The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the LatinL.E. Bernard & Company, 1856 - 76 pagine |
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Pagina iii - this was too near the truth to be admitted, and so we took our present grave motto from
Pagina 36 - When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.
Pagina 88 - Let a fool hold his tongue, and he will pass for a sage.
Pagina 60 - 511. The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
Pagina iii - Syrus, of whom none of us, I am sure, had ever read a single line.
Pagina 66 - He bids fair to grow wise, who has discovered that he is not so.
Pagina 68 - Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.