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So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
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.]
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.