Chapter 16 Flashcards
Quam dulcis est libertas!
How sweet is liberty!
Labor omnia vicit.
Work has conquered all things.
Fortuna fortes adiuvat.
Fortune helps the brave.
Quam celeris et acris est mens!
How swift and sharp is the mind!
Polyphemus erat monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens.
Polyphemus was a horrendous, hideous, huge monster.
Varium et mutabile semper femina.
Woman (is) ever a fickle and changeable creature.
Facile est epigrammata belle scribere, sed librum scribere difficile est.
It is easy to write epigrams beautifully, but it is difficult to write a book.
Ira furor brevis est; animum rege.
Anger is a brief madness; govern your soul.
Ars poetica est non omnia dicere.
The art of poetry is to not say all things.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Nothing is blessed from every part.
Liber meus homines prudenti consilio alit.
My book nourishes men with its prudent counsel.
Mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est.
Wisdom is the mother of all good arts.
Clementia regem salvum facit; nam amor omnium civium est inexpugnabile munimentum regis.
Mercy makes a king safe; for the love of all his citizens is a king’s impregnable defense.
Vita est brevis; ars, longa.
Life is short; art (is) long.
Breve tempus aetatis autem satis longum est ad bene vivendum.
A brief time of life, however, is long enough for living well.
