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That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
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.]