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Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart. - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) Snuffling through his nose some stale joke. - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) You are too sarcastic. - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it. - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) I have cut my leg with my own adze. - Petronius (Caius Petronius Arbiter) The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in the contemplation of the past. - Petronius (Caius Petronius Arbiter) The pot boils badly. - Petronius (Caius Petronius Arbiter) He who assists the wicked will in time rue it. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succour meets with ruin. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything, doing nothing. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Success brings many to ruin. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.] - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) The success of the wicked tempts many to sin. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia), Fables--Appendix (VI, 11) Time and I against any two. - Philip II, a Spanish proverb, also attributed to Baltasar Gracian Know thy opportunity. - Pittacus of Mitylene, his motto, inscribed on Temple of Apollo at Delphi, A mouse relies not solely on one hole. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others? - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Fire is next akin to smoke. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Good things soon find a purchaser. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He can do most who has most power. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) He who would have the kernel must crack the shell. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.] - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) It is best to know the worst at once. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) It is difficult to fly without wings. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke. - Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Displaying page 51 of 414 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 [51] 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414
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