Ipsa scientia potestas est. ~ Knowledge itself is
power.----Bacon
Gutta cavat lapidem. ~ Dripping hollows out rock.
----Ovid
In virtute sunt multi ascensus. ~ In excellence
there are many degrees.----Cicero
Salus populi suprema lex. ~ The safety of the
people is the highest law.----Cicero
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori. ~ Fortune smiles
upon our first effort.----Virgil
Ab ovo usque ad mala. ~ From the egg right to
the fruits.(From soup to nuts.)----Horace
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae
fuit. ~ There has not been any great talent
without an element of madness.----Seneca
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo. ~ He was stirring
up billows in a ladle.(He was raising a tempest
in a teapot.)----Cicero
Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est.
~To great talents no era is closed.----Seneca
Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas. ~Often
the prickly thorn produces tender roses.----Ovid
Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant.
~ Doctors cure the more serious diseases with
harsh remedies.----Curtius Rufus
Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit? ~ Romulus was
not a king of barbarians, was he?----Cicero
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit
urbes. ~ The divine nature produced the fields,
human skill has built cities.----Tibullus
Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si
steterit in puteo. ~ A giant will keep his size
even though he will have stood in a well.----Seneca
Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit. ~ He who
is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.
----Ovid
Ora et labora. ~ Pray and labor.----St.Benedict
Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi
sepultra. ~ Leisure without literature is death,
or rather the burial of a living man.----Seneca
Materiam superabat opus. ~ The workmanship was
better than the subject matter.----Ovid
O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! ~ An excellent
protector of sheep, the wolf!----Cicero
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est. ~ Delay--
putting things off until tomorrow--is hateful.
----Cicero
Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit. ~ Those whom true
love has held, it will go on holding.----Seneca
Patria est communis omnium parens. ~ Our native
land is the common parent of us all.----Cicero
Amor tussisque non celantur. ~ Love, and a cough,
are not concealed.----Ovid
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper. ~ A boar is
often held by a not-so-large dog.----Ovid
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. ~ There is
no easy way from the earth to the stars.----Seneca
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram. ~ Even one hair
has a shadow.----Publilius Syrus
Culpam poena premit comes. ~ Punishment closely
follows crime as its companion.----Horace
Trahimur omnes laudis studio. ~ We are all led
by our eagerness for praise.----Cicero
Gladiator in arena consilium capit. ~ The gladiator
is making his plan in the arena(i.e., too late).
----Seneca
Rident stolidi verba Latina. ~ Fools laugh at the
Latin language.----Ovid
Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est. ~ Inhumanity
is harmful in every age.----Cicero
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
~ You cling to your own ways and leave mine to
me.----Petrarch
Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi.
~ Not all those who own a musical instrument
are musicians.----Varro
Quid rides?...De te fabula narratur. ~ What
are you laughing at? The joke's on you.----Horace
Ut sementem feceris ita metes. ~ As you sow
so will you reap.----Cicero
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit. ~ The wolf
attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.
----Horace
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit. ~That
which achieves its effect by accident is not art
.----Seneca
Fallaces sunt rerum species. ~ The appearances
of things are deceptive.----Seneca
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. ~ It
is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid.
----Publilius Syrus
Per varios usus artem experientia fecit. ~ Through
different exercises practice has brought skill.
----Manilius
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est. ~ There is
nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
----Catullus
Simia quam similis, turpissima bestia, nobis!
~ How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey!
----Cicero
Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem. ~ It is
not goodness to be better than the worst.----Seneca
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
~ A timid dog barks more violently than it bites.
----Curtius Rufus
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium.
~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent. ~ Other
people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours
to other people.----Publilius Syrus
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est. ~ It is sometimes
pleasant even to act like a madman.----Seneca
Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper
dicit. ~ Credulous hope supports our life, and always
says that tomorrow will be better.----Tibullus
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides. ~ You
see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on
yourself.----Petronius
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres.
~ As a true translator you will take care not to
translate word for word.----Horace
Quam se ipse amans---sine rivali! ~ Himself loving
himself so much---without a rival!----Cicero
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur.
~ We are more easily led part by part to an
understanding of the whole.----Seneca
Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit.
~ Let him who has given a favor be silent; let
him who has received it tell it.----Seneca
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. ~We
are slaves of the laws in order that we may be
able to be free.----Cicero
Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et
artem saepe vincit. ~ Constant practice devoted
to one subject often outdoes both intelligence
and skill.----Cicero
Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis
melior. ~ I require myself not to be equal to
the best, but to be better than the bad.----Seneca
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet. ~ He who
feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear
of failure, he did nothing.)----Horace
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit.
~ Often it is not even advantageous to know what
will be.----Cicero
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte
prosit. ~ There is no book so bad that it is not
profitable on some part.----Pliny the Younger
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
Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat. ~
When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her
tears.----Dionysius Cato
Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit.
~ A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
----Seneca
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo. ~ Joking aside, let us
turn to serious matters.----Horace
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire. ~ A great man can
come from a cabin. ----Seneca
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
~ Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be
useful to you.----Ovid
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. ~ Men
gladly believe that which they wish for.----Caesar
Cito fit quod dii volunt. ~ What the gods want
happens soon.----Petronius
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam. ~ Everything
which I used to say could not happen will happen now.
----Ovid
Mendacem oportet esse memorem. ~ A liar must be good at remembering.----Quintilian
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus. ~ The burden which
is borne well becomes light.----Ovid
Mus uni non fidit antro. ~ A mouse does not rely on
just one hole.----Plautus
Quaedam iura non scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora
sunt. ~ Some laws are unwritten but they are better
established than all written ones.----Seneca Rhetor
Vitanda est improba siren desidia. ~ One must steer
clear of the wicked temptress, Laziness.----Horace
Timendi causa est nescire. ~ Ignorance is the cause
of fear.----Seneca
Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum. ~ Don't
consider that anything has been done if anything is
left to be done.----Lucan
