You May Also Like / View all maxioms
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
read more
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.