You May Also Like / View all maxioms
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
