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The END justifies the means
Cf. OVID
Heroides
ii. 85
exitus acta probat
, the outcome justifies the deeds. The negative of this is also often asserted.
1583
Exposition of Commandments
260
The ende good, doeth not by and by make the meanes good.
1718
Literary Works
(1971) I. 186
The End must justify the Means: He only, Sins who Ill intends.
1941
‘’
Smiling Corpse
238
‘The police don't like to have their bodies moved.’.. ‘In this case the end justifies the means.’
1979
Petrograd Consignment
65
Ulyanov has demonstrated that the end justifies the means.
action and consequence
Heroides
ii. 85
exitus acta probat
, the outcome justifies the deeds. The negative of this is also often asserted.
1583Exposition of Commandments
260
The ende good, doeth not by and by make the meanes good.
1718
Literary Works
(1971) I. 186
The End must justify the Means: He only, Sins who Ill intends.
1941
‘’
Smiling Corpse
238
‘The police don't like to have their bodies moved.’.. ‘In this case the end justifies the means.’
1979
Petrograd Consignment
65
Ulyanov has demonstrated that the end justifies the means.
action and consequence
end
enemy
ENGLAND is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants
Cf.
1558
BONAVENTURE DES PERIERS
Nouvelles Recreations
N1
V
Paris .. c'est le paradis des femmes
,
l'enfer des mules
,
et le purgatorie des soliciteurs
;
1583
R. D.
Mirrour of Mirth
K1
V
Paris
is a paradise for women, a hel for mens Horses, and a Purgatorye for those that followe suits of Law.
1591
Second Fruits
205
She takes her ease, and followes her busines at home … England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.
1617
Itinerary
III. I. iii.
England
.. is said to be the Hell of Horses, the Purgatory of Seruants, and the Paradice of Weomen.
1787
Provincial Glossary
s.v. England,
England is the paradise of women, hell of horses, and purgatory of servants.
1962
What Butler Saw
i.
An ancient proverb said that England was ‘the hell of horses, the purgatory of servants and the paradise of women’. When the eighteenth century came in, England was still the hell of horses, but there were loud complaints that it had become the paradise of servants and the purgatory of women.
national characteristics
1558
BONAVENTURE DES PERIERS
Nouvelles Recreations
N1
V
Paris .. c'est le paradis des femmes
,
l'enfer des mules
,
et le purgatorie des soliciteurs
;
1583
R. D.
Mirrour of Mirth
K1
V
Paris
is a paradise for women, a hel for mens Horses, and a Purgatorye for those that followe suits of Law.
1591Second Fruits
205
She takes her ease, and followes her busines at home … England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.
1617
Itinerary
III. I. iii.
England
.. is said to be the Hell of Horses, the Purgatory of Seruants, and the Paradice of Weomen.
1787
Provincial Glossary
s.v. England,
England is the paradise of women, hell of horses, and purgatory of servants.
1962
What Butler Saw
i.
An ancient proverb said that England was ‘the hell of horses, the purgatory of servants and the paradise of women’. When the eighteenth century came in, England was still the hell of horses, but there were loud complaints that it had become the paradise of servants and the purgatory of women.
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