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That is a very wretched fortune which has no enemy. [Lat., Miserrima est fortuna quae inimico caret.] - Maxims [Fortune] That should be considered long which can be decided but once. [Lat., Deliberandum est diu, quod statuendum semel.] - Maxims [Prudence] The anger of lovers renews the strength of love. - Maxims [Love] The bow too tensely strung is easily broken. - Maxims [Tension] The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.] - Maxims [Circumstance] The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty. [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.] - Maxims [Cowards] The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. - Maxims [Fear] The highest condition takes rise in the lowest. - Maxims [Beginnings] The highest power may be lost by misrule. [Lat., Male imperando summum imperium amittitur.] - Maxims [Power] The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted. [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.] - Maxims [Judges : Law : Proverbs] The losing side is full of suspicion. [Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.] - Maxims [Suspicion] The loss which is unknown is no loss at all. - Maxims [Loss] The malevolent have hidden teeth. [Lat., Malevolus animus abditos dentes habet.] - Maxims [Revenge] The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.] - Maxims [Misers] The next day is never so good as the day before. - Maxims [Procrastination] The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. [Lat., Deliberando saepe perit occasio.] - Maxims [Opportunity] The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. [Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.] - Maxims [Wrong] The too constant use even of good things is hurtful. [Lat., Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est.] - Maxims [Moderation] There are some remedies worse than the disease. - Maxims [Remedies] They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands. - Maxims [Sailors] To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.] - Maxims [Favors] To do two things at once is to do neither. - Maxims [Haste] Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. - Maxims [Enemies] Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.] - Maxims [Unity] Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one. - Maxims [Safety] Displaying page 10 of 12 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10] 11 12
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