Maxioms by Periander Of Corinth
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.