Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Knavery's now its own reward.
[Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.]
Knavery's now its own reward.
[Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.]
