"A man is sorry to be honest for nothing."
— Honesty
January 1, 1970
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Ovid, in Henry T. Riley, A Dictionary of Latin and Greek Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims and Mottos (1876), p. 138. This is a translation of Ovid's "gratis paenitet esse probum" from his Ex Ponto, book 2, chapter 3. The translation in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 15th ed., p. 114 (1980) reads: "It is annoying to be honest to no purpose".
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Ovid, in Henry T. Riley, A Dictionary of Latin and Greek Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims and Mottos (1876), p. 138. This is a translation of Ovid's "gratis paenitet esse probum" from his Ex Ponto, book 2, chapter 3. The translation in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 15th ed., p. 114 (1980) reads: "It is annoying to be honest to no purpose".