Famous quotes containing the words bear and/or form:
“You must bear with me.
Pray you now, forget and forgive; I am old and foolish.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)