You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.