plus proverbia

8/10/2019 Plus Proverbia

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Absentem laedit, cum ebrio qui litigat. (Pub. Syrus)Who argues with a drunken man harms one who isn't really there.

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper. (!id)A boar is sometimes held by a small dog.

"Accipe# Sume# $ape#" sunt !erba placentia cuique. (Werner)"Accept# %se# &ake#" are words pleasing to e!eryone.

Acta deos numquam mortalia allunt. (!id)ortal acts ne!er decei!e the gods.

Actio recta non erit, nisi recta uerit !oluntas. (Seneca)t will not be a proper act unless the wish has been proper.

A onte puro pura deluit aqua. (anon.)

Pure water lows rom a pure spring.

Ames parentem, si aequus est* si aliter, eras. (Publius Syrus)+o!e your ather, i he is ust* i he is otherwise, bear with him.

Amicum an nomen habeas, aperit calamitas. (Pub. Syrus)$alamity discloses whether you ha!e a riend in deed or a riend in name only.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. (-nnius)A sure riend is discerned in an unsure situation.

Amor gignit amorem. (anon.)+o!e creates lo!e.

Amphora sub !este numquam portatur honeste. (Werner)A ug is ne!er carried under one's coat or an honest reason.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum. (Seneca)ou should change your spirit, not your en!ironment.

Antequam !oceris, ne accesseris. (/ionysius $ato)/o not come beore you are called.

Ante senectutem cura!i ut bene !i!erem, in senectute ut bene moriar. 0eneautem mori est libenter mori. (Seneca)0eore was old took care to li!e well* in old age take care to die well. Anddying well is dying willingly.

Antiqua !este pauper !estitur honeste. (Werner)A poor man is honestly clad in old clothes.


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Ars longa, !ita bre!is. (1ippocrates)&he skill (o medicine) is long, the lie (o patient and doctor) is short.

Aspiciunt oculis superi mortalia ustis. (!id)

&he gods behold mortal acts with ust eyes.

Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra /eus. (Anon.)&he stars rule men, but 2od rules the stars.

Audendo !irtus crescit, tardando timor. (Pub. Syrus)$ourage increases through daring, ear through delay.

Audi, !ide, tace, si !is !i!ere in pace. (edie!al)+isten, watch, be silent i you wish to li!e in peace.

Aut amat aut odit mulier3 nil est tertium. (Pub. Syrus)A woman either hates or lo!es3 there is nothing in between.

Aut bibeat aut abeat. ($icero)-ither drink or get out.

Aut disce aut discede. (Anon.4)-ither learn or lea!e.

Aut in!eniam !iam aut aciam. (otto) will either ind a way or make one.

0ene erre magnam disce ortunam. (1orace)+earn to bear good ortune well.

0estia quaeque suos natos cum laude coronat. (Werner)-ach beast crowns her own children with honor.

0ona opinio hominum tutior pecunia est. (Pub. Syrus)A good reputation among men is saer than money.

0onum certamen certa!i, cursum consumma!i, idem ser!a!i. (5 &imothy) ha!e ought the good ight, ha!e inished my course, ha!e kept the aith.

0onus animus in mala re dimidium est mali. (Plautus)A good heart in a bad situation is hal the solution o the problem.

0onus !ir nemo est nisi qui bonus est omnibus. (Pub. Syrus)6o one is a good man unless one who is good to all.


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0re!is ipsa !ita est, sed malis it longior. (Pub. Syrus)Short as lie is, e!ils make it seem long.

$aelum, non animum, mutant qui trans mare currunt. (1orace)&hose who cross the sea change their en!ironment, not themsel!es.

$alamitas !irtutis occasio est. (Seneca)/isaster is an opportunity or bra!ery.

$anis timidus !ehementius latrat quam mordet. ($urtius)&he timid dog barks more than he bites.

$ato di7it litterarum radices amaras esse, ructus ucundiores. (/iomedes)$ato said that the roots o study were bitter, but the ruit was quite delightul.

$ede repugnanti3 cedendo !ictor abibis. (!id)

ield to one who ights back, by yielding you will go away as !ictor.

$erta mittimus dum incerta petimus. (Plautus)We lose what is sure while seeking what is unsure.

$ito it, quod di !olunt. (Petronius)What the gods want happens quickly.

$ito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris*ou will soon break the bow i you keep it always stretched. Ph8drus

at si la7aris, cum !oles, erit utilis. (Phaedrus)but i you rela7 it, the bow will be useul when you want it.

$ogito, ergo sum. (/escartes) think* thereore e7ist.

$ogitur ad lacrimas oculos, dum cor dolet intus. (Wemer)&he eye is dri!en to tears when the heart grie!es within.

$oncordia, integritate, industria. (motto)1armony, integrity, industry.

