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Ae half the prayer wi' Phoebus grace did find The t'other half he whistled down the wind. [Lat., Audit, et voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente didit, partem volucres dispersit in auras.] - The Aeneid (XI, 794), (translation by Scott) [Prayer] And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they run. [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.] - The Aeneid (XI, 875), cited as an example of onomatopoeia [Horses] Persevere: It is fitting, for a better fate awaits the afflicted. [Lat., Perge; decet. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur.] - The Aeneid (XII, 153) [Fate] Learn, O youth, virtue from me and true labor; fortune from others. [Lat., Disce, puer, virtutem ex me, verumque laborem; Fortunam ex aliis.] - The Aeneid (XII, 435) [Learning] The medicine increases the disease. [Lat., Aegrescitque medendo.] - The Aeneid (XII, 46) [Medicine] It is then so sad a thing to die. [Lat., Usque adeone mori miserum est?] - The Aeneid (XII, 646) [Death] Displaying page 10 of 10 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10]
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