 Be assured, that when a woman once begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. She who can, will purchase out of her own purse; she who cannot, will ask her husband. Unhappy is the husband, both...  The History of Rome - Pagina 402di Livy - 1823Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Hints - 1843 - 344 pagine
...to procure ? Romans, do you wish to excite among your wives an emulation of this sort, that the rfch should wish to have what no other can have ; and that...ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought." I have said that this is applicable to our own times. It might, indeed, be England, instead of Rome... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 300 pagine
...that the poor, lest they should be despised as such, should extend their expenses beyond their means ? Be assured that when a woman once begins to be ashamed...who does not ; for what he will not give himself, he will see given by another. So soon as the law ceases to limit the expenses of your wife, you yourself... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1864 - 594 pagine
...simul pudere, quod non oportet, coeperit ; quod oportet, non pudebit. Be assured that when once a woman begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. THE WICKED. xxxiv. 4. Hominem improbum non accusari tutius est, quam absolvi. It is safer that a wicked... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1876 - 202 pagine
...display in dress and equipages, he does not spare the other : while he tells the women that " she who begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, will soon begin not to be ashamed of what she ought;"—he warns the men against "the two great and... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1876 - 214 pagine
...display in dress and equipages, he does not spare the other : while he tells the women that " she who begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, will soon begin not to be ashamed of what she ought ; " — he warns the men against " the two great... | |
 | Livy - 1878 - 580 pagine
...that the poor, lest they should be despised as such, should extend their expenses beyond their means ? Be assured, that when a woman once begins to be ashamed...he who does not; for what he will not give himself, he will see given by another. Now, they openly solicit favours from other women's husbands; and, what... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 pagine
...provided one obtains the intoxication ? — Alfred de Musset. nSo Be assured that when once a woman begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. — Livy. The Greeks considered beauty so essentially a divine boon that the mother prayed to Zeus... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 pagine
...worst, surely, is the being ashamed of frugality or poverty. WOMAN. ]Je assured that when once a woman begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. THE WICKED. > It is safer that a wicked man should never be accused than that he should be acquitted.... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 pagine
...worst, surely, is the being ashamed of frugality or poverty. WOMAN. Be assured that when once a woman begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she oughtTHE WICKED. It is safer that a wicked man should never be accused than that he should be acquitted,... | |
 | Frederick William Morton - 1894 - 224 pagine
...A COQUETTE is to a man what a toy is to a child ; as long as it pleases him he keeps it. ANONYMOUS. WHEN a woman once begins to be ashamed of what she...ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. TITUS LIVIUS. A PRETTY woman 's worth some pains to see. ROBERT BROWNING. THOU art a woman. And that... | |
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