Maxioms by Robert Burton
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
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.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
