You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]