Chapter 29

Question 1

Omnia vincit Amor; et nōs cēdāmus Amōrī

Answer 1

Love conquers everything; and let us yield to love.

Question 2

Urbem clarissimam condidi; mea moenia vidi; explevi cursum quem Fata dederant

Answer 2

I built the most famous city; I saw my city walls; I completed the path which the fates had given me.

Question 3

Ita durus eras ut neque amore neque precibus molliri posses

Answer 3

You were so hard that you could not be softened not by love nor by begging.

Question 4

Nemo quidem tam ferox est ut non molliri possit, cultura data.

Answer 4

No one indeed is so feral that they cannot be softened by having been given culture.

Question 5

Diffcile est saturam non scribere; nam quis est tam patiens malae urbis ut se teneat?

Answer 5

Not to write satire is difficult; for who is so tolerant of a bad city that he can contain himself in.

Question 6

Fuit quondam in hac re publica tanta virtus ut viri fortes civem perniciosum acrioribus poenis quam acerbissimum hostem reprimerent.

Answer 6

Once upon a time there was such great virtue that a strong man repressed a dangerous citizen with fiercer punishments than the fiercest enemy.

Question 7

Ita praeclara est recuperatio libertatis ut ne mors quidem in hac re sit fugienda.

Answer 7

The recovery of freedom is noble that not even death must be fled in this matter.

Question 8

Ne rationes meorum periculorum utilitatem rei publicae vincant.

Answer 8

Let the reasons of my dangers conquer the advantage for the republic.

Question 9

Eo tempore Athenienses tantam virtutem praestiterunt ut decemplicem numerum hostium superarent, et hos sic perterruerunt ut in Asiam refugerent.

Answer 9

At that time the Athenians stood before everyone in virtue…

Question 10

Orator exemplum dignum petat ab Demosthene illo, in quo tantum studium tantusque labor fuisse dicunter ut impedimenta naturae diligentia industriaque superaret.

Answer 10

Let the orator seek a worthy example from that Demosthenes, in whom
are said to have been such work and such industriousness that he overcame the impediments of nature through diligence and industry.

Question 11

Praecepta tua sint brevia ut cito mentes plurium discipulorum ea discant te neantque memoria fideli.

Answer 11

Let your precepts be brief so that the minds of many students may learn these things quickly and keep them in faithful memory.

Question 12

Nihil tam difficile est ut non possit studio investigari

Answer 12

Nothing is so difficult that it is not able to be investigated by study.

Question 13

Bellum autem ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita esse videatur.

Answer 13

However, let war be undertaken in such a way that nothing seems to have been searched except peace.

Question 14

Tanta est vis probitatis ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus

Answer 14

So great is the force of honesty that we esteem it even in the enemy.