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In your judgment virtue requires no reward, and is to be sought for itself, unaccompanied by external benefits. [Lat., Judice te mercede caret, per seque petenda est Externis virtus incomitata bonis.] - Epistoloe ex Ponto (bk. II, 3, 25) [Virtue] The fish, once wounded by the treacherous hook, Fancies the barb concealed in every food. [Lat., Qui semel est laesus fallaci piscis ab hamo, Omnibus unca cibis aera subesse putat.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (bk. II, epis. 7, l. 9) [Fish] In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 1, 31) [War] It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 1, 62) [Punishment] The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting. [Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 1, 64) [Crime] We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark. [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 14, 35) [Navigation] The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. [Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 2, 113) [Fortune] A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands. [Lat., Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix; Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 3, 15) [Wounds] Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never never allows us to forget that we belong to it. [Lat., Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 3, 35) [Patriotism] The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 5, 18) [Mind] The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms. [Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 5, 37) [Wounds] Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. [Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus Ut capiant vitium ni moveantur aquae.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (I, 5, 5) [Idleness] The spirited horse, which will of itself strive to beat in the race, will run still more swiftly if encouraged. [Lat., Acer et ad palmae per se cursurus honores, Si tamen horteris fortius ibit equus.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 11, 21) [Success] The prickly thorn often bears soft roses. [Lat., Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 2, 34) [Compensation] Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. [Lat., Ipse decor, recti facti si praemia desint, Non movet.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 3, 13) [Deeds] The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 3, 8) [Friendship] This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 6, 3) [Authorship] The wounded limb shrinks from the slightest touch; and a slight shadow alarms the nervous. [Lat., Membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum: Vanaque sollicitis incutit umbra metum.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 7, 13) [Fear] Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water. - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 7, 39) [Water] There is no small pleasure in sweet water. [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 7, 73) [Water] Courage conquers all things; it even gives strength to the body. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit; ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 7, 75) [Courage] A pleasing countenance is no slight disadvantage. [Lat., Auxilium non leve vultus habet.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 8, 54) [Beauty] It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way. [Lat., Conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas. Et melius nulla quaeritur arte favor.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 9, 39) [Gratitude] To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle. [Lat., Adde, quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (II, 9, 47) [Teaching] Tears are sometimes as weighty as words. [Lat., Interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent.] - Epistoloe Ex Ponto (III, 1, 158) [Tears] Displaying page 11 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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