phrase—but sue a beggar, and—your honour
knows what follows. 1937 R. WINSTON It’s a Far Cry xi. Such suit would have been
useless as he was insolvent. The case indeed would have been the old one of suing a
beggar and catching a louse! futility; law and lawyerssuffer see when ELEPHANTS fight, it is the grass that suffers.SUFFICIENT unto the day is the evil thereofWith allusion to MATTHEW vi. 34 (AV) Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.1766 in L. H. Butterfield et al. Adams Family Correspondence (1963) I. 56 Sufficient
to the Day is the Evil thereof. 1836 J. CARLYLE Letter 1 Apr. in Letters & Memorials
(1893) I. 57 In the meanwhile there were no sense in worrying over schemes for a future,
which we may not live to see. ‘Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.’ 1979 M.
BABSON So soon done For vii. ‘I’ll deal with these [bills] later.’.. ‘Sufficient unto the
day,’ Kay agreed. good and evilsufficient see also a WORD to the wise is enough.summer see the RICH man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the
winter; one SWALLOW does not make a summer.
Never let the SUN go down on your angerWith allusion to EPHESIANS iv. 26 (AV) Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.1642 T. FULLER Holy State III. viii. S. Paul saith, Let not the Sunne go down on
your wrath; to carry news of the Antipodes in another world of thy revengefull nature.
1709 O. DYKES English Proverbs 189 We ought not to let the Sun go down upon our
Wrath, or our Impenitence; neither ought we to let it conclude our Sluggishness. 1972
CASSON & GRENFELL Nanny Says 37 Never let the sun go down on your anger. 1981
M. MCMULLEN Other Shoe ii. Never let the sun go down on your anger, Clare’s
grandmother Herne used to say. anger; forgiveness; malice