"The fat's all in the fire."
— Cobbe

January 1, 1970

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Cobbe, Prophecies, Bullen's reprint (1614); reported as a proverb in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 642. Marston, What You Will (1607). The Balancing Captain. Whole poem quoted by Walpole in a letter to Mann, Nov. 2, 1741.