Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting
his former wound resumes his arms.
[Lat., Saucius ejurat read more
The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting
his former wound resumes his arms.
[Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem
Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit.]
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something read more
Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something
to what he has heard.
[Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti
Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
