1742 C. JARVIS Don Quixote II. II. ix. The rest I omit, because length begets loathing.
a 1895 F. LOCKER-LAMPSON My Confidences (1896) 43 ‘Length begets loathing.’ I well remember the sultry Sunday evenings when..we simmered through Mr. Shepherd’s long-winded pastorals.
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loathing — see length begets loathing … Proverbs new dictionary
length — see length begets loathing everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet … 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
beget — see length begets loathing love begets love … Proverbs new dictionary
