You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
Tom Delay did bugs exterminate
before he did kid soldiers terminate.
Kissinger's Bremer has not been forthright
about how many read more
Tom Delay did bugs exterminate
before he did kid soldiers terminate.
Kissinger's Bremer has not been forthright
about how many died in the last fortnight.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not read more
Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect read more
It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.