Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia- source:https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2017/11/26/go-sniff-your-own-farts/ “Everyone enjoys the smell of their own farts.’ Suus cuique crepitus bene olet Ἕχαστος αὑτοῦ τὸ βδέμα μήλου γλύκιον ἡγεἶται ‘Each person thinks that the smell of his own fart is sweeter than an apple’ This is to say: there is no one who doesn’t...
ADE 1.1.3 Do not hold anyone right
Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia- first edition 1508 Offer not your hand to any one with whom you may casually associate. This is in fact only an extension of the sense of the first apothegm, by which we were admonished not lightly, or unadvisedly, to admit any one to an intimacy,...
ADE 1.1.2 Do not taste the black tail
Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia- first edition 1508 Ne gustaris quibus nigra est Cauda. It is not known who was the Author of this enigmatical sentence, prohibiting to eat what has a black tail ; that which is sweet to the taste, but leaves a sense of bitterness when swallowed. The...