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1
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Oderint dum metuant

A

Let them hate me provided they fear me

Accius

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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 a’ Kempis

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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 (after stabbing herself in 43 BC)

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It does not hurt, Paetus

Arria the Elder

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Acta est fabula (last words)

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The play is over

Augustus

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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!

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Ipsa scientia potestas est

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Knowledge itself is power

Francis Bacon

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10
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Ora et labora

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Pray and labor

St. Benedict

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Vae victis! (after capturing Rome in 390 BC)

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Woe to the conquered!

Brennus

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12
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Ego me bene habeo (last words)

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With me all is well

Burrus

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13
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Alea iacta est (after crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC)

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The die is cast

Caesar

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14
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Et tu, Brute? (supposed last words)

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Even you, Brutus?

Caesar

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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres (Comentarii De Bello Gallico, I.1)

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All of Gaul is divided into three parts

Caesar

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16
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Hoc voluerunt (after battle of Munda in 45 BC)

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They wished this

Caesar

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17
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Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt (Comentarii De Bello Gallico, III.18)

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Men gladly believe that which they wish for

Caesar

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18
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Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere (after divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC)

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

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19
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Puri sermonis amator (said of Terence)

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A lover of pure speech

Caesar

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Veni, vidi, vici (after battle of Zela in 47 BC)

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I came, I saw, I conquered

Caesar

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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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22
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Carthago delenda est (end of every speech)

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Carthage must be destroyed

Cato the Elder

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Vir bonus, dicendi peritus (definition of an orator)

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A good man, skilled in speaking

Cato the Elder

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24
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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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25
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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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26
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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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27
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Frater, ave atque vale

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Brother, hello and good-bye

Catullus

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28
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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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29
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Odi et amo

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I hate and I love

Catullus

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30
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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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31
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Vivamus, mae Lesbia, atque amemus

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Let us live, my Lesbia. and let us love

Catullus

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32
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Bis dat qui cito dat (Don Quixote)

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He gives twice who quickly gives

Cervantes

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33
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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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34
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Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

A

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdues both intelligence and skill
Cicero

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35
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Aura popularis

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The popular breeze

Cicero

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36
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Consensus audacium

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An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy)

Cicero

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37
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Cui bono?

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For whose benefit is it?

Cicero

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38
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Cum tacent clamant (In Catilinam I)

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When they remain silent, they cry out

Cicero

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39
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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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40
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Ex tempore

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From the moment

Cicero

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41
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Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

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Inhumanity is harmful in every age

Cicero

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42
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In virtute sunt multi ascensus

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There are many degrees in excellence

Cicero

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43
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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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44
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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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45
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O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum!

A

An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!

Cicero

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46
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O tempora! O mores! (In Catilinam I)

A

Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!

Cicero

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47
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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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48
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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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49
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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

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How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

Cicero

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50
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Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit

A

Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be

Cicero

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51
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Salus populi suprema lex

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The safety of the people is the supreme law

Cicero

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52
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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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53
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Tamquam alter idem

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As if a second self

Cicero

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54
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Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est

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Delay and procrastination is hateful

Cicero

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55
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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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56
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Ut sementem feceris ita metes

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As you sow so you will reap

Cicero

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57
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Videtis quantum mscelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

A

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

58
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Vixerunt (Said of the Catilinarian conspirators)

A

They have lived (They are dead)

Cicero

59
Q

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet

A

A timid dog barks more violently than it bites

Curtius Rufus

60
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Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant

A

Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies

Curtius Rufus

61
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Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat

A

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

Dionysius Cato

62
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At tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit

A

But the trumpet sounded with its terrible taratantara

Ennius

63
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Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque

A

On ancient ways and heroes stands the Roman state

Ennius

64
Q

O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti

A

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

65
Q

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

A

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

66
Q

Ego nolo Caesar esse

A

I don’t want to be Caesar

Florus

67
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Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video

A

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

Gellius

68
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Ars longa, vita brevis

A

Art is long, life is short

Hippocrates

69
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Ab ovo usque ad mala

A

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

Horace

70
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Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem

A

Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times

Horace

71
Q

Amoto quaeramus seria ludo

A

Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters

Horace

72
Q

Auream mediocritatem

A

Golden mean

Horace

73
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Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit (Satires)

A

The fellow is either mad or he is composing versus

Horace

74
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Bella detesta matribus

A

Wars, the horror of mothers

Horace

75
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Bis repetita placent

A

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

76
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Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt (Epistulae)

A

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

Horace

77
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Odes)

