You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
read more
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.