You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
