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el que nació pa' redendor, sale crucificado Explanation: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/27/messages/317.htm... Re: "no good deed goes unpunished" Posted by Henry on December 31, 2003 In Reply to: Re: "no good deed goes unpunished" posted by masakim on December 31, 2003 : : : Another one I've been hearing, lately. : : One of my favorite sayings because it is SO true. : : I thought Dorothy Parker said it. But I googled and found that it is attributed to Clare Booth Luce. Anyone know for sure? : Gregory Y. Titelman, in _Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings_ (1996), writes: : No good deed goes unpunished. *********Life is so unfair that one is more likely to get into some sort of trouble than be rewarded if one attempts to do a good deed.************ It was attributed to American financier John P. Grier, banker Andrew W. Mellon, and writer Clare Boothe Luce, but its ultimate origin is unknown. Listed in the sixteenth edition [1992] of Bartlett's _Familiar Quotations_, edited by Justin Kaplan. : [1989-1994 citations omitted] : ----- : [No vice without its punishment. (English proverb)] : [Isidore Leo] Pavia was in great form to-day: "Every good deed brings its own punishment." (James Agate, _Ego_, January 25, 1938) : Very good line George [Greeves] came out with at dinner: "No good deed ever goes unpunished." (Joe Orton, _Diaries_, June 13, 1967) 'No good deed goes unpunished' is a remark attributed to Oscar Wilde, who lived from 1854-1900. See Cassell's Humourous Quotations edited by Nigel Rees. It certainly has the ring of one of his sayings. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2006-01-24 04:30:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ¡Perdón, es REDENTOR, con T! Así lo he escuchado, con el verbo "nacer". Pero también así: "El que se mete a redentor, sale crucificado". Refranes que comienzan con la letra E - [ Translate this page ] ... El que nació para cabeza no puede ser cola. ... El que no sirve pa' bisté, sirve pa' picadillo. ... (Puerto Rico). El que se mete a redentor sale crucificado. ... www.upec.cu/refranes/E.htm - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result Link To Puerto Rico.com - Dichos Populares de Purto Rico - [ Translate this page ] El que nació pa' toro del cielo le caen los cuernos. El que no aprende es ... El que se mete a redentor sale crucificado. El que se pica es porque ajo come. ... www.linktopr.com/dichos_populares.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result REFRANES Y DICHOS - [ Translate this page ] El que nació pa’ toro del cielo le caen los cuernos. El que no aprende es porque no ... El que se mete a redentor sale crucificado. El que se pica es porque ... www.prtc.net/~miguel11/refranes.htm - 63k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result |
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