what you spend, you have

what you spend, you have
The original of quot. 1579, which is quoted inexactly by Spenser, was the epitaph on the tomb of Edward Courtenay Earl of Devon (d. 1509) and his wife in St. Peter’s church, Tiverton, Devon.

c 1300 in M. R. James Catalogue of Library Pembroke College (1905) 35 That ich et [I ate] that ich hadde. That ich gaf that ich habbe. That ich ay held that i nabbe [do not have].

1579 SPENSER Shepherd’s Calendar (May) 56 (Glossary) Ho, ho, who lies here? I the good Earle of Deuonshere, And Maulde my wife, that was ful deare... That we spent, we had: That we gaue, we haue: That we lefte we lost.

1773 S. JOHNSON Letter 12 Aug. (1952) I. 338 The monument of Robert of Doncaster..says..something like this. What I gave, that I have; what I spent, that I had; what I left that I lost.

1862 Times 15 Dec. 8 The most common maxim of the rank and file of British industry is that what you spend you have for it alone cannot be taken away from you.


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