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freaking quotes yo Flashcards

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Constantine

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In hoc signo vinces - In this sign you will conquer

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Festina Lente - Make haste slowly

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Augustus

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Caligula

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Oderint dum metuant - Let them hate me provided they fear me (terreo…)

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Tiberius

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Oderint dum probent - Let them hate me provided they respect me

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Kings of England

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Defensor Fidei - Defender of the faith

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Kings of Scotland

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Nemo me impune Iacessit - No one crosses me with impunity

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Frederick III of Austria

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Austriae est imperare orbi universo - It is Austria’s destiny to rule the whole world
sometimes seen as a.e.i.o.u.

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decartes
“thats actually some pretty solid evidence”

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Cogito ergo sum - I think therefore I am

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Oderint dum metuant

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Let them hate [me] provided that they fear [me]

Accius, in his Atreus; favorite quote of Caligula, possible lead ins: Proviso quote thing

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

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Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen

Thomas á Kempis

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10
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Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae

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Every man is the artisan of his own fortune

Appius Claudius

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Negotium populo Romano melius quam otium committi

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The Roman people understand work better than leisure

Appius Claudius

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Paete non dolet

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It does not hurt, Paetus

Arris the Elder, after stabbing herself in 43 BC

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Acta est fabula

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The play is over

Augustus, his last words

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Festina lente

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Make haste slowly

Augustus

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Quintili Vare, legiones redde

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Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!

Augustus

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Ipsa scientia potestas est

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Knowledge itself is power

Francis Bacon

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17
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Ora et labora

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Pray and labor

St. Benedict

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18
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Vae victis

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Woe to the conquered

Brennus, after conquering Rome in 390 BC

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Ego me bene habeo

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With me, all is well

Burrus, his last words

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Alea iacta est

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The die is cast

Julius Caesar, after crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC

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Et tu, Brute? / Kai su teknon?

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Even you, Brutus / Even you, child?

Julius Caesar, his last words

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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres

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All of Gaul is divided into three parts

Julius Caesar, in his first line of his Commentarii de Bello Gallico

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23
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Hoc voluerunt

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They wished this

Julius Caesar, after the battle of Munda in 45 BC

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24
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Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico care oportere

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I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law

Julius Caesar, after his divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC

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25
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Puri sermonis amator

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A lover of pure speech

Julius Caesar, about Terence

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Veni, vidi, vici

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I came, I saw, I conquered

Julius Caesar, after the battle of Zela in 47 BC

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Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!

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If only the Roman people had one neck!

Caligula

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28
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Carthago delenda est

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Carthage must be destroyed

Cato the Elder, at the end of every speech

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Vir bonus, dicendi peritus

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A good man, skilled in speaking

Cato the Elder, defining an orator

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30
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Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?

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To whom do I give my new elegant little book?

Catullus

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31
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Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love

Catullus

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32
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Disertissime Romuli nepotum

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Most eloquent of the descendants of Romulus (to Cicero)

Catullus

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33
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Frater, ave atque vale

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Brother, hello and good-bye

Catullus

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34
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Ille mi par esse deo videtur

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He seems to me to be equal to a god

Catullus

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35
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Odi et amo

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I hate and I love

Catullus

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36
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Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est

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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh

Catullus

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37
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Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus

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Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love

Catullus

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38
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Bis dat qui cito dat

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He gives twice who quickly gives

Miguel Cervantes, in his Don Quixote

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39
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De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

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Say nothing but good about the dead

Chilon

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40
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Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

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Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill

Cicero

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41
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Aura popularis

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The popular breeze

Cicero

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42
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Consensus audacium

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An agreement of rash men

Cicero, referring to a conspiracy

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43
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Cui bono?

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For whose benefit is it?

