You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
