wilful waste makes woeful want
- wilful waste makes woeful want
The connection between waste and want predates the present form of this proverb, e.g. 1576 R. EDWARDS Paradise of Dainty Devices 88 For want is nexte to waste, and shame doeth synne ensue.
1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 353 Wilful waste makes woeful want.
1866 GASKELL Wives & Daughters II. xxix. Now young folks go off to Paris, and think nothing of the cost: and it’s well if wilful waste don’t make woeful want before they die.
1946 ‘R. FINNEGAN’ Lying Ladies vi. ‘Well, do you want the drink or not?’.. Regan..emptied his glass and shoved forward. ‘Willful waste makes woeful want,’ he declared.
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waste not, want not — Want is variously used in the senses ‘lack’ and ‘desire’. Another proverb making the connection between waste and want is wilful waste makes woeful want. 1772 WESLEY Letter 10 Aug. (1931) V. 334 He will waste nothing; but he must want nothing.… … Proverbs new dictionary
waste — noun see haste makes waste wilful waste makes woeful want verb see waste not, want not … Proverbs new dictionary
want — noun see for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost wilful waste makes woeful want verb see if you want a thing done well, do it yourself if you want something done, ask a … Proverbs new dictionary
wilful — see a wilful man must have his way wilful waste makes woeful want … Proverbs new dictionary
woeful — see wilful waste makes woeful want … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
