A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

You can have TOO much of good thing

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  1483 B. BURGH Cato in Archiv (1905) CXV 313 To much is nouht of any maner thyng [too much of anything is nothing]. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. iv. G4^V Well (quoth I) to muche of one thyng is not good, Leaue of this. 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & English s.v. Manger, A man may take too much of a good thing. 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation i. 77 Fie, Miss! you said that once before; and, you know, Too much of one Thing is good for nothing. 1906 CHESTERTON Charles Dickens iv. We believe that you can have too much of a good thing—a blasphemous belief, which at one blow wrecks all the heavens that men have hoped for. 1985 Washington Post 2 Mar. A18 A more modestly sized delegation.. might have spared Congress a certain ridicule. Mae West once said it was possible to have too much of a good thing and it was wonderful. 1995 Washington Times 25 Apr. A17 Modern liberals feel that a more tolerant society is good thing, and they are right. Yet, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. ■ excess; good things
  

tool see a BAD workman blames his tools.
tooth see the TONGUE always returns to the sore tooth.
top see there is always ROOM at the top.
touch see if you gently touch a NETTLE it’ll sting you for your pains.
He that TOUCHES pitch shall be defiled
Cf. APOCRYPHA Ecclesiasticus xiii. 1 (AV) He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled therewith.

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  1303 R. BRUNNE Handlyng Synne (EETS) 1. 6578 Who-so handlyth pycche wellyng hote, He shalhaue fylthe therof sumdeyl [in some degree]. 1578 LYLY Euphues 1.250 He that toucheth pitche shall be defiled. 1710 S. PALMER Proverbs 249 Touch Pitch and you’ll be Defil’d. .. There is Danger every Way in Ill Company. 1886 H. CONWAY Living or Dead II. ix. The next two months of my life.. made me take a lower and more debased view of the world. .. I was touching pitch, yet striving to keep myself from being defiled. 1979 Listener 13 Sept. 345 The makers of the series believe that those who meddle with pitch may be defiled. ■ associates; example, good and bad