Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.
[Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.]
We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.
[Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.]
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea read more
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.
[Lat., Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas
Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.]
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.
Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]
Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.