THOUGHT is freec 1390 GOWER Confessio Amantis V. 4485 I have herd seid that thoght is fre. 1601
SHAKESPEARE Twelfth Night I. iii. 64 Fair lady, do you think you have fools in hand?—
Now, sir, thought is free. 1874 G. MACDONALD Malcolm II. xvii. ‘How do you come to
think of such things?’ ‘Thought’s free, my lord.’ opinionsthought see also FIRST thoughts are best; SECOND thoughts are best; the WISH is father
to the thought.
thousand see one PICTURE is worth ten thousand words.THREATENED men live longCf. early 14th-cent. Fr. le[s] menaciez encore vivent, threatened men live long.1534 LADY E. WHEATHELL in M. St. C. Byrne Lisle Letters II. ii. Ther es a nolde
sayeng thretend men lyue long. c 1555 in H. L. Collman Ballads of Elizabethan Period
(1912) 69 It is a true prouerbe: the threatned man lyues long. 1607 T. HEYWOOD Fair
Maid of Exchange II. 68 Threatened men live long. 1655 T. FULLER Church Hist.
Britain VIII. iii. Gardiner.. vowed.. to stop the sending of all supplies unto them. .. But
threatned folke live long. 1865 G. W. THORNBURY Haunted London ii. Temple Bar was
doomed to destruction by the City as early as 1790. .. ‘Threatened men live long.’..
Temple Bar still stands. 1930 A. CHRISTIE Murder at Vicarage iv. Archer.. is vowing
vengeance against me, I hear. Impudent scoundrel. Threatened men live long, as the
saying goes. 1980 L. EGAN Hunters & Hunted i. The threat was an old one; and, the
proverb ran, threatened men live long. mortality; perilTHREE may keep a secret, if two of them are dead1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. V. G4V We twayne are one to many
(quoth I) for men saie, Three maie keepe a counsell, if two be awaie. c 1595
SHAKESPEARE Romeo & Juliet II. iv. 190 Is your man secret? Did you ne’er hear say
Two may keep counsel, putting one away? 1735 B. FRANKLIN Poor Richard’s Almanack
(July) Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. 1979 D. CLARK Heberden’s
Seat ii. Two of everything.. two bodies, two causes of death. .. What was it? ‘Three may