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What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury?
[Lat., Quid facies tibi,
Injuriae read more
What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury?
[Lat., Quid facies tibi,
Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam read more
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam ulcisci.]
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui read more
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage
Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]