$onstantia et !irtute. (motto)$onstancy and !irtue.

$ontra !erbosos noli contendere !erbis. (/ionysius $ato)Against the wordy contend not with words.

$ontra !im mortis non est medicamen in hortis. (Werner)


4/25

&here is no medicine in the garden against the power o death.

$redula !itam spes o!et et ore cras semper ait melius. (&ibullus)$redulous hope cherishes lie and always says that tomorrow will be better.

$rudelis lacrimis pascitur, non rangitur. (Pub. Syrus)&he cruel person is nourished, not broken, by tears.

$rudelitatis mater est a!aritia. (9uintilian)2reed is the mother o cruelty.

$ru7 stat dum !ol!itur orbis. (otto o $arthusians)&he cross stands still while the world tums.

$ui deest pecunia, huic desunt omnia. (Anon.)&o whom money is lacking, to him is lacking e!erything.

$ui :ortuna a!et multos amicos habet. (Anon.)1e whom :ortune a!ors has many riends.

/ecet !erecundum esse adulescentem. (Plautus)t is itting or a young man to be respectul.

/e gustibus non disputandum est. Antiquus ;omanusAbout tastes it cannot be disputed. (-!eryone to his own taste.)

/eliberando saepe perit occasio. (Publius Syrus)

pportunity oten !anishes through e7cessi!e deliberation.

/e minimis non curat le7. (+egal)&he law doesn't concern itsel with triles.

/eo, ;egi, Patriae. (otto):or 2od, or ames4?) 2od is willing.

/e sapienti !iro acit ira !irum cito stultum. (Werner)Anger quickly makes a stupid man out o a wise one.

/eus superbis resistit* humilibus autem dat gratiam. (@ Peter)2od resists the haughty* but he gi!es grace to the humble.

/eus !ult# (0attle cry o the irst crusade)2od wills it#


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/icere .. solebat nullum esse librum tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.(Pliny)(y uncle) used to say that no book was so bad it wasn't useul in some part.

/ies dolorem minuit. (0urton)&ime decreases grie.

/imidium acti qui coepit habet. (1orace)1e who has begun has the ob hal done.

/isce quasi semper !icturus* !i!e quasi cras moriturus. (Anon.)+earn as i you were going to li!e ore!er* li!e as i you were going to dietomorrow.

/is pro7imus ille est quem ratio, non ira, mo!et. ($laudian)

6e7t to the gods is the person inluenced by reason and not anger.

/iu apparandum est bellum, ut !incas celerius. (Pub. Syrus)War should be prepared long in ad!ance that you may win more quickly.

/i!ina natura dedit agros* ars humana aediica!it urbes. (arro)/i!ine nature ga!e the ields* human skill built the cities.

/ulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (1orace)t is pleasant and proper to die or one's country.

/um loquor, hora ugit. (!id)While talk the hour lies.

/ummodo sit di!es, barbarus ipse placet. (!id)Pro!ided he is rich, e!en a barbarian pleases a girl.

/um !i!imus, !i!amus. (Anon.)While we li!e, let us really li!e.

-damus, bibamus, gaudeamus* post mortem nulla !oluptas. (Anon.)+et us eat, drink and be merry* there is no pleasure ater death.

-ugere non potes nessitates* potes !incere. (Seneca)ou cannot run away rom what is necessary, but you can conquer it.

-n ego :ortuna# Si starem sorte sub una et non mutarer, numquam :ortuna!ocarer. (Werner)0ehold me, am :ortune# always stayed in the same condition and ne!erchanged, would ne!er be called :ortune.


6/25

-ripuit caelo ulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. (&urgot)1e seiBed the lightning rom the hea!ens and the scepter rom the tyrants. (Saido 0en :ranklin)

-t acere et pati ortia ;omanum est. (+i!y)0oth to act and to suer bra!ely is the ;oman way.

-tiam capillus unus habet umbram suam. (Pub. Syrus)-!en a single hair casts its shadow.

-t monere et nomeri proprium est !erae amicitiae. ($icero)0oth gi!ing and taking ad!ice is proper to real riendship.

-!entus docuit ortes :ortunam u!are. (+i!y)&he e!ent has pro!en that :ortune aids the bra!e.

-7empla melius quam !erbo quidque docetur. (Werner)-!erything is taught better by e7ample than by words.

-7itus in dubio est. (!id)&he outcome is in doubt.

-7tra ecclesiam nulla salus. (St. $yprian)&here is no sal!ation outside the church.

-7tra :ortunam est quidquid donatur amicis*

quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes. (artial)Whate!er you gi!e to riends is outside the grasp o :ortune*

the only riches you will always keep are those which you ha!e gi!en away.

-7 !itio sapiens aleno emendat suum. (Pub. Syrus)&he wise man corrects his own ault rom the ault o another.

