Famous Proverbs
3 Proverbs about Benefice
1.
Horses run after benefices and asses get them.2.
The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.3.
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.1