shoe (n.)
shoe (v.)
shoe (adj.)
Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow;
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after me.
"I will show," said Agesilaus, "that it is not the places that grace men, but men the places."
But from the hoop's bewitching round,
Her very shoe has power to wound.
A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
Ne supra crepidam sutor judicaret (Let not a shoemaker judge above his shoe).
A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat;
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility,—
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.
