You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.