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conveys a similar, although not altogether the same, idea as the proverb, " duo parietes 

 de eadem fidelia dealbare," used by Curius in Cic. ad Fam. 7. 29. 2. C. 39. 11: "In 

 Sao-ittario straboues, qui olera spectant, lardum tollunt." C. 59. 2: "Semper in hac re 

 qui vincitm-, vincit." C. 63. 2: " Asinus in tegulis." C. 74. 13: "in sinum suum con- 

 spuit." (Cf. Plin. Nat. Hist. 28. 4. 7. 35 : " Veniam quoque a deis spei alicujus auda- 

 cioris petimus in sinum spuendo.") C. 7-4. 14 : " qui in pergula natus est, aedes non 

 somniatur." C. 74. 16 : " ipse mihi asciam in cms impegi." C. 76. 11 : " ab acia et acu 

 mi omnia exposuit." C. 77. 6 : " assem habeas, assem valeas" ; and "habes, habeberis." 

 — One of Trimalchio's guests, whose name is not given, says, c. 37. 2: " quae nummos 

 modio metitur." (Cf. Herat. Sat. 1. 1. 96: "Ut metiretur nummos." The Greeks had 

 the same proverb. Cf. Suid. : /MeSifivov koI -n-apoi/Mia • MeBifivtp aTTOfierpa) irapa Tov iraTpo^ 

 dpyvpiov • em, rtov fieyaXrjv Koi adpoav irpocrZoKoavTuyv co(j>e\ei,av. Lucian. Dial. Bleretr. 9 : 

 TO fiev yap apyvpiov firjBe api6fiM ayetv aiiTOV, aXKa fieBlfivo) airoijLeixerprifie.vov ttoXXou? fiehi- 

 livov<s.) C. 38. 12: "Sestertium suum vidit decies" (cf Sen. do Benef 2. 27. 1, "hie, 

 qui quater millies sestertium suum vidit"), and "Non puto ilium capillos liberos ha- 

 bere." C. 38. 13 : " oUa male fervet," — the Greek ^e^ xi^'rpa, ^jj ^Ckia. — Seleucus says, 

 c. 42. 2 : " Aqua denies habet" ; and c. 42. 7 : " aeque est, ac si in puteum conjicias." — 

 Philcros says, c. 43. 5 : " Longe fugit, quisqiiis suos fugit " ; and c. 43. 7 : " in manu 

 illius plumbum aurum fiebat." Varro had written a satire with the title, " Longe 

 fugit, qui suos fugit," as is seen from a quotation in Nonius, 3. 204 : " Erbum generis 

 neuti-i est, ut plerumque. Feminini Varro Longe fugit, qui suos fugit : sed uti serat haec 

 legumina arte parva pauca : cicer, ervillam, ac paregia alia spuia ceteris " ; and from a 

 second, 4. 271. — Gauymcdes says, c. 44. 1: "quod ncc ad coelum nee ad terram per- 

 tinet." (Cf Lucian. Alexand. seu Pseudomant. 54: okto) fioi 'x^pr]a-fiov<; eTrefi^jrev, ovre yrj^, 



^aa-LV, ovre ovpavov dirTOfievov<;, ai/orjTovs Be kcu hvavorfTovi aTravTa<;.^ C. 44. 3 : " serva me, 

 servabo te." C. 44. 7 : " cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare." That this was an 

 old proverb is sufficiently proved by a passage in Cic. de Off. 3. 19. 77 : " Haec non 

 turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustic! quidem dubitent 1 a quibus iiatum est 

 id, quod jam contritum est vetustate, proverbium. Cum enim fidem alicujus bonitatem- 

 que laudant, dignum esse dicunt, quicum in tenebris mices." C. 44. 10 : " anuona pro 

 Into erat." A similar expression occurs. Plant. Trucul. 2. 7. 6 : " Qui bona pro stercore 

 habet." C. 44. 18: "Dii jiedes lanatos habent." (Cf Macrob. Sat. 1. 8: " Saturnum 

 Apollodorus alligari ait per annum laneo vinculo et solvi ad diem sibi festum, id est, 

 mense hoc decembri : atque inde proverbium ductum deos laneos pedes habere.") — 

 Echiou says, c. 45. 8: "qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit"; c. 45. 9: "Colubra 

 restem non parit"; c. 45. 13: " Manus manum lavat." Cf Plat. Axioch., where the 



