Maxioms by Syrus (publilius Syrus)
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo read more
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.]
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.