Maxioms by Seneca (lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Poison is drunk out of gold.
[Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.]
Poison is drunk out of gold.
[Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.]
The voice is nothing but beaten air.
[Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]
The voice is nothing but beaten air.
[Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
[Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna
felicitas!]
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
[Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna
felicitas!]
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]
