Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Those graceful groves that shade the plain,
Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main,
And flattens, as read more
Those graceful groves that shade the plain,
Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main,
And flattens, as he runs, the fair campagne.
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
[Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
[Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