Cicero

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44
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Cum tacent clamant

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When they remain silent, they cry out

Cicero, in his In Catilinam I

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45
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Excitabat fluctus in simpulo

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He was stirring up billows in a ladle

Cicero

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46
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Ex tempore

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From the moment

Cicero

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47
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Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

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Inhumanity is harmful in every age

Cicero

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48
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In virtute sunt multi ascensus

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There are many degrees in excellence

Cicero

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49
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Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

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We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free

Cicero

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50
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Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?

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Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he?

Cicero

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51
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O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum!

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An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!

Cicero

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52
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O tempora! O mores!

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Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!

Cicero, in his In Catilinam I

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53
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Patria est communis omnium parens

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The fatherland is the common parent of us all

Cicero

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54
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Quam se ipse amans- sine rivali!

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Himself loving himself so much- without a rival!

Cicero

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55
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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

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How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

Cicero, in his In Catilinam I

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56
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Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit

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Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be

Cicero

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57
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Salus populi suprema lex esto

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The safety of the people is the supreme law

Cicero (also the motto of Missouri)

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58
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Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis!

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How like us is that very ugly beast, the monkey

Cicero

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59
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Tamquam alter idem

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As if a second self

Cicero

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60
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Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est

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Delay and procrastination is hateful

Cicero

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61
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Trahimur omnes laudis studio

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We are all drawn by our eagerness for praise

Cicero

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62
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Ut sementem feceris ita metes

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As you sow so will you reap

Cicero

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63
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Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

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How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic?

Cicero

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64
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Vixerunt

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They have lived (They are dead)

Cicero, talking about the dead Catilinarian conspirators

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65
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Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet

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A timid dog barks more violently than it bites

Curtius Rufus

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66
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Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant

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Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies

Curtius Rufus

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67
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Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat

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When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears

Dionysius Cato

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68
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At tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit

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But the trumpet sounded with its terrible taratantara

Ennius

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69
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Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque

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On ancient ways and heroes stands the Roman state

Ennius

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70
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O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti

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Oh, you tyrant, Titus Tatius! You took such great things for yourself!

Ennius, famous for his alliteration

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71
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Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

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Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war

Erasmus, in his Querela Pacis

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72
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Ego nolo Caesar esse

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I don’t want to be Caesar

Florus

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73
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Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video

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I see the beard and cloak, but I don’t yet see a philosopher

Gellius

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74
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Ars longa, vita brevis

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Art is long, life is short

Hippocrates

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75
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Ab ovo usque ad mala

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From the egg right to the apples (From start to finish)

Horace

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76
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Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem

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Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times

Horace

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77
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Amoto quaeramus seria ludo

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Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters

Horace

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78
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Auream mediocritatem

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Golden mean

Horace

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79
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Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit

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The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses

Horace, in his Satires

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80
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Bella detesta matribus

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Wars, the horror of mothers

Horace

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81
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Bis repetita placent

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The things that please are those that are asked for again and again

Horace

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82
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Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt

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They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea

Horace, in his Epistulae

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83
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

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Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow

Horace, in his Odes

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84
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Consule Planco

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In the consulship of Plancus (In the good old days)

Horace

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85
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Coram populo

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In the presence of the people

Horace

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86
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Culpam poena premit comes

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Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion

Horace

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87
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Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit

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The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn

Horace

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88
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Disiecti membra poetae

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Limbs of a dismembered poet

Horace

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89
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Dulce est desipere in loco

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It is sweet to relax at the proper time

Horace

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90
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country

Horace, in his Odes

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91
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Eheu fugaces labuntur anni

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Alas, the fleeting years slip by

Horace, in his Odes

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92
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Est modus in rebus

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There is a middle ground in things

Horace, in his Odes

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93
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Exegi monumentum aere perennius

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze

Horace

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94
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Extinctus amabitur idem

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The same man will be loved when he is dead

Horace, in his Epistulae

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95
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Favete linguis

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Keep quiet

Horace, in his Odes

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96
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Genus irritabile vatum

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The irritable race of poets

Horace, in his Epistulae

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97
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Maecenas atavis edite regibus

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Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors

Horace, the first line of his Odes

98
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Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres

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As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word

Horace

99
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Nil desperandum

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Don’t despair

Horace

100
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Non omnia moriar

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Not all of me will die

Horace

101
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Nunc est bibendum

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Now we must drink

Horace

102
Q

Pallida Mors

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Pale Death

Horace, in his Odes

103
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Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur

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What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you

Horace

104
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Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat?

