You May Also Like / View all maxioms
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.
Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you read more
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper read more
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
read more
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon.
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word read more
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, read more
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily . . .
They've cut out their tongues and
the larks can no longer sing
the birds can no longer fly
they've cut read more
They've cut out their tongues and
the larks can no longer sing
the birds can no longer fly
they've cut off their wings
and in their next lives
larks and birds will become
those who've cut off
larks' tongues and bird wings.
