“The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients were the bud, dilemmas and depravities have been the blossom, and danger and despair are the bitter fruit.” Has BeensLawPoorTreeLandDangerDespairFruitBitterCodePoisonLengthFabulousDilemmaBudDepravity Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words
“Cut that in Three, which Nature hath made One , Then strengthen hyt, even by it self alone, Wherewith then Cutte the poudred Sonne in twayne, By length of tyme, and heale the woonde againe. The self same Sunne twys yet more, ye must wounde, Still with new Knives, of the same kinde, and grounde; Our Monas trewe thus use by natures Law, Both binde and lewse, only with rype and rawe, And ay thanke God who only is our Guyde, All is ynugh, no more then at this Tyde.” MadeStillsSelfUseLawThreeCuttingLengthKnives Author:John Dee
“The great law of culture is, Let each become all that he was created capable of being; expand, if possible, to his full growth; resisting all impediments, casting off all foreign, especially all noxious adhesions, and show himself at length in his own shape and stature be these what they may.” IfsMayShowsLawCultureGrowthShapesCapableLengthCastingResistingStatureImpedimentsCasting Off Book:Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ... Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...