Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
[Lat., Continua messe senescit ager.]
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
[Lat., Continua messe senescit ager.]
Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
[Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
[Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
[Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]