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... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment XVIII . ( II . ) . " Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat . " Saepe grandis natu senex nullum aliud habet argumentum quo se probet diu vixisse praeter aetatem . " SENECA . De Tranquillitate Animi , III ...
... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment XVIII . ( II . ) . " Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat . " Saepe grandis natu senex nullum aliud habet argumentum quo se probet diu vixisse praeter aetatem . " SENECA . De Tranquillitate Animi , III ...
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... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 7 . " One hand washes the other ; give and take . ” 66 Δός τι καὶ λάβοις τι . ” PRODICUS . ( Stobaeus , Florilegium , X. , 34. ) Give something to get something . " “ ( ' Αλλ ' ) & μοιριδία τις δύνασις δεινά ...
... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 7 . " One hand washes the other ; give and take . ” 66 Δός τι καὶ λάβοις τι . ” PRODICUS . ( Stobaeus , Florilegium , X. , 34. ) Give something to get something . " “ ( ' Αλλ ' ) & μοιριδία τις δύνασις δεινά ...
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... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 44 . “ A good wife's duty ' tis , Nicostrates , Not to command but to obey her spouse ; Most mischievous a wife who rules her husband . " “ Αγαθὸν οὐ τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν , ἀλλὰ τὸ μηδὲ ἐθέλειν . ” DEMOCRITUS ...
... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 44 . “ A good wife's duty ' tis , Nicostrates , Not to command but to obey her spouse ; Most mischievous a wife who rules her husband . " “ Αγαθὸν οὐ τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν , ἀλλὰ τὸ μηδὲ ἐθέλειν . ” DEMOCRITUS ...
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... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment V. , 12 . " Such follies make not nature's burden light , For thus we are weighted with imported ill ; Laws , strifes , and party views our cup of misery fill . " “ Αδελφὸς ἀνδρὶ παρείη . ” - ( F . A. Paley ...
... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment V. , 12 . " Such follies make not nature's burden light , For thus we are weighted with imported ill ; Laws , strifes , and party views our cup of misery fill . " “ Αδελφὸς ἀνδρὶ παρείη . ” - ( F . A. Paley ...
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... Incertae , Fragment 477 . “ The truth , methinks , we nowise can conceal . ” “ Αεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 103 . " Woman's a necessary and undying evil . " « Αθανάτων μετὰ φῦλον ἴτον προλιπόντ ̓ ...
... Incertae , Fragment 477 . “ The truth , methinks , we nowise can conceal . ” “ Αεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ... Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 103 . " Woman's a necessary and undying evil . " « Αθανάτων μετὰ φῦλον ἴτον προλιπόντ ̓ ...
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