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Do not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet; Do not look a gift horse in the mouth; Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill; Do not meet troubles half-way; Do not put all your eggs in one basket; Do not put the cart before the horse; Do not put too many irons in the fire; Do not put new wine into old bottles
"I grow old always learning many things." Solon the Athenian, one of the seven Sages of Greece, on learning. Athenian tetradrachm depicting goddess Athena (obverse) and owl (reverse); in daily use, Athenian drachmas were called glaukai, "owls" [5] γλαῦκ’ Ἀθήναζε / εἰς Ἀθήνας
Cato Maior de Senectute ("Cato the Elder on Old Age") is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. To lend his reflections greater import, [ 1 ] Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Aemilianus and Gaius Laelius Sapiens .
“Come grow old with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.” Joan Lester - Courtesy Irene Young It was 1981 when my new love Carole shyly handed me a framed ...
Where you grow old makes a difference. Have you ever considered what it would be like to grow old somewhere else in the world? Many countries and cultures have different attitudes toward older people.
Here are 50 quotes about life to motivate you. Words can hold a lot of power. They can uplift and inspire. ... "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living ...
I grow old through war and law: Motto of the House of d'Udekem d'Acoz: bellum omnium contra omnes: war of all against all: A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature: bellum Romanum: war as the Romans did it: All-out war without restraint as Romans practiced against groups they considered to be barbarians bellum se ipsum ...
The conventional English translation first appeared in John Heywood's collection of Proverbs in 1546, crediting Erasmus. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable also credits Erasmus, and relates it to other Latin proverbs, "Planta quae saepius transfertus non coalescit" or "Saepius plantata arbor fructum profert exiguum", which mean that a frequently replanted plant or tree yields less fruit ...