Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand.
[Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]
It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand.
[Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