A

Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow

Horace

78
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Consule Planco

A

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

Horace

79
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Coram populo

A

In the presence of the people

Horace

80
Q

Culpam poena premit comes

A

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion

Horace

81
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Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit

A

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

Horace

82
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Disiecti membra poetae

A

Limbs of a dismembered poet

Horace

83
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Dulce est desipere in loco

A

It is sweet to relax at the proper time

Horace

84
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (Odes)

A

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

Horace

85
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Eheu fugaces labuntur anni (Odes)

A

Alas, the fleeting years slip by

Horace

86
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Est modus in rebus (Satires)

A

There is a middle ground in things

Horace

87
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Exegi monumentum aere perennius

A

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze

Horace

88
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Extinctus amabitur idem (Epistles)

A

The same man will be loved whenhe is dead

Horace

89
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Favete linguis (Odes)

A

Keep quiet

Horace

90
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Genus irritabile vatum

A

The irritable race of poets

Horace

91
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Maecenas atavis edite regibus

A

Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors

Horace

92
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Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres

A

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

93
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Nil desperandum

A

Don’t despair

Horace

94
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Non omnia moriar

A

Not all of me will die

Horace

95
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Nunc est bibendum

A

Now we must drink

Horace

96
Q

Pallida Mors

A

Pale Death

Horace

97
Q

Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur

A

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

98
Q

Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat?

A

What forbids a laughing man from telling the truth?

Horace

99
Q

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet

A

He who feared he would not succeed sat still

Horace

100
Q

Simplex munditiis

A

Unaffected by manners

Horace

101
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Splendide mendax

A

Splendidly false

Horace

102
Q

Vis consili expers mole ruit sua

A

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

Horace

103
Q

Vitanda est improba siren desidia

A

One must avoid that wicked temptress Laziness

Horace

104
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Insanabile cacoethes scribendi

A

An incurable passion to write

Juvenal

105
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Maxima debetur puero reverentia

A

The greatest respect in owed to a child

Juvenal

106
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Mens sana in corpore sano

A

A sound mind in a sound body

Juvenal

107
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Nemo malus felix

A

No bad man is lucky

Juvenal

108
Q

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus

A

No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step

Juvenal

109
Q

Panem et circenses

A

Bread and circuses

Juvenal

110
Q

Probitas laudatur et alget

A

Honesty is praised and left in the cold

Juvenal

111
Q

Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno

A

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

Juvenal

112
Q

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

A

But who will guard the guardians themselves?

Juvenal

113
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Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent

A

He must fear many, whom many fear

Laberius

114
Q

Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum

A

Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man

Livius Andronicus

115
Q

Caeca invidia est

A

Envy is blind

Livy

116
Q

Res ad triarios rediit

A

The situation has come down to the triarii

Livy

117
Q

Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum

A

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

118
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O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!

A

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

Lucilius

119
Q

Aeneadum genetrix hominum divomque voluptas

A

Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods

Lucretius

120
Q

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum

A

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds

Lucretius

121
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Per varios usus artem experientia fecit

A

Practice has brought skill through different exercises

Manilius

122
Q

Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules

A

The Metelli become consuls of Rome by fate

Naevius

123
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Nowvem Iovis concordes filiae sorores

A

You nine daughters of Jupiter, sisters of one heart

Naevius

124
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Qualis artifex pereo! (last words)

A

What an artist I die!

Nero

125
Q

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper

A

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

Ovid

126
Q

Alere flammas

A

To feed the flames

Ovid

127
Q

Amor tissisque non celantur

A

Love, and a cough, are not easily concealed.

Ovid

128
Q

Ars est celare artem

A

It is art to conceal art

Ovid

129
Q

Bene qui latuit bene vixit

A

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well

Ovid

130
Q

Donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubia, solus eris

A

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

131
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Gutta cavat lapidem

A

Dripping hollows out rock

Ovid

132
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Ingenio maximus, arte rudis (said of Ennius)

A

Greatest in genius, rough in skill

Ovid

133
Q

Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus

A

A burden which is done well becomes light

Ovid

134
Q

Materiam superabat opus

A

The workmanship surpassed the subject matter

Ovid

135
Q

Militat omnis amans et habet sua castra Cupido

A

Every lover is a soldier and has his camp in cupid

Ovid

136
Q

Omnia iam fient fieri quae posee negabam

A

Everything which I said could not happen will happen now

Ovid

137
Q

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim

A

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

138
Q

Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit

A

He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow

Ovid

139
Q

Rident stolidi verba Latina

A

Fools laugh at the Latin language

Ovid

140
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Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas

A

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

Ovid

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