
Imprudens facinus.
Reckless wrongdoing
Insidiis captat mures, sequiturque nocentes
Triticeo felis pellat ut ā cumulo.
Fecit at interdum furem malesuada Cupido,
Murmure sed furtum prodidit ipse suum.
Non minus ingenio vicium, quām recta teguntur:
In cruce supplicium non benč cautus habet.
Illicitae & quamvis lateant nos saepč rapinae,
Serior at duplici poena dolenda venit.
The cat catches mice with tricks, following them and driving them out of the granary. But sometimes Desire, persuading a man to the bad, makes him a thief. He betrays his theft by his own noise. Not only his lapses of character, but the good qualities are hidden: he has his punishment on the cross, for he was not careful enough. Although dishonest thefts often elude us, later a double penalty must be paid.
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- arm raised upward (+ holding something) [31A2511(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward (+ punishing) [31A2511(+927)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bellows [41B1311] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cat [34B12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cat (+ animal in search of food) [34B12(+9451)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cat (+ postures, positions of animal(s)) [34B12(+953)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of textile material: bag, sack [41A777] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cooking food [41C25] Search | Browse Iconclass
- criminal law; punishment [44G30] Search | Browse Iconclass
- farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- kitchen-interior [41C211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- kitchen-utensils (with NAME) [41C27(CAULDRON)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking over the shoulder - AA - female human figure [31AA247] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mountains [25H11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- on the scaffold or place of execution [44G342] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- open fire, fire-place, stove (in kitchen) [41C2541] Search | Browse Iconclass
- rodents: mouse (+ animal in search of food) [25F26(MOUSE)(+451)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure [31AA2352] Search | Browse Iconclass
- smoke [41B162] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sports, games and physical performances (+ requirements, necessaries ~ sports and games) [43C(+4)(STICK)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Bad, Evil, Wrong [52B5112] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cereal, grain, corn [47I111] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crime [44G51] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Desire; 'Desiderio' (Ripa) [56F1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Punishment; 'Castigo', 'Pena', 'Punitione' (Ripa) [57BB13] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Rashness, Imprudence, Recklessness [52AA21] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Secrecy, Latency, Concealment; 'Secretezza' (Ripa) [52DD1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- thief [44G54] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa) [11N1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Virtuousness; 'Amor di Virtų', 'Attione virtuosa', 'Guida sicura de' veri honori', 'Virtų', 'Virtų insuperabile' (Ripa) [57A6] Search | Browse Iconclass
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