The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and SayingsThe Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations completes our enormously successful and award-winning Latin for the Illiterati series of volumes, rounding off the trilogy with a comprehensive treasury of classic Latin quotations, mottoes, proverbs, and maxims collected from the worlds of philosophy, rhetoric, politics, science, religion, literature, drama, poetics, and war.Distinguished by the combination of user-friendliness and comprehensiveness, this book will provide students, scholars, and general readers with an eminently browsable resource that is as useful as it is enjoyable. |
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... evil” (In Latin, “malo in consilio feminæ vincunt viros”); while, at about the same time, Ovid, his contemporary, penned the phrase: “forma viros neglecta decet,” or “neglect of appearance becomes men.” While both comments can be read ...
... evil” (In Latin, “malo in consilio feminæ vincunt viros”); while, at about the same time, Ovid, his contemporary, penned the phrase: “forma viros neglecta decet,” or “neglect of appearance becomes men.” While both comments can be read ...
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... evil neighbor) aliquis malo sit usus ab illo: let us derive some use or benefit from that evil aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa: no one should be a judge in his own cause aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues: puppies and ...
... evil neighbor) aliquis malo sit usus ab illo: let us derive some use or benefit from that evil aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa: no one should be a judge in his own cause aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues: puppies and ...
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... evil acts (Macrobius) bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est: nothing is worse than being accustomed to good things (or good fortune) (Publilius Syrus) boni judicis est lites dirimere: a good judge is one who prevents litigation boni ...
... evil acts (Macrobius) bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est: nothing is worse than being accustomed to good things (or good fortune) (Publilius Syrus) boni judicis est lites dirimere: a good judge is one who prevents litigation boni ...
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... evil of death there is no remedy in the garden contraria contrariis curantur: opposite cures opposite contumeliam si dicis, audies: if you utter abuse, you must expect to receive it (or, if you speak insults you will hear them as well) ...
... evil of death there is no remedy in the garden contraria contrariis curantur: opposite cures opposite contumeliam si dicis, audies: if you utter abuse, you must expect to receive it (or, if you speak insults you will hear them as well) ...
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... evil, are dug out of the earth (Ovid) effugere non potes necessitates, potes vincere: you cannot escape necessity, but you can overcome it (Seneca) effugit mortem, quisquis contempserit; timidissimum quemque consequitur: whoever ...
... evil, are dug out of the earth (Ovid) effugere non potes necessitates, potes vincere: you cannot escape necessity, but you can overcome it (Seneca) effugit mortem, quisquis contempserit; timidissimum quemque consequitur: whoever ...
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amor animus become believe better Cato Cicero comes death Deus earth everything evil facit faith fear fides fortune give glory gods greater Greek habet homines honor hope Horace human Juvenal king labor light live Livy Lord Lucan magna makes Martial mihi mind mors motto multa nature nemo neque never nihil nothing nunc nunquam omnibus once one’s Ovid peace person Plautus Pliny potest praise Publilius Syrus quæ rebus rerum sæpe Sallust semper Seneca sine strength Tacitus Terence things tibi true truth University veritas Virgil virtue vita vitæ wise wish words