You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
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.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.