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Straightway throughout the Libyan cities flies rumor;--the report of evil things than which nothing is swifter; it flourishes by its very activity and gains new strength by its movements; small at first through fear, it soon raises itself aloft and sweeps onward along the earth. Yet its head reaches the clouds. . . . A huge and horrid monster covered with many feathers: and for every plume a sharp eye, for every pinion a biting tongue. Everywhere its voices sound, to everything its ears are open. [Lat., Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes: Fama malum quo non velocius ullum; Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo; Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubilia condit. . . . . Monstrum, horrendum ingens; cui quot sunt corpore plumae Tot vigiles oculi subter, mirabile dictu, Tot linquae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures.] - The Aeneid (IV, 173) [Rumor] Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its progress. [Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum, Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.] - The Aeneid (IV, 174) [Gossip] Who can deceive a lover? [Lat., Quis fallere possit anamtem?] - The Aeneid (IV, 296) [Love] Confidence is nowhere safe. [Lat., Nusquam tuta fides.] - The Aeneid (IV, 373) [Confidence] A woman is always changeable and capricious. [Lat., Varium et mutabile semper, Femina.] - The Aeneid (IV, 569) [Women] I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave. [Lat., Vixi, et quem dederat cursum fortuna, peregi: Et nunc magna mei sub terras currit imago.] - The Aeneid (IV, 653) [Death] The secret wound still lives within the breast. [Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.] - The Aeneid (IV, 67) [Proverbs : Secrecy] Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality. [Lat., Facte nova virtute, puer; sic itur ad astra.] - The Aeneid (IX, 641) [Immortality] All of which misery I saw, part of which I was. [Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui.] - The Aeneid (l. 5) [Misery] The longed for day is at hand. [Lat., Expectada dies aderat.] - The Aeneid (V, 104) [Day] Love the shore; let others keep to the deep sea. [Lat., Littus ama; altum alii teneant.] - The Aeneid (V, 13-4), (adapted) [Ocean] Keep close to the shore: let others venture on the deep. [Lat., Litus ama: . . . altum alii teneant.] - The Aeneid (V, 163) [Prudence] They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.] - The Aeneid (V, 231) [Ability] Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person. [Lat., Gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus.] - The Aeneid (V, 344) [Beauty] That day I shall always recollect with grief; with reverence also, for the gods so willed it. [Lat., Jamque dies, ni fallor adest quem semper acerbum Semper honoratur (sic dii voluistis) habeo.] - The Aeneid (V, 49) [Gods] That which an enraged woman can accomplish. [Lat., Furens quid foemina possit.] - The Aeneid (V, 6) [Women] One cry was common to them all. [Lat., Vox omnibus una.] - The Aeneid (V, 616) [Public] You burn your hopes. [Lat., Vestras spes uritis.] - The Aeneid (V, 68) [Hope] Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. [Lat., Quo fata trahunt retrahuntque sequamur.] - The Aeneid (V, 709) [Fate] Every misfortune is to be subdued by patience. [Lat., Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.] - The Aeneid (V, 710) [Patience] Of small number, but their valour quick for war. [Lat., Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus.] - The Aeneid (V, 754) [Valor] Small in number, but their valor tried in war, and glowing. [Lat., Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus.] - The Aeneid (V, 754) [War] One plucked, another fills its room And burgeons with the previous bloom. [Lat., Primo avulso non deficit alter aureus.] - The Aeneid (VI, 143) [Compensation] Faithful Achates (companion of Aeneas). [Lat., Fidus Achates.] - The Aeneid (VI, 158) [Friends] To kindle war by song. [Lat., Martem accendere cantu.] - The Aeneid (VI, 165) [Songs] Displaying page 8 of 10 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10
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