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To err is human, to forgive divine; To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world (Chinese proverb) [5] To the victor go the spoils; To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive; Tomorrow is another day; Tomorrow never comes; Too many cooks spoil the broth; Too little, too late; Too much of a good thing
from Plautus, Persa IV.3–24; used by Russian hooligans as tattoo inscription facile princeps: easily the first: said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities facilius est multa facere quam diu: It is easier to do many things, than one thing consecutively: Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1/12:7
art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire. arte et labore: by art and by labour: Motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C. arte et marte: by skill and by fighting
These wise sayings of men of former times, the words of famous men, are consecrated at holy Pytho; from there Klearchos [c] copied them carefully, to set them up, shining afar, in the precinct of Kineas. When a child, show yourself well-behaved; When a young man, self controlled; In middle age, just; As an old man, a good counsellor;
"Lo! here is a token that I forgive thee; my heart, do thine office." [15]: 158 [note 56] — George Wishart, Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (1 March 1546), kissing one of his executioners on the cheek after the man asked for his forgiveness "I am a priest; I am a priest! Fie! Fie! All is gone." [8]
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Self-knowledge is one of the main themes of the dialogue, [39] and Socrates quotes the Delphic maxim several times throughout. On the first occasion (124b), Socrates uses the maxim in its traditional sense of "know your limits", advising Alcibiades to measure his strengths against those of his opponents before pitting himself against them.
Latin Translation Notes labor ipse voluptas: The pleasure is in the work itself. Motto of Peter King, 1st Baron King as mentioned within 'The Improvement of the Mind. To Which is Added, a discourse on the Education of Children and Youth' by Isaac Watts 1741.