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What forbids a laughing man from telling the truth?

Horace

105
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Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet

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He who feared he would not succeed sat still

Horace

106
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Simplex munditiis

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Unaffected by manners

Horace

107
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Splendide mendax

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Splendidly false

Horace

108
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Vis consili expers mole ruit sua

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Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight

Horace

109
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Vitanda est improba siren desidia

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One must avoid that wicked temptress Laziness

Horace, in his Satires

110
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Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi

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An incurable passion to write

Juvenal, in his Satires

111
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Maxima debetur puero reverentia

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The greatest respect is owed to a child

Juvenal

112
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Mens sana in corpore sano

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A sound mind in a sound body

Juvenal

113
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Nemo malus felix

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No bad man is lucky

Juvenal

114
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Nemo repente fuit turpissimus

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No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step

Juvenal, in his Satires

115
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Panem et circenses

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Bread and circuses

Juvenal

116
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Probitas laudatur et alget

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Honesty is praised and left in the cold

Juvenal, in his Satires

117
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Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno

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A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan

Juvenal, in his Satires

118
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Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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But who will guard the guardians themselves?

Juvenal, in his Satires

119
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Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent

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He must fear many, whom many fear

Laberius, referring to Julius Caesar

120
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Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum

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Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man

Livius Andronicus, the first line of his Odussia

121
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Caeca invidia est

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Envy is blind

Livy

122
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Res ad triarios rediit

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The situation has come down to the triarii

Livy

123
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Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum

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Don’t consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done

Lucan

124
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O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!

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Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world!

Lucilius

125
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Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas

A

Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods

Lucretius, the first line of his De Rerum Natura

126
Q

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum

A

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds

Lucretius, in his De Rerum Natura

127
Q

Ex nihilo nihil fit

A

Nothing comes from nothing

Lucretius (I’ve heard this before, but couldn’t find the source)

128
Q

Per varios usus artem experientia fecit

A

Practice has brought skill through different exercises

Manilius

129
Q

Fato Metelli Romae

A

By the fate of Metellus in Rome

130
Q

What does ‘Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum’ mean?

A

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds

Lucretius, in his De Rerum Natura

131
Q

What does ‘Ex nihilo nihil fit’ mean?

A

Nothing comes from nothing

Lucretius

132
Q

What does ‘Per varios usus artem experientia fecit’ mean?

A

Practice has brought skill through different exercises

Manilius

133
Q

What does ‘Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules’ mean?

A

The Metelli become consuls of Rome by fate

Gnaeus Naevius

134
Q

What does ‘Novem Iovis concordes filiae sorores’ mean?

A

You nine daughters of Jupiter, sisters of one heart

Gnaeus Naevius, referring to the Muses in the first line of his Bellum Poenicum

135
Q

What were Nero’s last words?

A

What an artist I die!

Nero

136
Q

What does ‘A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper’ mean?

A

A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog

Ovid

137
Q

What does ‘Alere flammas’ mean?

A

To feed the flames

Ovid

138
Q

What does ‘Amor tussisque non celantur’ mean?

A

Love, and a cough, are not concealed

Ovid

139
Q

What does ‘Ars est celare artem’ mean?

A

It is art to conceal art

Ovid

140
Q

What does ‘Bene qui latuit bene vixit’ mean?

A

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well

Ovid, in his Tristia

141
Q

What does ‘Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris’ mean?

A

As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone

Ovid, in his Tristia

142
Q

What does ‘Gutta cavat lapidem’ mean?

A

Dripping hollows out rock

Ovid

143
Q

What does ‘Ingenio maximus, arte rudis’ mean?

