in itself, needs a supplement from without, those finding it in a Pope, and these in the “inward light.”[142] With these examples before you, not to speak of the many others which might be adduced,[143] you will own, I think, that this proverb, _Extremes meet_, or its parallel, _Too far East is West_, reaches very far into the heart of things; and with this for the present I must conclude. Footnotes [89] Regulæ quæ inter _maximas_ numerari merentur. [90] In German: Grau’ Hare sind Kirchhofsblumen. [91] Il tempo è una lima sorda. [92] Πομφόλυξ ὁ ἄνθρωπος. [93] Cujus vita fulgor, ejus verba tonitrua. Cf. Mark iii. 17: υἱοὶ βροντῆς. [94] Admirably glossed in the _Guesses at Truth_: “Pluck up the stones, ye sluggards, and break the devil’s head with them.” [95] Quando i furbi vanno in processione, il diavolo porta la croce. [96] Vaô á missa çapateiros, rogaô a Deos que morraô os carneiros. [97] This is Swedish: Zu mera man stryken Katten pá Swanzen, zu mera pyser pan. [98] Si la locura fuese dolores, en cada casa darian voces. [99] Tonto, sin saber latin, nunca es gran tonto. [100] Qui rien ne sçait, de rien ne doute. [101] An earnest preacher of righteousness just before the Reformation quotes this one as current about them: Quod agere veretur obstinatus diabolus, intrepide agit reprobus et contumax monachus. [102] It is Huss who, denouncing the sins of the clergy of his day, has preserved this proverb for us: Malum proverbium contra nos confinxerunt, dicentes, Si offenderis clericum, interfice eum; alias nunquam habebis pacem cum illo. [103] Por los haldas del vicario sube el diablo al campanario. [104] Ubi tres Medici, duo Athei. Of course those which imply that they shorten rather than prolong the term of life, are numerous, as for instance, the old French: Qui court après le mière, court après la bière. [105] In German: Juristen, bösen Christen. [106] Bebel: Dicitur in proverbio nostro; nihil esse audacius indusio molitoris, cum omni tempore matutino furem collo apprehendat. [107] Se la superbia fosse arte, quanti Dottori avressimo. [108] Tal sprezza la superbia con una maggior superbia. [109] Ein Feind ist zu viel; und hundert Freunde sind zu wenig. [110] Il est aisé d’aller à pied, quand on tient son cheval par la bride. [111] The Gallegan proverb, _You a lady, I a lady, who shall drive the hogs a-field?_ (Vos dona, yo dona, quen botara a porca fora?) is only a variation of this. [112] Mulates qua battent, cabrites qua morts. [113] A proverb of many tongues beside our own: thus in the Italian: Quanto più la volpe è maladetta, tanto maggior preda fa. [114] _Holy State_, b. 3, c. 5. [115] B. 2, c. 23. [116] B. 3, c. 2. [117] Adagia, ad agendum apta; this is the etymology of the word given by Festus. [118] Chi parla semina, chi tace raccoglie; compare the Swedish: Bättre tyga än illa tala (Better silence than ill speech). [119] Il tacer non fù mai scritto.