He follows his father with unequal steps. Sequitur patrem, non passibus aequis.- Virgil. He runs on Scylla, wishing to avoid Charybdis. Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim. Not such aid nor such defenders does the time require. Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis Tempus eget.- Virgil. I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts. Hic situs est Phaeton, currus auriga paterniQuem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis.- Ovid.Here lies Phaeton, the driver of his father's chariot, which if hefailed to manage, yet he fell in a great undertaking. Facies non omnibus unaNec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum.- Ovid.Their faces were not all alike, nor yet unlike, but such as those ofsisters ought to be. Proverbial Expressions PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS No. But to recall one's step and to escape to the air above, this is the task, this is the labor. Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est.
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