You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
read more
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
