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You kick against the goad. - [Proverbs] You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up. - [Proverbs] You stick in the same mire. - [Proverbs] You tell a tale to a dead man. - [Proverbs] Life is like a game of tables, the chances are not in our power, but the playing is. - Adelphi [Life] And he makes a great mistake, in my opinion at least, who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection. [Lat., Et errat longe, mea quidem sententia, Qui imperium credat esse gravius, aut stabilius Vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur.] - Adelphi (act I, 1, l. 40) [Power] For he who has acquired the habit of lying or deceiving his father, will do the same with less remorse to others. I believe that it is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect, and by gentleness, than by fear. [Lat., Nam qui mentiri, aut fallere insuerit patrem, aut Audebit: tanto magis audebit caeteros. Pudore et liberalitate liberos Retinere satius esse credo, quam meto.] - Adelphi (I, 1, 30) [Childhood] It is a great error, in my opinion, to believe that a government is more firm or assured when it is supported by force, than when founded on affection. [Lat., Et errat longe mea quidem sententia Qui imperium credit gravius esse aut stabilius, Vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur.] - Adelphi (I, 1, 40) [Government] Nothing can be more unjust than the ignorant man, who thinks that nothing is well done by himself. [Lat., Homine imperito nunquam quidquid injustius, Qui nisi quod ipse facit nihil rectum putat.] - Adelphi (I, 2, 18) [Ignorance] I do not buy hope with money. [Lat., Ego spem pretio non emo.] - Adelphi (II, 2, 12) [Hope] To despise money on some occasions is a very great gain. [Lat., Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum est lucrum.] - Adelphi (II, 2, 8) [Money] That is to be wise to see not merely that which lies before your feet, but to foresee even those things which are in the womb of futurity. [Lat., Istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt Prospicere.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 32) [Future] True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to come. [Lat., Isthuc est sapere non quod ante pedes modo est Videre sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt Prospicere.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 32) [Wisdom] As each one wishes his children to be, so they are. [Lat., Ut quisque suum vult esse, ita est.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 46) [Childhood] He need not go away from home for instruction. [Lat., Domi habuit unde disceret.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 60) [Teaching] We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves. [Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 62) [Example] Suit your manner to the man. [Lat., Ut homo est, ita morem geras.] - Adelphi (III, 3, 78) [Manners] What the law insists upon, let it have of your own free will. [Lat., Quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret.] - Adelphi (III, 4, 44) [Law] All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected. [Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio quomodo, Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis; Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.] - Adelphi (IV, 3, 14) [Suspicion] He blushes: all is safe. [Lat., Erubuit: salva res est.] - Adelphi (IV, 5, 9) [Blushes] With his own sword do I stab this man. [Lat., Suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo.] - Adelphi (V, 8, 35) [Justice] When two persons do the self-same thing, it oftentimes falls out that in the one it is criminal, in the other it is not so; not that the thing itself is different, but he who does it. [Lat., Duo quum idem faciunt, saepe ut possis dicere, Hoc licet impune facere huic, illi non licet: Non quod dissimilis res sit, sed quod is sit.] - Adelphi (V, III, 37) [Comparison] I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must yield to them. [Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio; Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.] - Adephi (III, 3, 76) [Habit] Charity begins at home. [Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.] - Andria (act IV, sc. 1, 12), (free translation) [Charity : Proverbs] A bad heart, bad designs. [Lat., Mala mens, malus animus.] - Andria (I, 1, 137) [Evil] Displaying page 3 of 6 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6
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