Maxioms by William Shakespeare
To feed were best at home;
From thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony:
Meeting were bare read more
To feed were best at home;
From thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony:
Meeting were bare without it.
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains read more
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?