Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by William Camden

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English historian William Camden.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
William Camden

William Camden was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
The sea hath fish for every man.
The early bird catches the worm. — © William Camden
The early bird catches the worm.
It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found.
Wisdom is at all times the least burdensome traveling pack.
My friend, judge not me, Thou seest I judge not thee; Betwixt the stirrop and the ground, Mercy I askt, mercy I found.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
Better halfe a loafe than no bread.
All the proof of a pudding is in the eating.
He that mischief hatcheth, mischief catcheth.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
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