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The success of the wicked entices many more. [Lat., Successus improborum plures allicit.] - Fables (II, 3, 7) [Success] That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. [Lat., Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati.] - Fables (III, 11, 7) [Disgrace] Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain. [Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.] - Fables (III, 17, 12) [Glory] It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.] - Fables (III, Epilogue, 34) [Sin] Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro, Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.] - Fables (IV, 12, 1) [Wealth] Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser? [Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt, Quid mente caeca torques spiritum? Tibi dico, avare.] - Fables (IV, 19, 16) [Misers] What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi, Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?] - Fables (V, 3, 4) [Insult] Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.] - Fables (V, 4, 12) [Misfortune] Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] - Fables--Appendix (VI, 11) [Proverbs : Revenge] Displaying page 3 of 3 for this author: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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