WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:57:54 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg get by – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Howell, James -- Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler] https://wist.info/howell-james/83714/ https://wist.info/howell-james/83714/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:41:41 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=83714 If the Sky fall we shall have Larks.


James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler]
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See also Heywood (1546). The same page contains a variant:

When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.
 
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