Monthly Archives: May 2012

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales 2.4

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

“Everyday provide yourself some aid against poverty, against death and no less against other diseases; and when you have surveyed many things, choose one to reflect upon on that day”. aliquid cotidie adversus paupertatem, aliquid adversus mortem auxili compara, nec … Continue reading →

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Thucydides 2. 44. 3-5

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

    Only the love of honor is ageless; being honored, not making a profit, brings joy to the uselessness of old age   τὸ γὰρ φιλότιμον ἀγήρων μόνον, καὶ οὐκ ἐν τῷ ἀχρείῳ τῆς ἡλικίας τὸ κερδαίνειν, ὥσπερ τινές … Continue reading →

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“The eyes are blind when the mind works on other things”. caeci sunt oculi, cum animus alias res agit. Publilius Syrus

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Macarius 8.39

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

A guardian should guard and a lover love. τὸν φρουρὸν φρουεῖν χρή, τὸν ἐρῶντα δ᾿ ἐρᾶν. Macarius, not always a household name.

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Plautus, Pseudolus 685

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

“We lose what is certain while we seek after what is uncertain”. certa mittimus, dum incerta petimus Titus Maccius Plautus

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Euripides, Electra 583-4

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

It is right to  believe in the gods no longer if injustice will surpass what is just     ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς, εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.   Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, certainly had reasons to be … Continue reading →

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Silius Italicus, Punica 7.396-7

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

“In times of illness, not to have moved at all constitutes health”. aegris nil movisse salus rebus Silius Italicus

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Homer, Odyssey, 11.489-491

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

  “I would rather serve as slave to another man a man with no land and livelihood than be a king over all the rotted corpses”   βουλοίμην κ’ ἐπάρουρος ἐὼν θητευέμεν ἄλλῳ, ἀνδρὶ παρ’ ἀκλήρῳ, ᾧ μὴ βίοτος πολὺς … Continue reading →

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Horace, Sermones 1.1.27

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

“Let’s put aside these games and focus on serious things”. amoto quaeramus seria ludo Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 334

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

“An unsteady mind is an unjust possession” νοῦς δέ γ᾽ οὐ βέβαιος ἄδικον κτῆμα… Although many minds might come undone at the thought of Iphigenia….

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