You May Also Like / View all maxioms
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
read more
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.