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Fortune is gentle to the lowly, and heaven strikes the humble with a light hand. [Lat., Minor in parvis Fortuna furit, Leviusque ferit leviora deus.] - Hippolytus (act IV, 1,124) [Fortune] The shifting hour flies with doubtful wings; nor does swift Fortune keep faith with anyone. [Lat., Volat ambiguis Mobilis alis hora; nec ulli Praestat velox Fortuna fidem.] - Hippolytus (act IV, 1,141) [Fortune] Fortune is less severe against those of lesser degree, and God strikes what is weak with less power. [Lat., Minor in parvis fortuna furit, Leviusque ferit leviora Deus.] - Hippolytus (act IV, 1124) [Punishment] Anger, though concealed, is betrayed by the countenance. [Lat., Quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor.] - Hippolytus (CCCLXIII) [Anger] He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed. [Lat., Qui blandiendo dulce nutrivit malum, Sero recusat ferre, quod subiit, jugum.] - Hippolytus (CXXXIV) [Love] One crime has to be concealed by another. [Lat., Scelere velandum est scelus.] - Hippolytus (DCCXXI) [Crime] No crime has been without a precedent. [Lat., Nullum caruit exemplo nefas.] - Hippolytus (DLIV) [Crime] He who begs timidly courts a refusal. [Lat., Qui timide rogat, Docet negare.] - Hippolytus (II, 593) [Beggary] Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. [Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna compositus.] - Lib. de Divina Providentia [Adversity] Nor shall Thule be the extremity of the world. [Lat., Nec sit terris ultima Thule.] - Med (act III, 375) [Country Life] No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors. [Lat., Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis.] - Medea (292) [Time] Fortune can take away riches, but not courage. [Lat., Fortune opes auferre, non animum potest.] - Medea (CLXXVI) [Courage] If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. [Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.] - Medea (CXCIV) [Judges : Law] He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just. [Lat., Qui statuit aliquid, parte inaudita altera, Aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuerit.] - Medea (CXCIX) [Justice : Law] He profits by crime is guilty of it. [Lat., Cui podest scelus, Is fecit.] - Medea (D) [Crime] That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.] - Medea (I, 55) [Grief] The whole discord of this world consists in discords. [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.] - Nat. Quoest (bk. VII, 27) [Contention] The voice is nothing but beaten air. [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.] - Naturalinum Quoestionum (bk. II) [Voice] To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. [Lat., Servare cives, major est virtus patriae patri.] - Octavia (444) [Patriotism] He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet.] - Octavia (454) [Praise] This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of others. [Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad similitudinem aliorum vivimus.] - Octavia (act II, 454) [Reason] It is the act of the indolent not to know what he may lawfully do. It is praiseworthy to do what is becoming, and not merely what is lawful. [Lat., Inertis est nescire, quid liceat sibi. Id facere, laus est, quod decet; non, quod licet.] - Octavia (CCCCLIII) [Law] No one becomes guilty by fate. [Lat., Nemo fit fato nocens.] - Oedipus (1,019) [Fate] Leave in concealment what has long been concealed. [Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.] - Oedipus (826) [Secrecy] Truth hates delays. [Lat., Veritas odit moras.] - Oedipus (850) [Truth] Displaying page 20 of 22 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 [20] 21 22
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