Metamorphoses

Notable quotes

“Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu!”
— How difficult it is not to reveal a guilty conscience in one's countenance!
“Vixque tenet lacrimas, quia nil lacrimabile cernit.”
— [Envy]'s scarcely able to prevent herself from weeping—for there's nothing here to weep for.
“Unc duo concordes anima moriemur in una.”
— But as it is, we two shall die together in one breath.
“Cura deum di sint, et, qui coluere, colantur.”
— The gods look after Good people still, and cherishers are cherished.
“Serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam.”
— Later or sooner all hasten to this single dwelling.
“Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra.”
— He made white look like black and black like white.

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