Maxioms by Laertius Diogenes
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
