Category Archives: Latin

Tacitus, Annals XII.37

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

“For if you wish to rule over all, does it then follow that all welcome slavery?” nam si vos omnibus imperitare vultis, sequitur ut omnes servitutem accipiant? This is taken from a speech delivered by the British leader Caratacus, who … Continue reading →

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Florus, VI

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

“Wicked people were not wicked from their mother’s womb, but the false friendships of the wicked render them so.” Qui mali sunt non fuere matris ex alvo mali,                         … Continue reading →

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Cornelius Nepos, De excellentibus ducibus, pr. 1.3

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

“What is honest and shameful is not the same for all men, but all things must be judged according to the practices of the ancestors” non eadem omnibus esse honesta atque turpia, sed omnia maiorum institutis iudicari Cornelius Nepos

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Vergil, Eclogues 4.18-20

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

“And for you, little boy, the uncultivated earth will scatter its first small gifts, wandering ivy and cyclamens everywhere, beans mixed with laughing acanthus” at tibi prima puer nullo munuscula cultu / errantis hederas passim cum baccare tellus / mixtaque … Continue reading →

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Juvenal, Satire 6.347-8

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

“Who will guard the guards themselves?” sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Decimus Junius Juvenalis So, what’s the answer? Skepticism or conspiracy?    

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Quintus Tullius Cicero, On Electioneering 6

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

“There are three things that will guarantee votes in an election: favors, hope, and personal attachment. The trick is giving these incentives to the right people.” sed quoniam tribus rebus homines maxime ad benevolentiam atque haec suifragandi studia ducuntur, beneficio, … Continue reading →

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Vergil, Aeneid 6.325-8

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

This great host you see are the unfortunate and unburied; that is the ferryman Charon; and those, whom the wave carries, the inhumed. Nor is it permitted to cross the horrific shores and raucous flows before one’s bones have rested … Continue reading →

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Seneca, De ira 1.29

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

“Why should I fear any of my mistakes, when I can say: ‘See that you no longer act in this way. Now I forgive you.’” quare enim quicquam ex erroribus meis timeam, cum possim dicere: “vide ne istud amplius facias, … Continue reading →

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Horace, Satires 2.2.111

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

“As in peace, the wise man will have prepared the right things for war” in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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Horace, Epistles 1.1.15

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

“Wherever the storm drives me, I put ashore and look for shelter”. quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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