it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope
- it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope
a 1628 J. CARMICHAELL Proverbs in Scots no. 1847 Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pape.
1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 194 It is hard to sit in Rome, and strive against the Pope. It is foolish to strive with our Governours, Landlords, or those under whose Distress we are.
1908 A. MACLAREN Ezekiel 58 ‘It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.’ Nebuchadnezzar’s palace was not precisely the place to dispute with Nebuchadnezzar.
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