You May Also Like / View all maxioms
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.