Quotes Flashcards
(277 cards)
est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae
every man is the artisan of his own fortune
Appius Claudius Caecus
utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!
if only the roman people had one neck!
Caligula
mens sana in corpore sano
a sound mind in a sound body
Juvenal
vae puto deus fio
alas, i think i am becoming a god
Vespasian
bella horrida bella
wars, horrid wars
Vergil
Satura tota nostra est
satire is wholly ours
Quintilian
“esse quam videri” bonus malebat
he (cato) preferred to be good rather than seem good
Sallust
fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules
the Metelli become consuls of Rome by fate
Naevius
saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas
often the prickly thorn produces tender roses
Ovid
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
all of gaul is divided into three parts
Caesar
cui dono lepidum novum libellum
to whom do i give my new elegant little book
Catullus
ars longa, vita brevis
art is long, life is short
originally Hippocrates
salus populi suprema lex
the safety of the people is the supreme law
Cicero
difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas
it is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it
Pliny the Younger
non est ad astra mollis e terris via
there is no easy way from the earth to the stars
Seneca the Younger
acta est fabula
the play is over
Augustus
cito fit quod dii volunt
what the gods want happens soon
Petronius
qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit
he who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow
Ovid
tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem
so great a task it was to found the Roman race
Vergil
est modus in rebus
there is a middle ground in things
Horace
ab ovo usque ad mala
from the egg to the apples
Horace
caeca invidia est
envy is blind
Livy
homines dum docent discunt
people learn when they teach
Seneca
facilis descensus Averno
easy is the descent to Avernus
Vergil