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What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? [Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?] - Satires (IV, 86) [Tyrants] And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame; On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but borne to die. - Satires (IX), (Harvey's translation) [Scandal] And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue; On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but borne to die. - Satires (IX), (Harvey's translation) [Scandal] The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part. [Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.] - Satires (IX, 120) [Tongue] The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us. [Lat., Festinat enim decurrere velox Flosculus angustae miseraeque brevissima vitae Portico; dum bibimus dum sera unguenta puellas Poscimus obrepit non intellecta senectus.] - Satires (IX, 127) [Life] The noiseless foot of Time steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh. - Satires (IX, 129), (Gifford's translation) [Time] The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria Piscator quam piscis emi.] - Satires (satire IV, l. 26) [Fishermen] Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within. - Satires (satire XIII, l. 1), (William Gifford's translation) [Remorse] Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends. [Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.] - Satires (V, 115) [Selfishness] To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] - Satires (V, 2) [Eating] A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan. [Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno.] - Satires (VI, 165) [Birds] Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece! Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine.] - Satires (VI, 187), (second line said to be spurious) [Linguists] When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.] - Satires (VI, 221) [Delay] I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.] - Satires (VI, 223) [Reason] There's scarce a case comes on but you shall find A woman's at the bottom. [Lat., Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit.] - Satires (VI, 242) [Women] All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. [Lat., Nosse velint omnes, mercedem solvere nemo.] - Satires (VII, 157) [Learning] A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. [Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.] - Satires (VII, 202) [Luck] An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. [Lat., Tenet insanabile multo Scribendi cacoethes, et aegro in corde senescit.] - Satires (VII, 51) [Authorship] I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.] - Satires (VII, 56) [Painting] Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? [Lat., Stemmata quid faciunt, quid prodest, Pontice, longo, Sanguine censeri pictosque ostendere vultus.] - Satires (VIII, 1) [Ancestry] Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.] - Satires (VIII, 140) [Vice] Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.] - Satires (VIII, 20) [Virtue] Father of his country. [Lat., Pater pariae.] - Satires (VIII, 244), title bestowed on Cicero (64 BC) after his consulship [Patriotism] The venal herd. [Lat., Venale pecus.] - Satires (VIII, 62) [Public] Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa Fortuna.] - Satires (VIII, 73) [Wealth] Displaying page 9 of 11 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] 10 11
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