230 Quotes About Willis-barnstone
- Author Praxilla
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You gaze at me teasingly through the window;a virgin face—and below—a woman's thighs.
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- Author Praxilla
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Under covera coward will strike from any side.I warn you, friend:watch out for his sting.Under every rock is a lurking scorpion.
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- Author Theognis
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Easier to make bad out of good than good out of bad.Don't try to teach me. I am too old to learn.
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- Author Diodoros
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A tiny child in the villa of Diodorosfell headfirst from a little ladderand broke his neck bones fatally,but when he saw his much-loved master running up,he suddenly spread out his baby arms to him.Earth, do not lie heavy on the bonesof a tiny slave child.Be kind to Korax, who died at two.
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- Author Nikarchos
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Only yesterday the good Dr. Markoslaid his sure hand on a statue of Zeus.Although he was Zeus and made of marblewe're burying him today.
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- Author Traianus
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If you point your b-i-g nose sunward and open your gapingmouth,all who pass bywill know the time of day.
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- Author Ammianus
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May the dust lie lightly on you in your grave, O wretched Nearchos,that wild dogs may more easily drag you out.
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- Author Paulus Silentiarius
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A man bitten by a mad hound, they say,sees an image of the beast in the water.Is Eros then wild with rabies?Did he gash me with his bitter toothand ravage my spirit with his heat?For now I see your darling form mirroredin wine cup, river whirlpool and the sea.
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- Author Damaskios
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Zozime, you were a slave girl only in bodyand now find freedom for your body too.
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