You May Also Like / View all maxioms
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
