One may go a long way after one is tired.
Don't let your tongue say what your head may have to pay for.
Give me today and you may keep tomorrow.
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.
The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.
You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accomodation.
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.
However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life.
A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.
The horse may run quickly, but it can't escape its own tail.
However bright the sun may shine, leave not your cloak at home.
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule.
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.
Come for your inheritance and you may wind up paying for the funeral.
Pe vremuri, duelul era un privilegiu boieresc. Numai dacă erai nobil din naştere, aveai dreptul să te simţi ofensat şi să tragi cu pistolul ori să scoţi spada din teacă. Astăzi însă are libertatea să se ofenseze oricare cetăţean onorab...
Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure.
Sometimes, when you sleep with the enemy, waking up is the hardest part." ~ Muse
May our afflictions be few, but may we learn not to squander them.
It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.
