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An evil life is a kind of death. [Lat., Genus est mortis male vivere.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (III, 4, 75) [Evil] Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy. [Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (III, 4, 79) [Power] There is a divinity within our breast. [Lat., Deus est in pectore nostro.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (III, 4, 93) [Soul] Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt; Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (III, 6, 21) [Affliction] When time has assuaged the wounds of the mind, he who unseasonably reminds us of them, opens them afresh. [Lat., At cum longa dies sedavit vulnera mentis, Intempestive qui fovet illa novat.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 11, 19) [Memory] Believe me; it is prudence that first forsakes the wretched. [Lat., Crede mihi; miseros prudentia prima relinquit.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 12, 47) [Prudence] The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. [Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 2, 36) [Glory] All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash. [Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo: Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 3, 35) [Uncertainty] Heaven makes sport of human affairs, and the present hour gives no sure promise of the next. [Lat., Ludit in humanis divina potentia rebus, Et certam praesens vix habet hora fidem.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 3, 49) [Future : Time] Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti, Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 8, 51) [Authorship] The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 9, 41) [Mind] The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver. [Lat., Majestatem res data dantis habet.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (IV, 9, 68) [Gifts] Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.] - Fasti (bk. III, 309) [Crime] A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.] - Fasti (bk. IV, 311) [Mind] The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. [Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.] - Fasti (bk. IV, 709) [Monuments] There is a God within us, and we glow when he stirs us. [Lat., Est deus in nobis: agitante calescimus illo.] - Fasti (bk. VI, 5) [God] The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.] - Fasti (I, 211) [Wealth] Money nowadays is money; money brings office; money gains friends; everywhere the poor man is down. [Lat., In pretio pretium nunc est; dat census honores, Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet.] - Fasti (I, 217) [Money] According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.] - Fasti (I, 485) [Conscience] The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] - Fasti (I, 493) [Bravery] The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] - Fasti (I, 501) [Patriotism] The gods see the deeds of the righteous. [Lat., Di pia facta vident.] - Fasti (II, 117) [Deeds] There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.] - Fasti (II, 734) [Words] The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit: Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.] - Fasti (IV, 311) [Scandal] For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May." [Lat., Hac quoque de causa, si te proverbia tangunt, Mense malos Maio nubere vulgus ait.] - Fasti (V, 489) [Matrimony] Displaying page 12 of 17 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [12] 13 14 15 16 17
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