You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To read more
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
