You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
