Maxioms by Terence (publius Terentius Afer)
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.
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
