Maxioms by Laertius Diogenes
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my
boy; that is the complexion of virtue."
Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my
boy; that is the complexion of virtue."
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but read more
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
