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Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)

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Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.
[Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]

Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.
[Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]

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He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are
swimming.
[Lat., Qui sustinet hamos,
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He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are
swimming.
[Lat., Qui sustinet hamos,
Novit, quae multo pisce natentur aquae.]

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The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
[Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]

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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]

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