You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.