Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
The nets not stretched to catch the hawk,
Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those
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The nets not stretched to catch the hawk,
Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those
Who do us none at all.
[Lat., Non rete accipitri tenditur, neque miluo,
Qui male faciunt nobis: illis qui nihil faciunt tenditur.]
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
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When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc
impellitur.]