A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

1579 SPENSER Shepherd’s Calendar (Sept.) 88 And cleanly couer, that cannot be cured. Such il, as is forced, mought nedes be endured. 1763 C. CHURCHILL Prophecy of Famine 18 Patience is sorrow’s salve; what can’t be cur’d, so Donald right areeds [counsels], must be endur’d. 1870 C. KINGSLEY Madam How i. That stupid resignation which some folks preach.. is merely saying—what can’t be cured, must be endured. 1936 W. HOLTBY South Riding VI. i. We all have our bad turns. What can’t be cured must be endured, you know. 1997 Washington Post 18 Dec. C1 ‘What cannot be cured must be endured,’ the chained man says, trying to smile. But it comes out as a grimace. ■ patience and impatience

CURIOSITY killed the cat

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  1921 E. O’ NEILL Diff’rent II. 252 ‘What’d you ask ’em, for instance?’.. ‘Curiosity killed a cat! Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.’ 1973 A. CHRISTIE Postern of Fate I. iv. ‘A curiosity death,’ said Tommy. ‘Curiosity killed the cat.’ 1984 J. R. RIGGS Last Laugh iii. ‘I’m curious, that’s all.’ ‘Curiosity killed old tom.’ 2002 Times 2 17 May 9 ‘Well, you’ve probably heard the saying, “curiosity killed the cat”. Well that’s what I’m doing here.’ For one horrible minute, I thought that he was about to.. reveal that he was Ben Vol-au-Vent from Curiosity Killed the Cat, killing a cat. ■curiosity
  

curried (combed): see a SHORT horse is soon curried.
curse (verb) see BETTER to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
CURSES, like chickens, come home to roost
Also without specific reference to curses, as in quot. 2001.

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  c 1390 CHAUCER Parson’s Tale 1. 620 And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest. 1592 Arden of Feversham G4 For curses are like arrowes shot upright, Which falling down light on the suters [shooter’s] head. 1810 SOUTHEY Kehama (title-page) Curses are like young chicken; they always come home to roost. 1880 S. SMILES Duty iv. Their injustice will return upon them. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. 1932 S. GIBBONS Cold Comfort Farm vii. Curses, like rookses, flies home to nest in bosomses and barnses. 1986 Washington Post 10 July A23 The proverb teaches us that ‘curses, like chickens, come home to roost.’ The Supreme Court taught that lesson one more time last week in an opinion that combined bad law with rough justice. 2001 Spectator 8 Dec. 71 The Brits used diplomatic language which is as useless as the Draft Dodger’s oath in a court of law. As they say down on the farm, the chickens have come home to roost. ■ malice; retribution