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Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)

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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.]

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You kick against the goad.

You kick against the goad.

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You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

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When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

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