Maxioms by Douglas Jerrold
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a read more
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
[Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]
He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
[Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought
in in malice.
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought
in in malice.
