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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.