You May Also Like / View all maxioms
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
read more
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
