Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.
[Lat., Quoniam id fieri read more
As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.
[Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest
Id velis quod possis.]
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid read more
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu
sit.]
