Part 6 Flashcards
Vis consili expers mole ruit sua
Horace
Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight
Est modus in rebus
Horace
in his Odes
There is a middle ground in things
Militat omnis amans et habet sua castra Cupido
Ovid
Every lover is a soldier and has his camp in Cupid
Disiecti membra poetae
Horace
Limbs of a dismembered poet
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
Seneca the Younger
in his De tranquillitate animi
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness
Probitas laudatur et alget
Juvenal
in his Satires
Honesty is praised and left in the cold
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem
Horace
Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times
Ut sementem feceris ita metes
Cicero
As you sow so will you reap
Splendide mendax
Horace
Splendidly false
Genus irritabile vatum
Horace
in his Epistulae
The irritable race of poets
Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent
Seneca the Younger
in his Phaedra
Light cares speak, great ones are speechless
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam
Ovid
Everything which I said could not happen will happen now
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris
Ovid
in his Tristia
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone
Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis!
Cicero
How like us is that very ugly beast, the monkey
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur
Seneca the Younger
We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole
O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum!
Cicero
An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Publilius Syrus
To accept a favor is to sell one’s freedom
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum
Lucretius
in his De Rerum Natura
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
Horace
He who feared he would not succeed sat still
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus
Ovid
A burden which is done well becomes light
Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit
Horace
in his Satires
The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses
Consensus audacium
Cicero
referring to a conspiracy
An agreement of rash men
Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem
Seneca the Younger
It is not goodness to be better than the worst
Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est
Seneca the Younger
No era is closed to great intellects
Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento
Virgil
in his Aeneid
You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power
Senectus ipsast morbus
Terence
in his Phormio
Old age itself is a disease
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo
Horace
Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters
Negotium populo Romano melius quam otium committi
Appius Claudius
The Roman people understand work better than leisure
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit
Cicero
Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be
Patria est communis omnium parens
Cicero
The fatherland is the common parent of us all
Latet anguis in herba
Virgil
in his Eclogues
A snake lies hidden in the grass
Coram populo
Horace
In the presence of the people
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo
Cicero
He was stirring up billows in a ladle
Arcades ambo
Virgil
Arcadians both
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest
Publilius Syrus
It is a bad plan that cannot be changed
In virtute sunt multi ascensus
Cicero
There are many degrees in excellence
Si monumentum requiris circumspice
Sir Christopher Wren’s Epitaph in St. Paul’s Cathedral
If you seek a monument, look around
Extinctus amabitur idem
Horace
in his Epistulae
The same man will be loved when he is dead
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est
Cicero
Delay and procrastination is hateful
Amantium irae amoris integratio’st
Terence
in his Andria
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love
Maiorum consuetudini deditus
Seneca the Younger
referrencing his father
Devoted to the tradition of his ancestors
Disputandi pruritas ecclesiarum scabies
Sir Henry Wotton
An itch for disputation is the mange of the churches
Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
Tacitus
in his Agricola
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure
