You May Also Like / View all maxioms
It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
read more
It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
One by one we die.
Joy is a partnership,
Grief weeps alone,
Many guests had Cana;
Gethsemane but one.
Joy is a partnership,
Grief weeps alone,
Many guests had Cana;
Gethsemane but one.
We are in the same boat.
We are in the same boat.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
[Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime
read more
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
[Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime
congregantur.]
If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
read more
If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse,
That it shall hold companionship in peace
With honour, as in war: since that to both
It stands in like request?
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]
It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]
