enough (n.)

enough (adv.)

Know then this truth (enough for man to know),—

"Virtue alone is happiness below."

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 309.

Enough is equal to a feast.

Henry Fielding (1707-1754): The Covent Garden Tragedy. Act v. Sc. 1.

Enough is as good as a feast.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. xi.

Enough's as good as a feast.

George Chapman (1557-1634): Eastward Ho. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Rom. Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.

Mer. No, 't is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 't is enough, 't will serve.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

I have a soul that like an ample shield

Can take in all, and verge enough for more.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Don Sebastian. Act i. Sc. 1.

Enough, with over-measure.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 1.