Maxioms by Robert Burton
And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope,
they would be hanged read more
And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope,
they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save
charges.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.
Out of too much learning become mad.
Out of too much learning become mad.
For I light my candle from their torches.
For I light my candle from their torches.
