Maxioms Pet

X

Maxioms by Desiderius Gerhard Erasmus

  ( comments )
  27  /  27  

The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam read more

The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]

  ( comments )
  26  /  32  

It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable read more

It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable notions.
[Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates,
et absurdas opiniones.]

  ( comments )
  20  /  26  

Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

Maxioms Web Pet