Sententia Latin Flashcards
Quem amat, amat; quem non amat, non amat
Whom he likes, he likes. Whom he does not like, he does not like. Petronius
Questo quid iuris?
I ask what law?
Invidia, tamquam ignis, summa petit.
Envy, like fire, seeks the highest.
Malo quam bene olere nil olere
I prefer not to smell at all than to smell good - Martial 6.55.5
Non curat minima praetor
The praetor does not concern himself with details. Justinian’s Digest / Papinian
Saxum volutum non obducitur musco
A rolling stone is not covered with moss. Anon.
semper ardens
always burning
Maximum remedium irae mora est
Seneca
Nulla copia pecuniae avarum virum satiat.
No amount of money satisfies the greed man. Seneca
Bis Dat qui cito dat
Twice given if quickly given. Publilus Syrus
Immodica ira gignit insaniam
Immoderate anger begets insanity. Seneca
Persona significat quamdam naturam cum quodam modo existendi. Aquinas
A person signifies a certain nature with a certain mode of existence.
—Aquinas
Cf Brennan, Thomistic Psychology 289
Domine, salvum fac regem nostrum Carolum!
God save our king!
Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabantur
As concord makes small things grow,discord brings the greatest to ruins.
Bellum Uugurthinum (10, 6) — Sallust
Potius mori quam foedari
Death before dishonor.
Written on a prison wall by Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud months before being guillotined in 1793.
