Latin Quotations 4
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- hoc opus, his labor est
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VERGIL
(This is the real difficulty) - lacrimae rerum
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VERGIL
(sympathy for misfortune) - medio tutissimus ibis
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OVID
(you will fare best by the middle course; i.e by using moderation) - mens agitat molem
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VERGIL
(mind rules over matter) - mirable dictu
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VERGIL
(marvelous to relate) - non omnis moriar
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HORACE
(I shall not wholly die) - omnia mutantur, nos et mutantur in illis
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OVID
(all things are changing, and we change along with them) - possunt quia posse videntur
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VERGIL
(they can because they think they can) - procul, o procul est, profani!
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HORACE
(stand far off, ye uninitiated) - profanum vulgus
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HORACE
(the common crowd) - quantum mutatus ab illo!
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VERGIL
(how changed from what he once was!) - quorum pars magna fui
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VERGIL
(in which I had a large share) - quot homines, tot sententiae
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TERENCE
(many men, may minds) - rudis indigestaque moles
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OVID
(a crude and undigested mass) - sic vos non vobis
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VERGIL
(thus you strive, but not for your own good) - varium et mutabile semper femina
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VERGIL
(a fickle and changeable creature is woman ever) - vox faucibus haesit
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VERGIL
(the words stuck in his throat) - video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor
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OVID
(even though I know better, I keep on doing the wrong thing) - fuit Ilium
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VERGIL
(Troy is no more) - favete linguis
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HORACE
(Hold your tongue) - sit non doctissima coniunx
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MARTIAL
(may my wife not be very learned)
*(roman formula for a happy marriage) - experto credite
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VERGIL
(believe one who has experience)
*(idiomatically "trust me") - omnium rerum principia parva sunt
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CICERO
(everything has a small beginning) - non est vivere sed valere vita est
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MARTIAL
(life is more than just being alive) - Fata viam invenient
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VERGIL
(the Fates will find a way) - omnia praeclara rara
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CICERO
(all things which excel are rare) - dux femina facti
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VERGIL
(a woman was the leader in the deed) - aspirat primo fortuna labori
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VERGIL
(fortune smiles upon our first effort) - sapienti sat
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PLAUTUS
(sufficient for a wise man) - quam veterrimus homini optimus est amicus
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PLAUTUS
(how much the best of a man's friend is his oldest friend)