Part 4 Flashcards
Ora et labora
St. Benedict
Pray and labor
Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi
Juvenal
in his Satires
An incurable passion to write
Gutta cavat lapidem
Ovid
Dripping hollows out rock
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire
Seneca the Younger
A great man can come from a hut
Bis repetita placent
Horace
The things that please are those that are asked for again and again
Hoc voluerunt
Julius Caesar
after the battle of Munda in 45 BC
They wished this
Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque
Ennius
On ancient ways and heroes stands the Roman state
Experto credite
Virgil
Trust the expert
Maxima debetur puero reverentia
Juvenal
The greatest respect is owed to a child
Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior
Erasmus
in his Querela Pacis
Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war
Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
Publilius Syrus
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time
Ego me bene habeo
Burrus
his last words
With me, all is well
Omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset
Tacitus
talking about Galba in his Annales
By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled
Bis dat qui cito dat
Miguel Cervantes
in his Don Quixote
He gives twice who quickly gives
Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade
Propertius
referencing Vergil’s Aeneid
Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth
Simplex munditiis
Horace
Unaffected by manners
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
Seneca the Younger
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence
Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video
Gellius
I see the beard and cloak, but I don’t yet see a philosopher
Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant
Curtius Rufus
Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies
Certum est quia impossibile
Tertullian
It is certain because it is impossible
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus
Cicero
We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free
Vixerunt
Cicero
talking about the dead Catilinarian conspirators
They have lived (They are dead)
Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?
Cicero
Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he?
Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit
Cicero
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill
Auri sacra fames
Virgil
The cursed hunger for gold
Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narrat qui accepit
Seneca the Younger
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
Horace
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn
Fata obstant
Virgil
in his Aeneid
The Fates oppose
Bene qui latuit bene vixit
Ovid
in his Tristia
He who has lived in obscurity has lived well
Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
Catullus
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love
Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent
Laberius
referring to Julius Caesar
He must fear many, whom many fear
Quaedam non iura scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt
Seneca the Elder
Some laws are unwritten, but they are better established than all written ones
Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum
Lucan
Don’t consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est
Seneca the Younger
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman
Bella detesta matribus
Horace
Wars, the horror of mothers
Amici, diem perdidi
Titus
Friends, I have lost a day
Trahimur omnes laudis studio
Cicero
We are all drawn by our eagerness for praise
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides
Petronius
You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself
Favete linguis
Horace
in his Odes
Keep quiet
Pallida Mors
Horace
in his Odes
Pale Death
Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi
Varro
Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players
Ego nolo Caesar esse
Florus
I don’t want to be Caesar
Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem
Virgil
in his Aeneid
So great a task it was to found the Roman race
Dis aliter visum
Vergil
It seemed otherwise to the gods
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper
Ovid
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog
Sicelides Musae, paulo maiora canamus
Virgil
in his Eclogues
Sicilian Muses, let us sing of slightly grander things
Nemo malus felix
Juvenal
No bad man is lucky
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes
Publilius Syrus
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid
Fallaces sunt rerum species
Seneca the Younger
The appearances of things are deceptive
Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat
Dionysius Cato
When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears
Paete non dolet
Arris the Elder
after stabbing herself in 43 BC
It does not hurt, Paetus