:ames est optimus coquus. (Anon.)1unger is the best cook

:ata regunt orbem* certa stant omnia lege. (anilius)&he :ates rule the world, all things stand under a i7ed law.

:eli7, quem aciunt aliena pericula cautum. (0inder)1appy is he whom other people's dangers make cautious.


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:eras, non culpes, quod mutari non potest. (Pub. Syrus)ou should endure and not blame what can't be changed.

:iat ustitia, ruat caelum. (+egal)+et ustice be done, e!en though the hea!ens collapse.

:ide et amore. (motto):aithully and lo!ingly.

:ide et ortitudine. (motto):aithulness and bra!ery.

:inis coronat opus. (0inder)&he end crowns the work.

:irmissima est inter pares amictia. ($urtius)

:riendship among equals is the strongest.

:ontibus e7 modicis concrescit ma7imus amnis. (Werner):rom small springs grows the largest ri!er.

:orsan et haec olim meminisse u!abit. (ergil)Perhaps sometime it will be pleasant to recall e!en these misortunes.

:ortes creantur ortibus et bonis. (1orace)0ra!e men are created by bra!e and good deeds.

:ortes :ortuna adu!at. (&erence):ortune aids the bra!e.

:ortiter, ideliter. eliciter. (motto)0ra!ely, aithully, ortunatelyChappily.

:ortiter malum qui patitur idem post patitur bonum. (Plautus)&he same person who e7periences misortune bra!ely will aterwards e7periencegood ortune.

:rangar, non lectar. (otto) will break but won't bend.

:rons, oculi, !ultus persaepe mentiuntur* oratio ... saepissime. ($icero)&he ace, the eyes, and the e7pression requently lie, but the tongue lies themost.

:urem ur cognoscit et lupum lupus. (Anon.)A thie recogniBes a thie and a wol (whore) a wol.


8/25

2audents gaudenti, lens lenti, pauper egenti, prudens prudenti, stultus placetinsipienti. (Werner)+ike pleases like, no matter whether happy or sad, poor, wise, or oolish.

2ladiator in harena capit consilium. (Seneca)&he gladiator plans his strategy in the arena.

2loria ... !irtutem tamquam umbra sequitur. ($icero)2lory ollows !irtue as a shadow does.

2ra!is ira regum est semper. (Seneca)&he anger o kings is always serious.

2utta ca!at lapidem non !i sed saepe cadendo. (0inder)&he drop car!es the stone not by orce but by repeated alling.

1abet suum !enenum blanda oratio. (Pub. Syrus)Smooth speech contains its own poison.

1ectora quis nosset, si eli7 &roa uisset4 (!id)Who would know about 1ector i &roy had remained prosperous4

1eu# 9uam est timendus qui mori tutum putat# (Pub. Syrus)Alas# 1ow much to be eared is he who (is so desperate that he) thinks it sae todie#

1oc aciunt !ina quod non acit unda marina. (Werner)Wine destroys what the ocean wa!es do not.

1oc uit, est, et erit* similis similem sibi quaerit.(Werner)&his was, is and will be true* like seeks like.

1omines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt. (Seneca)en trust their eyes more than their ears.

1omines, dum docent, discunt. (Seneca)While men teach they learn.

1omines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt. (>ustinian)&he more men ha!e the more they want.

1ominis ... mens discendo alitur et cogitando. ($icero)&he mind o man is nourished by learning and thinking.

1ominis tota !ita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. (Seneca)


9/25

&he whole lie o man is nothing else than a oumey to death.

1omo e7tra corpus est suum cum irascitur. (Pub. Syrus)A man is outside his body when he is angry.

1omo locum ornat, non hominem locus. (edie!al)&he man decorates the position, not the position the man.

1omo semper aliud, :ortuna aliud cogitat. (Pub. Syrus)an always plans one thing and :ortune another.

1omo totiens moritur quotiens amittit suos. (Pub. Synrus)A person dies as oten as he loses his lo!ed ones.

1ores non numero, nisi serenas. (Sundial) do not count the hours unless they are sunny.

amque quiescebant !oces hominumque conumque

lunaque nocturnos alta regebat equos. (!id)And now grew silent the !oices o men and dogs

and the moon on high began to dri!e her steeds o night.

bi semper est !ictoria ubi concordia est. (Pub. Syrus)Where there is coDoperation there is always !ictory.

gnoscent, si quid peccaro stultus, amici. (1orace)y riends will pardon me i make a stupid mistake.

mago animi !ultus* indices oculi. ($icero)&he ace is a relection o the spirit* the eyes are a clue.

lmmodicis bre!is est aetas et rara senectus. (artial):or the intemperate, youth is short and old age is unusual.

mponit inem sapiens et rebus honestis. (>u!enal)&he wise man puts a limit on e!en honorable undertakings.

ncipe3 dimidium acti est coepisse. (Ausonius)0egin* to ha!e begun is hal done.

nde lupi speres caudam, cum !ideris aures. (Werner)+ook or the wol's tail rom the time when you ha!e seen his ears.


10/25

nirmas curate, mortuos suscitate, leprosos mundate, daemones eicite* gratisaccepistis, gratis date. (att.)1eal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out de!ils* reely you ha!erecei!ed, reely gi!e.

ngratus unus omnibus miseris nocet. (Pub. Syrus)ne ungrateul person hurts the cause o all those who need help.

n hoc signo spes mea. (otto)n this sign (the cross) is my hope.

n hoc signo !inces. ($onstantine's otto)n this sign (the cross) you will conquer.

niuria sol!it amorem. (Anon.)nury destroys lo!e.

n lumine tuo !idebimus lumen. (otto o $olumbia)n thy light will we behold the light.

n magno grandes capiuntur lumine pisces. (Wemer)0ig ish are caught in a large ri!er.

n malis sperare bene, nisi innocens, nemo solet. (Pub. Syrus)6o one usually is o good spirits in e!il circumstances unless innocent.

n mari aquam quaerit. (0inder)

1e is looking or water in the ocean.

n mari magno pisces capiuntur. (Anon.):ish are caught in the big ocean.

n mundo melius non est quam idus amicus. (Werner)&here is nothing in the world better than a aithul riend.

n omni re !incit imitationem !eritas. ($icero)n e!erything truth conquers imitation.

nopi beneicium bis dat qui dat celeriter. (Pub. Syrus)Who coners a beneit quickly on a poor man coners it twice.

n pulchra !este sapiens non !i!it honeste. (Werner)A wise man doesn't li!e honorablyChonestly in pretty clothes.

n quo ... udicio udica!eritis, udicabimini. (att.):or with the udgement you udge, you will be udged.


11/25

nsanus omnis uere credit ceteros. (Anon.)-!ery madman belie!es the others are insane.

nter caecos regnat luscus. (Anon.)

Among the blind the oneDeyed is king.

nter dominum et ser!um nulla amicitia est. ($urtius)&here is no riendship between master and sla!e.

ntolerabilius est quam emina di!es. (>u!enal)6othing is more unbearable than a rich emale.

n enere semper certant dolor et gaudium. (Pub. Syrus)n enus grie and oy are always ighting.

n!enta sunt specula ut homo ipse se no'sset. (Seneca)irrors were disco!ered so that man might know himsel.

n !ili !este nemo tractatur honeste. (edie!al)6o one is treated decently in poor clothes.

n !ino, in ira, in puero semper est !eritas. (anon.)n wine, in anger, or in a child there is always truth.

n !irtute posita est !era elicitas. (Seneca)&rue happiness is placed in !irtue.

n !oluptate spernenda et repudianda !irtus !el ma7ime cernitur. ($icero)irtue is certainly most clearly distinguished in casting aside or denying pleasure.

ra uror bre!is est. (1orace)Anger is a temporary madness.

>ucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum. ($icero)Pleasant is the memory o past troubles.

>ucundi acti labores. ($icero)Pleasant are past labors.

>uppiter in caelis, $aesar regit omnia terris. (Anon.)>uppiter rules in hea!en, $aesar rules e!erthing on earth.

>ustitia omnium est domina et regina !irtutum. ($icero)>ustice is the mistress and queen o all the !irtues.


12/25

+abore et honore. (motto)+abor and honor.

+abor omnia !incit. (ergil)Work conquers all.

+atrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis. (Anon.)When one dog barks immediately another one barks too.

+aus alit artes. (Seneca)Praise nourishes the arts.

+e7 !idet iratum, iratus legem non !idet. (Pub. Syrus)&he law sees an angry man, but the angry man doesn't see the law.

+is litem generat. (0urton)

ne lawsuit generates another.

+itterae non dant panem. (edie!al)+itterature earns no bread.

+ongius aut propius mors sua quemque manet. (Propertius)/eath waits or each one sooner or later.

+ongum iter est per praecepta, bre!e et eica7 per e7empla. (Seneca)+ong is the oumey through ad!ice, short and eicient through e7ample.

+upus est homo homini, non homo. (Plautus)&o his ellow man, man is a wol, not a man.

+upus non mordet lupum. (0inder)A wol doesn't bite another wol.

+usisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti* tempus abire tibi est. (1orace)ou ha!e played enough, eaten and drunk enough* it is time or you to depart(i.e, to die).

+u7 et !eritas. (ale's motto)+ight and truth.

agna di curant, par!a neglegunt. ($icero)&he gods take care o big things but neglect the small.

alo in consilio eminae !incunt !iros. (Pub. Syrus)Women surpass men in poor planning.


