2105 Latin Proverbs / Page 43
841.
I have lost my labour and my cost.842.
I have other fish to fry.843.
I have washed my hands of it.844.
I kill the boars, but another eats the flesh.845.
I know Simon, and Simon knows me.846.
I prefer death to disgrace.847.
I regret that I have given what I have.848.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas. the worse.849.
I shall paint you in your own colours.850.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.851.
I simply state what I have heard.852.
I speak of garlic, you reply about onions.853.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.854.
I wince to win.855.
I wish I were at home.856.
I would not purchase it at the price of a rotten nut.857.
I would rather be in an apple-tree, than a bad man in distress.858.
I would rather buy than beg.859.
Idleness is ever the root of indecision.860.
Idleness ruins the constitution.