You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.