13/25

alo quam bene olere nil olere. (artial);ather than ha!e a ragrant smell preer to ha!e no smell.

anus manum la!at. (Petronius)ne hand washes the other.

edice, cura te ipsum. (+uke)Physician, heal yoursel.

elior est canis !i!us leone mortuo. (-cclesiastes)A li!e dog is better than a dead lion.

ens sana in corpore sano. (>u!enal)A sound mind in a sound body.

inorem ne contempseris. (/ionysius $ato)

/o not despise an inerior.

iranda canunt sed non credenda poetae. (/ionysius $ato)Poets sing o mar!elous but not credible things.

obilior !entis... emina. ($alpurnius)Woman is more changeable than the wlnds.

ors omnibus instat. ($ommon gra!e inscription)/eath threatens e!eryone.

ulier, cum sola cogitat, male cogitat. (Pub. Syrus)When a woman plans by hersel, she does a poor ob o it.

ulier quae multis nubit multis non placet. (Pub. Syrus)A woman who marries many men is displeasing to many men.

ulier recte olet ubi nihil olet. (Plautus)A woman smells right when she doesn't smell at all.

ulti amam, conscientiam pauci !erentur. (Pliny)any ear rumor but ew ear their own conscience.

ulto ... gratius !enit quod acili quam quod plena manu datur. (Seneca)Whate!er is gi!en with a ready hand is much more welcome than that gi!en witha ull one.

ultos timere debet quem multi timent. (Pub. Syrus)1e whom many ear ought to ear many.


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6ascentes morimur, inisque ab origine pendet. (anilius)We start to die when we are born, and the end depends upon the beginning.

6a!is, quae in lumine magna est, in mari par!ula est. (Seneca)&he ship that is big in the ri!er is pretty small in the ocean.

6ecessitas non habet legem. (St. 0ernard)6ecessity knows no law.

6ecessitudo ... etiam timidos ortes acit. (Sallust)6ecessity makes e!en the timid bra!e.

6egandi causa a!aro numquam deicit. (Pub. Syrus)&he miser ne!er lacks a reason to reuse.

6emo doctus umquam ... mutationem consilii inconstantiam di7it esse.($icero)

6o learned man e!er said that change o plans was inconstancy.

6emo in amore !idet. (Propertius)6o one in lo!e sees.

6emo liber est qui corpori ser!it. (Seneca)6o one is ree who is a sla!e to his body.

6emo... patriam quia magna est amat, sed quia sua. (Seneca3)6o one lo!es his country because it is great but because it is his.

6emo ... regere potest nisi qui et regi. (Seneca)6one can go!ern who cannot also be go!erned.

6emo sine crimine !i!it. (/ionysius $ato)6o one li!es without crime.

6emo sine !itio est. (Seneca the -lder)6o one is without ault.

6ihil aliud est ebrietas quam !oluntaria insania. (Seneca, adapted)/runkenness is nothing else than !oluntary insanity.

6ihil arbitrio !irum ecereis. (/ionysius $ato)/o nothing at the dictate o orce.

6ihil est... simul et in!entam et perectum. ($icero)6othing is at the same time both disco!ered and perected.

6ihil est ... !eritatis luce dulcius. ($icero)


15/25

6othing is more pleasant than the light o truth.

6ihil recte sine e7emplo nocetur aut discetur. ($olumnella)6othing is taught or learned correctly without an e7ample.

6il sine magno !ita labore dedit mortalibus. (1orace)+ie gi!es nothing to mortals without hard work.

6ihil .. sine ratione aciendum est. (Seneca)6othing should be done without intelligent thought.

6ihil temere credideris. (/ionysius $ato)0elie!e nothing rashly.

6obilitate caret si quis !irtute caret. (Werner, adapt.) anyone lacks !irtue, he lacks nobility.

6obilitat stultum !estis honesta !irum. (edie!al)2ood clothes enoble a stupid man.

6on est ad astra mollis e terris !ia. (Seneca)&he ourney rom the earth to the stars is not easy.

6on est !ir ortis ac strenuus qui laborem ugit. (Seneca)&he man who shuns work is not bra!e and !igorous.=&here is not a bra!e and !igorous man who lees rom work.?

6on acit hoc aeger quod sanus suaserat aegro. (Werner)&he sick man does not do that which as a well man he persuaded the sick manto do.

6on lupus ad studium sed mentem !ertit ad agnum. (Werner)&he wol turns his attention not to study but to the lamb.=A 'lupus' was also a student 'o!erseer' in medie!al schools.?

6on in solo pane !i!it homo. (atthew)an doesn't li!e by bread alone.

6on omnes eaden mirantur amantque. (1orace)People do not all lo!e and admire the same things.