A

Greatest in genius, rough in skill

(said of Ennius) Ovid

144
Q

What does ‘Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus’ mean?

A

A burden which is done well becomes light

Ovid

145
Q

What does ‘Materiam superabat opus’ mean?

A

The workmanship surpassed the subject matter

Ovid

146
Q

What does ‘Militat omnis amans et habet sua castra Cupido’ mean?

A

Every lover is a soldier and has his camp in Cupid

Ovid

147
Q

What does ‘Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam’ mean?

A

Everything which I said could not happen will happen now

Ovid

148
Q

What does ‘Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim’ mean?

A

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you

Ovid

149
Q

What does ‘Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit’ mean?

A

He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow

Ovid

150
Q

What does ‘Rident stolidi verba Latina’ mean?

A

Fools laugh at the Latin language

Ovid

151
Q

What does ‘Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas’ mean?

A

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

Ovid

152
Q

What does ‘Gigni de nihilo nihil; in nihilum nil posse reverti’ mean?

A

Nothing can be produced from nothing; nothing can be returned into nothing

Persius, in his Satires

153
Q

What does ‘Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet’ mean?

A

Let him love tomorrow who has never loved and let he who has loved love tomorrow

Found in the Pervigilium Veneris of unknown authorship

154
Q

What does ‘Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores’ mean?

A

You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me

Petrarch

155
Q

What does ‘Cito fit quod dii volunt’ mean?

A

What the gods want happens soon

Petronius

156
Q

What does ‘In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides’ mean?

A

You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself

Petronius

157
Q

What does ‘Flamma fumo est proxima’ mean?

A

Flame follows smoke

Plautus, in his Curculio

158
Q

What does ‘Mus uni non fidit antro’ mean?

A

A mouse does not rely on just one hole

Plautus

159
Q

What does ‘Bruta fulmina et vana’ mean?

A

Thunderbolts that strike blindly and in vain

Pliny the Elder, in his Naturalis Historia

160
Q

What does ‘Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas’ mean?

A

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it

Pliny the Younger

161
Q

What does ‘Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit’ mean?

A

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part

Pliny the Younger

162
Q

What does ‘Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis’ mean?

A

I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love

Propertius, in his elegies

163
Q

What does ‘Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade’ mean?

A

Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth

Propertius, referencing Vergil’s Aeneid

164
Q

What does ‘Mendacem oportet esse memorem’ mean?

A

A liar must have a good memory

Quintilian

165
Q

What does ‘Satura tota nostra est’ mean?

A

Satire is wholly ours

Quintilian

166
Q

What does ‘Esse quam videri bonus malebat’ mean?

A

He (Cato) preferred to be good rather than seem good

Sallust, in his Bellum Catilinae

167
Q

What does ‘Quaedam non iura scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt’ mean?

A

Some laws are unwritten, but they are better established than all written ones

Seneca the Elder

168
Q

What does ‘Aliquando et insanire iucundum est’ mean?

A

It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman

Seneca the Younger

169
Q

What does ‘Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem’ mean?

A

It is not goodness to be better than the worst

Seneca the Younger

170
Q

What does ‘Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo’ mean?

A

A giant will keep his size even though he will have stood in a well

Seneca the Younger

171
Q

What does ‘Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent’ mean?

A

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless

Seneca the Younger, in his Phaedra

172
Q

What does ‘Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium’ mean?

A

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence

Seneca the Younger

173
Q

What does ‘Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur’ mean?

A

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole

Seneca the Younger

174
Q

What does ‘Fallaces sunt rerum species’ mean?

A

The appearances of things are deceptive

Seneca the Younger

175
Q

What does ‘Gladiator in arena consilium capit’ mean?

A

The gladiator is making his plan in the arena (i.e. too late)

Seneca the Younger

176
Q

What does ‘Maiorum consuetudini deditus’ mean?

A

Devoted to the tradition of his ancestors

Seneca the Younger, referencing his father

177
Q

What does ‘Non est ad astra mollis e terris via’ mean?

