Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from read more
All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their
conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.
[Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio
quomodo,
Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;
Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.]
There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.
There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
