You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.
Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person
show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, read more
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
naked skins.
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
