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Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.