Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something read more
Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of
fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something
to what he has heard.
[Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti
Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]
Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]
Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