A

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars

Seneca the Younger, in his Hercules Furens

178
Q

What does ‘Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit’ mean?

A

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art

Seneca the Younger

179
Q

What does ‘Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit’ mean?

A

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness

Seneca the Younger, in his De tranquillitate animi

180
Q

What does ‘Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est’ mean?

A

No era is closed to great intellects

Seneca the Younger

181
Q

What does ‘Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura’ mean?

A

Leisure without literature is death, or rather the burial of a living man

Seneca the Younger, in his Epistulae morales

182
Q

What does ‘Potest ex casa magnus vir exire’ mean?

A

A great man can come from a hut

Seneca the Younger

183
Q

What does ‘Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit’ mean?

A

A young man respects and looks up to his teachers

Seneca the Younger

184
Q

What does ‘Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narrat qui accepit’ mean?

A

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it

Seneca the Younger

185
Q

What does ‘Timendi causa est nescire’ mean?

A

Ignorance is the cause of fear

Seneca the Younger

186
Q

What does ‘Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent’ mean?

A

Other people’s things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people

Publilius Syrus

187
Q

What does ‘Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur’ mean?

A

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time

Publilius Syrus

188
Q

What does ‘Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere’ mean?

A

To accept a favor is to sell one’s freedom

Publilius Syrus

189
Q

What does ‘Etiam capillus unus habet umbram’ mean?

A

Even one hair has a shadow

Publilius Syrus

190
Q

What does ‘Malum consilium quod mutari non potest’ mean?

A

It is a bad plan that cannot be changed

Publilius Syrus

191
Q

What does ‘Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes’ mean?

A

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid

Publilius Syrus

192
Q

What does ‘Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter’ mean?

A

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure

Tacitus, in his Agricola

193
Q

What does ‘Omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset’ mean?

A

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled

Tacitus, talking about Galba in his Annales

194
Q

What does ‘Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant’ mean?

A

When they make a desolation, they call it peace

Tacitus, in his Agricola

195
Q

What does ‘Amantium irae amoris integratio’st’ mean?

A

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love

Terence, in his Andria

196
Q

What does ‘Dictum sapienti sat est’ mean?

A

A word to the wise is sufficient

Terence

197
Q

What does ‘Fortes fortuna adiuvat’ mean?

A

Fortune helps the brave

Terence

198
Q

What does ‘Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto’ mean?

A

I am a man; I think nothing human is alien to me

Terence, in his Heauton Timorumenos

199
Q

What does ‘Nullum’st iam dictum quod non sit dictum prius’ mean?

A

Nothing is already said which wasn’t said before

Terence, in his Eunuchus

200
Q

What does ‘Quot homines tot sententiae’ mean?

A

So many men, so many thoughts

Terence, in his Phormio

201
Q

What does ‘Senectus ipsast morbus’ mean?

A

Old age itself is a disease

Terence, in his Phormio

202
Q

What does ‘Tacent, satis laudant’ mean?

A

Their silence is enough praise

Terence

203
Q

What does ‘Certum est quia impossibile’ mean?

A

It is certain because it is impossible

Tertullian

204
Q

What does ‘Amici, diem perdidi’ mean?

A

Friends, I have lost a day

Titus

205
Q

What does ‘Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes’ mean?

A

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities

Varro, in his De re rustica

206
Q

What does ‘Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi’ mean?

A

Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players

Varro

207
Q

What does ‘Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum’ mean?

A

If you want peace, prepare for war

Vegetius, in his Epitoma rei militaris

208
Q

What were Vespasian’s last words?

A

Alas, I think I am becoming a god

Vespasian

209
Q

What does ‘Ab uno disce omnes’ mean?

A

Learn all from one thing

Virgil

210
Q

What does ‘Annuit coeptis’ mean?

A

He has smiled on our undertakings

Virgil

211
Q

What does ‘Arcades ambo’ mean?

