You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.