“There is no magic in parchment or in wax.”
Master v. Miller (1763), 4 T. R. 320.
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“There is no magic in parchment or in wax.”
Master v. Miller (1763), 4 T. R. 320.
“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
“If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. ”
“Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.”
Variant translations:
Time brings all things to pass.
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
Source: Prometheus Bound, line 981 (tr. E. H. Plumptre).
“Time, waxing old, doth all things purify.”
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Eumenides, line 286 (tr. Anna Swanwick)
“421. He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“In politics and politicians' lies
The modern farmer waxes wondrous wise;”
"The Parish: A Satire"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“2155. He that hath a Head of Wax, must not walk in the Sun.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)