Maxioms by Robert Burton
'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his read more
'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy
face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more
as bad in a moment.
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.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
