You May Also Like / View all maxioms
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last read more
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