A

Arcadians both

Virgil

212
Q

What does ‘Arma virumque cano’ mean?

A

I sing of arms and a man

Virgil, first line of his Aeneid

213
Q

What does ‘Aspirat primo Fortuna labori’ mean?

A

Fortune smiles upon our first effort

Virgil

214
Q

What does ‘Auri sacra fames’ mean?

A

The cursed hunger for gold

Virgil

215
Q

What does ‘Bella horrida bella’ mean?

A

Wars, horrid wars

Virgil

216
Q

What does ‘Dabit deus his quoque finem’ mean?

A

God will even grant an end to these [troubles]

Virgil, in his Aeneid

217
Q

What does ‘Dis aliter visum’ mean?

A

It seemed otherwise to the gods

Virgil

218
Q

What does ‘Dux femina facti’ mean?

A

The leader of the deed was a woman

Virgil

219
Q

What does ‘E pluribus unum’ mean?

A

One out of many

Virgil, in his Moretum

220
Q

What does ‘Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes’ mean?

A

Don’t trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts

Virgil, in his Aeneid

221
Q

What does ‘Experto credite’ mean?

A

Trust the expert

Virgil

222
Q

What does ‘Facilis descensus Averno’ mean?

A

Easy is the descent to Avernus (The Underworld)

Virgil, in his Aeneid

223
Q

What does ‘Fama volat’ mean?

A

Rumor flies

Virgil, in his Aeneid

224
Q

What does ‘Fata obstant’ mean?

A

The Fates oppose

Virgil, in his Aeneid

225
Q

What does ‘Fata viam invenient’ mean?

A

The Fates will find a way

Virgil, in his Aeneid

226
Q

What does ‘Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas’ mean?

A

He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things

Virgil, talking about Lucretius in his Georgics

227
Q

What does ‘Fidus Achates’ mean?

A

Faithful Achates

Virgil, in his Aeneid

228
Q

What does ‘Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit’ mean?

A

Perhaps one day it will be pleasant to remember even these things

Virgil, in his Aeneid

229
Q

What does ‘Latet anguis in herba’ mean?

A

A snake lies hidden in the grass

Virgil, in his Eclogues

230
Q

What does ‘Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces’ mean?

A

Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes

Virgil’s Epitaph

231
Q

What does ‘Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori’ mean?

A

Love conquers all, and let us yield to it

Virgil, in his Eclogues

232
Q

What does ‘Quorum pars magna fui’ mean?

A

Of which I was a great part

Virgil, in his Aeneid

233
Q

What does ‘Sicelides Musae, paulo maiora canamus’ mean?

A

Sicilian Muses, let us sing of slightly grander things

Virgil, in his Eclogues

234
Q

What does ‘Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem’ mean?

A

So great a task it was to found the Roman race

Virgil, in his Aeneid

235
Q

What does ‘Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento’ mean?

A

You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power

Virgil, in his Aeneid

236
Q

What does ‘Disputandi pruritas ecclesiarum scabies’ mean?

A

An itch for disputation is the mange of the churches

Sir Henry Wotton

237
Q

What does ‘Si monumentum requiris circumspice’ mean?

A

If you seek a monument, look around

Sir Christopher Wren’s Epitaph in St. Paul’s Cathedral

238
Q

Who is Sir Christopher Wren?

A

Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, astronomer, and mathematician, best known for designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

239
Q

What is the significance of St. Paul’s Cathedral?

A

St. Paul’s Cathedral is an iconic church in London, known for its impressive dome and as a symbol of resilience during the Great Fire of London and World War II.

240
Q

What is an epitaph?

A

An epitaph is a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, often inscribed on a tombstone.

241
Q

Where can Sir Christopher Wren’s epitaph be found?

A

Sir Christopher Wren’s epitaph can be found in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

242
Q

What is the purpose of an epitaph?

A

The purpose of an epitaph is to honor and remember the deceased, often reflecting their life or contributions.

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