Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for read more

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for ourselves.
[Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium
Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.]

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.

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.