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Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
