Maxioms by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus)
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took
its rise. . . . The read more
For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took
its rise. . . . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does
it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.
