You May Also Like / View all maxioms
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
