Maxioms Pet

X

Maxioms by Cicero (marcus Tullius Cicero)

  ( comments )
  16  /  16  

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]

  ( comments )
  17  /  18  

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

  ( comments )
  9  /  19  

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a read more

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a hook.
[Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea
videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]

  ( comments )
  28  /  18  

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

  ( comments )
  7  /  11  

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself
super-excellent.
[Lat., Adhue neminem cognovi poetam, read more

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself
super-excellent.
[Lat., Adhue neminem cognovi poetam, qui sibi non optimus
videretur.]

Maxioms Web Pet