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take it takes one to know one modern proverbial saying, late 20th century, usually with pejorative implication.
take the goods the gods provide proverbial saying, late 17th century, meaning that one should accept and be grateful for unearned benefits; perhaps originally as a quotation from Dryden's Alexander's Feast (1697), ‘Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the goods the gods provide thee.’
An earlier classical Latin form is found in the work of the Roman comic dramatist Plautus (c.250–184 bc), ‘you may keep what good the gods give’.
See also take the bull by the horns, take the fifth, take time by the forelock, give and take is fair play, you can take a horse to water, you pays your money and you takes your choice, take care of the pence, it takes two to tango.
take the goods the gods provide proverbial saying, late 17th century, meaning that one should accept and be grateful for unearned benefits; perhaps originally as a quotation from Dryden's Alexander's Feast (1697), ‘Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the goods the gods provide thee.’
An earlier classical Latin form is found in the work of the Roman comic dramatist Plautus (c.250–184 bc), ‘you may keep what good the gods give’.
See also take the bull by the horns, take the fifth, take time by the forelock, give and take is fair play, you can take a horse to water, you pays your money and you takes your choice, take care of the pence, it takes two to tango.
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