better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave
- better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave
1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. vii. 13v Many yeres sens, my mother seyd to me, Hyr elders wold saie, it ys better to be An olde mans derlyng, then a yong mans werlyng [object of scorn].
1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 74 Better an old Man’s Darling, than a young Man’s Wonderling, say the Scots, Warling, say the English.
1859 J. R. PLANCHÉ Love & Fortune 8 Let defeated rivals snarling, Talk of one foot in the grave. Better be an old man’s darling, Than become a young man’s slave.
1980 J. MARCUS Marsh Blood ix. Find yourself an older man. Much better to be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave.
1992 ‘C. AIRD’ ‘Man Who Rowed for Shore’ in Injury Time (1995) 14 [S]he had been brought up by her mother on the well-attested aphorism that it was better to be an old man’s darling than a young’s [sic] man’s slave.
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