Charles de Montesquieu

Laws are spider webs through which big flies pass and little ones get caught.

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pass for

[pass for] {v. phr.} To be taken for; be considered as. * /Charles speaks Arabic so fluently that he could easily pass for an Arab./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Charles de Montesquieu

There is nothing more annoying than seeing how a well-said word dies in the ear of the fool to whom you said it. www.sky-net-eye.com

come to pass

[come to pass] {v. phr.}, {literary} To happen; occur. * /Strange things come to pass in troubled times./ * /It came to pass that the jailer visited him by night./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Charles Churchill

(1731-1764) The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect. www.sky-net-eye.com

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брать в (свои) руки

[брать (дело) в (свои) руки] {v. phr.} [brat' (`delo) v (svo`i) `ruki] {literally} to take (the job) in own […]

pay in advance

[pay in advance] See: [IN ADVANCE].

push over

[push over] {v. phr.} To upset; overthrow. * /She is standing on her feet very solidly; a little criticism from you […]

Lewis Grizzard

(1947-1994) U.S. humorist I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.