6on potestis /eo ser!ire et amonae.(att.)ou cannot ser!e both 2od and oney.

6on redit unda luens* non redit hora ruens. (Werner)&he lowing wa!e returns not, nor does the passing hour.


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6on semper aurem acilem habet elicitas. (Pub. Syrus)Prosperity doesn't always ha!e an accessible ear.

6on sum ego quod ueram. (!id)

am not what was.

6on sum uni angulo natus* patria mea totus hic mundus est. (Seneca) am not born or one corner* this whole world is my country.

6os ... beatam !itam in animi securitate ponimus. ($icero)n my opinion, happiness lies in peace o mind.

6osse !olunt omnes, mercedem sol!ere nemo. (>u!enal)All wish to ha!e knowledge but no one wants to pay the price.

6o7 erat, et caelo ulgebat luna sereno inter minora sidera. (1orace)t was night and in the peaceul sky shone the moon among the lesser stars.

6ulla ... a!arita sine poena est. (Seneca)&here is no a!arice without penalty.

6ulla causa usta cuiquam esse potest contra patriam arma capiendi. ($icero)&here can be no ust reason or anyone to take arms against his country.

6ulli tacuisse nocet* noceet esse locutum. (/ion. $ato)t hurts no one to ha!e kept quiet, but it does hurt to ha!e spoken.

6umquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit. (>u!enal)6e!er does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

6umquam e7 malo patre bonus ilius. (anon.)A good son ne!er comes rom a bad ather.

6umquam periclum sine peric'lo !incitur. (Pub. Syrus)/anger is ne!er o!ercome without urther danger.

ccasio aegre oertur, acile amittitur. (Pub. Syrus)pportunity is oered with diiculty, lost with ease.

ccasio acit urem. (0inder)pportunity makes a thie.

culi sunt in amore duces. (Propertius)&he eyes are the leaders in lo!e.


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derint, dum metuant. (Accius)+et them hate, pro!ided they ear me. ($aligula's a!orite)

ile care, noli nimis alte !olare. (Werner) dear son, do not ly too high.

mnem crede diem tibi dilu7isse supremum. (1orace)E0elie!e that e!ery day has dawned your last.

mnes una manet no7. (1orace)ne night (o death) awaits or all.

mnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. (0orbonius)All things change and we change with them.

ptimus est post malum principem dies primus. (&acitus)

&he irst day ater an e!il leader is the best.

rbem iam totum !ictor ;omanus habebat. (Petronius)6ow the ;oman !ictor held the world.

re pleno !el bibere !el loqui nec honestum est nec tutum. (Petrus Alphonsus)t is neither polite nor sae to drink or speak with a ull mouth.

Paratae lacrimae insidias, non letum, indicant. (Pub. Syrus)$ontri!ed tears indicate treachery, not grie.

Par!a le!es capiunt animas. (!id)Small things capture light minds.

Patere legem quam ipse tuleris. (/ionysius $ato)bey the law which you yoursel proposed.

Pauci sed boni. (commonplace):ew men but good ones.

Perdidisse ad assem mallem quam accepisse turpiter. (Publius Syrus) would preer to lose the last penny than acquire anything dishonestly.

Perdit maora qui spernit dona minora. (Werner)Who scorns the smaller gits loses the bigger ones.

Perpetuo lignis crescit crescentibus ignis. (Werner)A ire keeps increasing as the uel increases.

Philosophum non acit barba. (Plutarch)


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A beard doesn't make a philosopher.

Piscis capti!us !inum !ult3 lumina !i!us. (Werner)A li!e ish needs water * when it is caught, it needs wine.

Poeta nascitur, orator it. (Anon.)A poet is born but an orator is manuactured.

Post cineres est !erus honor, est gloria !era. (ed.)Ater ashes (death) comes true honor and true glory.

Post hoc, propter hoc. ($ommonplace)Ater this, thereore because o this.

Post tenebras lu7. (Anon.)Ater the darkness comes light.

Post tres saepe dies !ilescit piscis et hospes. (Werner)Ater three days a ish and a guest start to deteriorate. =stink4 ?

Primus in orbe deos ecit timor. (Statius):ear was the irst thing in the world that created the gods.

Progredimur quo ducit quemque !oluntas. (+ucretius)We go where our will leads each one o us.

Prudens cum cura !i!it, stultus sine cura. (Werner)

&he prudent li!e with care, the stupid without.

9uae uerant !itia, mores sunt. (Seneca)What had been !ices are now habits.

9uae uit durum pati, meminisse dulce est. (Seneca)What was hard to endure is pleasant to remember.

9uaerenda pecunia primum est* !irtus post nummos. (1orace)oney should be your irst consideration* then ater money, !irtue.

9uem amat, amat* quem non amat, non amat. (Petronius)1e likes whom he likes* he doesnFt like whom he doesnFt like.

