Famous quotes containing the words sophie arnould and/or opera:
“They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them.”
—Sophie Arnould (1740–1802)
“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)