You May Also Like / View all maxioms
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.