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" Perhaps the original form of this commonly quoted proverb is this: — " Tria sunt enim quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere ; fumus, stillicidium, et mala uxor"; Innocens Papa, de Contemptu Mundi, i. "
De contemptu mundi: sive, De Miseria humanae conditionis libri tres - Page 39
by Pope Innocent III - 1855 - 171 pages
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The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman: In Three ..., Volume 2

William Langland - 1886 - 634 pages
...necessary ' [b]. 297. Perhaps the original form of this commonly quoted proverb is this : — ' Tria sunt enim quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere : fumus, stillicidium, et mala uxor;' Innocens Papa, de Contemptu Mundi, i. 18. It is a mere compilation from Prov. x. 26, xix. 13, and xxvii....
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Scottish Notes and Queries

John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson - 1893 - 262 pages
...(Henderson). P'umee, pluye, et femme sans raison Chassent 1'homme de sa maison. — (Diiringsfeld). Tria sunt quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere, fumus, stillicidium et mala uxor. (Innocent III.) 3. A womman cast hir schame away Whan sche cast of her smok. — (Bathe Prol., 773)....
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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Notes to the Canterbury tales

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 560 pages
...is as follows. ' Perhaps the original form of this commonly quoted proverb is this: — " Tria sunt enim quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere ; fumus, stillicidium, et mala uxor"; Innocens Papa, de Contemptu Mundi, i. 18. It is a mere compilation from Prov. x. 26, xix. 13, and xxvii....
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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 5

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 558 pages
...note is as follows. 'Perhaps the original form of this commonly quoted proverb is this:— "Tria sunt enim quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere ; fumus, stillicidium, et mala uxor"; Innocens Papa, de Contemptu Mundi, i. 18. It is a mere compilation from Prov. x. 26, xix. 13, and xxvii....
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Dictionary of Proverbs

George Latimer Apperson - 2006 - 656 pages
...Ploirmati, C, xx. 297, says: 'Perhaps the original form of this commonly quoted proverb is this: 'tria sunt enim quae non sinunt hominem in domo permanere; fumus, stillicidium, et mala uxor' '(Innocens Papa, de Ctintemptu Mundi, i 18). It is a mere compilation from Proverbs x 26, xix. 13,...
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