You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.