9ui dat beneicia deos imitatur. (Seneca)1e who coners beneits imitates the gods.

9ui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. (egetius)+et him who wishes or peace prepare or war.


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9ui in!enit amicum, in!enit thesaurum. (-cclesiastes)Who disco!ers a riend disco!ers a treasure.

9ui maora cupit saepe minora capit. (Werner)

Who wants the large thing oten gets the smaller.

9ui multum habet, plus cupit. (Seneca)1e who has much desires more.

9ui pingit lorem, loris non pingit odorem. (Werner)Who paints the lower does not paint the lower's ragrance.

9ui prior strin7erit errum, eus !ictoria erit. (+i!y)ictory will belong to him who irst draws the sword.

9ui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens. (Pub. Syrus)1e who speaks or the innocent is eloquent enough.

9uis... amicior quam rate ratri4 (Sallust)Who is riendlier than brother to brother4

9uis... bene celat amorem4 (!id)Who can successully conceal lo!e4

9ui terret, plus ipse timet. ($laudian)1e who rightens people is himsel more araid than they are.

9ui timet /eum, omnia timent eum* qui !ero non timet /eum, timet omnia.(Petrus Alphonsus)-!erything is araid o him who ears 2od* but who does not ear 2od is araid oe!erything.

9uod non dedit :ortuna, non eripit. (Seneca):ortune does not take away what she has not gi!en.

9uod sentimus, loquamur* quod loquimur, sentiamus* concordat sermo cum !ita.(Seneca)+et us say what we eel* let us eel what we say3 our speech should agree withour li!es.

9uod tegiture, maus creditur esse malum. (artial)&he e!il which is concealed is belie!ed to be larger than it is.

9uod tibi ieri non !is, alteri ne eceris. (+ampridius)/o not do to another what you don't wish done to yoursel.


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9uod !ult qui dicit, quod non !ult saepius audit. (Werner)1e who says what he wants !ery oten hears what he doesn't want.

;apiamus, amici, occasionem de die. (1orace)

y riends, let us seiBe opportunity rom the day.

;eligio deos colit, supersitio !iolat. (Seneca);elgion culti!ates the gods, superstition !iolates them.

;eligio !era est irmamentum rei publicae. (Plato, trans.);eal religion is the oundation o the state.

;em, non spem. ... quaerit amicus. ($armen de iguris)A riend looks or action, not hope.

;erum humanarum domina :ortuna. ($icero):ortune is the mistress o human aairs.

;es mala !ir malus est* mala emina pessima res est. (Wemer)A bad man is a bad thing* a bad woman is the worst possible thing.

;oma caput mundi. (+ucan, adapt.);ome is the capital o the world.

;oma locuta est* causa unita est. (Anon.);ome has spoken* the case is inished.

;usticus e7pectat dum deluat amnis. (1orace)&he country bumpkin waits until the stream runs by.

Saepe malum petitur, saepe bonum ugitur. (anon.)-!il is oten sought, good is oten shunned.

Saepe, premente deo, ert deus alter opem. (!id)ten, when one god alicts you, another god brings aid.

Saepe tacens !ocem !erbaque bultus habet. (!id)ten a silent ace has !oice and words.

Saepius opinione quam re laboramus. (Seneca)We are more oten troubled by our thoughts about a diiculty than by the diicultyitsel.

Sapientia ... ars !i!endi putanda est ($icero)Wisdom should be considered the art o li!ing.


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Sapientia !ino obumbratur. (Pliny the -lder)Wisdom is o!ershadowed by wine.

Securus udicat orbis terrarum. (Augustine)

&he world makes its udgment ree rom care.

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes4 (>u!enal)0ut who will guard the guards4

Semper inops quicumque cupit. ($laudian)Whoe!er desires is always poor.

Si oret in terris, rideret /emocritus. (1orace)Were /emocritus on earth he would laugh.

=/emocritus was a philosopher who had only contempt or the ollies o men andconstantly mocked them.?

Simul et dictum et actum. (Anon.)At the same time both said and done.

Sine dolore est !ulnus quod erendum est cum !ictoria. (Publius Syrus)&he wound which one must suer in !ictory is painless.

Si quem barbatum aceret sua barba beatum, in mundi circo non esset sanctior

hirco. (Werner) a beard made a man blessed, in the whole world there would be no one holierthan a goat.

Si quid agis, prudenter agas et respice inem. (Aesop) you do anything, do it prudently and consider the outcome.

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. (0oethius)1ad you kept quiet you would ha!e remained a philosopher.

Solem .. e mendo tollere !identur qui amicitiam e !ita tollunt. ($icero)&hose who remo!e riendship rom lie seem to remo!e the sun rom the sky.

Solitudo placet usis, urbs est inimica poetis. (Petrarch)Solitude pleases the uses* the city is unriendly to poets.

