Pietro Nelli quotes

As when you melons in the market buy. You'll cut a hundred, and, amongst the pile, 'Tis hard if you two good ones shall espy. So, in our day, of all the tongues we deem, From outward showing, free from every guile, But two per cent, are really what they seem. (Pietro Nelli)
A lawyer's office is, I'm sure you'll find, Just like a mill, whereto for grinding come A crowd of folk of every sort and kind. View quote
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When he mixes a salad, the Devil, I've heard. Three ingredients uses; first advocates' tongues. Next notaries' fingers; I'll not name the third. View quote
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A litigant to winning so devotes his energies That he never gives his neighbours or himself a moment's rest, But for every other pleasure he has neither ears nor eyes. View quote
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Custom 'tis alone That countless follies covers and defends. View quote
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