You May Also Like / View all maxioms
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
