Half. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Half


Fools, not to know that half exceeds the whole! Addison from Hesiod, Book I. Verse 40; Spectator No. 195; and Valpy’s edition, translated by Elton.	1
[A maxim often used by the ancients to recommend moderation. Hesiod advised his brother to prefer a friendly accommodation to an expensive lawsuit. “Agree with thine adversary quickly,” says St. Matthew, Chapter v. 25; see also Banks’s Translation of Hesiod, 76.]	2
Nothing is more true in political arithmetic, than that the same people with half a country is more valuable than the whole. Spectator, No. CC.	3
He was no fool Who said the half is better than the whole. Armstrong.—A Day, Line 177.	4