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I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
