Maxioms by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus)
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most
abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than read more
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most
abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have
sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow
their wild oats, where they would not spring up.
[Lat., Post id, frumenti quum alibi messis maxima'st
Tribus tantis illi minus reddit, quam obseveris.
Heu! istic oportet obseri mores malos,
Si in obserendo possint interfieri.]
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves
it it is dumb.
[Lat., Nunquam read more
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves
it it is dumb.
[Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;
Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
[Lat., Humanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere est.]
To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
[Lat., Humanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere est.]
