You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.