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Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.