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He who teaches children learns more than they do
He who teaches children learns more than they do
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad read more
Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.
I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up
I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up
Nothing in Nature's sober found,
But an eternal Health goes round.
Fill up the Bowl then, fill read more
Nothing in Nature's sober found,
But an eternal Health goes round.
Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high--
Fill all the Glasses there; for why
Should every Creature Drink but I?
Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio read more
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.