You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
