Robert Burton

The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Like the watermen that row one way and look another.

Like the watermen that row one way and look another.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

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.