Sol omnibus lucet. (Petronius)&he sun shines upon all.


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Spes mea in /eo. (motto)y hope is in 2od.

Stulti timent ortunam, sapientes erunt. (Pub. Syrus)&he stupid ear ortune, the wise endure it.

Stultum est queri de ad!ersis ubi culpa est tua. (Pub. Syrus)t is oolish to complain about ad!ersity where the ault is yours.

Stultum acit :ortuna quem !ult perdere. (Pub. Syrus)Whom :ortune wishes to destroy it makes oolish.

Sub omni lapide scorpio dormit. (Anon.)%nder e!ery stone sleeps a scorpion.

Suum cuique placet. (Pliny the -lder)

ne is pleased with his own things.

Suum cuique pulchrum est. ($icero)&o each one his own is air.

&anto bre!is omne quanto elicius tempus. (Pliny the ounger)&he happier a time is the shorter it seems.

&empore elici multi numerantur amici. (Werner)At a prosperous time many riends are counted.

&empus erit, quo !os speculum !idisse pigebit. (!id)&he time will come when you will be sorry to ha!e looked into your mirror.

&imor /omini ons !itae. (motto)&he ear o 2od is the ountain o lie.

&oto mundus deorum est immortalium templum. (Seneca)&he whole uni!erse is a temple o the immortal gods.

&rahimur omnes studio laudis. ($icero)We are all dri!en by the desire or appro!al.

&riste... est nomen ipsum carendi. ($icero)&he !ery word 'want' is oppressi!e.

&ristis eris si solus eris. (!id)ou will be sad i you are alone.

%bi libertas cecidit, audet libere nemo loqui. (Pub. Syrus)


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When liberty has allen, no one dares to speak reely.

%nus homo nobis cunbtando restituit rem. (-nnius)ne man through delaying tactics restored the state.

%tere quaesitis opibus* uge nomen a!ari. (/ion. $ato)%se the riches you ha!e sought* lee the name o 'miser.'

%t !er dat lorem, studium sic reddit honorem. (ed.)As spring brings lowers, so study brings honors.

erba mo!ent, e7empla trahunt. (Anon.)Words mo!e people, e7amples drawCcompel them.

eritas numquam perit. (Seneca)&ruth ne!er perishes.

erus amicus ... est ... is qui est tamquam alter idem. ($icero)A real riend is he who is like another sel.

esti !irum acit. (-rasimus)$lothes make the man.

ictorem a !icto superari saepe !idemus. (/ion. $ato)We oten see that the !ictor is conquered by the !anquished.

idemus ... suam cuique rem esse carissimam. (Petronius)

We see that each one's own is dearest to him.

ideo ... barbam et pallium* philosophum nondum !ideo. (Aulus 2ellius) see the beard and cloak* don't yet see the philosopher.

ideo meliora proboque, deteriora sequor. (!id) see the better course and appro!e o it, but ollow the worse.

igilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt. (Sallust)All things turn out well by !igilance, action and good planning.

incit omnia !eritas. (otto)&ruth conquers all.

incit !eritas. (motto)&ruth conquers.

ir sapit qui pauca loquitur. (Anon)&he man is wise who talks but little.


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irtus ... constat e7 hominibus tuendsi. ($icero)irtue consists in watching o!er mankind.

irtus nobilitat homines, sapientia ditat. (Werner)

irtue enobles people and wisdom makes them rich.

irtute et labore. (motto)irtue and labor.

irtute et opera. (motto)irtue and work.

irtute ideque. (motto)irtue and aith.

irum bonum natura, non ordo, acit. (Pub. Syrus)6ature, not rank, makes a man good.

itae sequere naturam ducem. (Seneca):ollow nature as a guide to li!e.

ita ... mortuorum in memoria !i!orum est posita. ($icero)&he lie o the dead lies in the memory o the li!ing.

itam regit ortuna, non sapientia. ($icero):ortune, not wisdom, rules li!es.

ita !inum est. (Petronius)Wine is lie.

itio ormat perit, !ino corrumpitur aetas. (anon)0y wine beauty perishes, by wine youth is corrupted.

itium u7oris aut tollendum aut erendum est. (arro)&he ault o a wie should either be remo!ed or endured.

o7 audita perit, littera scripta manet (Anon.)&he spoken word !anishes but the written letter remains.

ulpes non capitur muneribus. (edie!al)A o7 is not caught by gits.

ulpes !ult raudem, lupus agnum, emina laudem. (Werner)A o7 likes =wants? deceit, a wol a lamb, a woman praise.


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G55. 6emo umquam neque poeta neque orator uit qui quemquam melioremquam se arbitraretur. ($icero)&here was ne!er a poet or orator who thought anyone better than he was.

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