Monthly Archives: January 2012

Juvenal, Satires 10.297-8

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

“Rare indeed is there agreement of beauty and prudence” rara est adeo concordia formae atque pudicitiae Decimus Iunius Juvenalis

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Theognis, 801-804

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

“There is will be and there has been no man who has pleased everyone when he goes to Hades”     Οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων οὔτ’ ἔσσεται οὔτε πέφυκεν ὅστις πᾶσιν ἁδὼν δύσεται εἰς ᾿Αίδεω· Who is Theognis and what did Nietzsche … Continue reading →

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Cicero, Philippics 12.5

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

“All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them” cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis perseverare in errore Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Hesiod, Theogony 27-28

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

  ἴδμεν ψεύδεα πολλὰ λέγειν ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα, ἴδμεν δ’ εὖτ’ ἐθέλωμεν ἀληθέα γηρύσασθαι.     “We know how to speak many lies that ring of the truth But we also know how to speak true things when we want to” … Continue reading →

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Simonides, 37.1 29-30

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

  “Not even the gods fight against necessity.”     ἀνάγκαι / δ’ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται.   Simonides not Semonides.

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Horace, Odes 1.18.3-4

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

“For teetotalers the god has made all things difficult, nor do biting troubles flee in any other way” siccis omnia nam dura deus proposuit neque mordaces aliter diffugiunt sollicitudines Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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Solon, Fragment 18.1

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

“I grow old but always learn many things “ γηράσκω δ’ αἰεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος Solon Nomographos.

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Tacitus, Annales 2.88

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

“We praise the old, while we neglect the present” vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi Gaius Cornelius Tacitus

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Plato Apology 21d 6-7

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

  “I think that I am wiser by this very small bit: I don’t pretend to know what I don’t know.”   ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι.   … Continue reading →

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Ovid, Fasti 3.394

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

“Wait — small delays often hold great advantages” differ: habent parvae commoda magna morae Publius Ovidius Naso

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