“When Euripides was asked why he hated both wicked and noble men he said “I hate the wicked men because of their corruption and the good men because they don’t hate the evil.”
“Greed always reaches beyond itself and one cannot sense his own happiness because he looks not at where he came from but instead to where he reaches.”
Ultra se cupiditas porrigit et felicitatem suam non intellegit, quia non, unde venerit, respicit, sed quo tendat.
Pliny the Younger, Letters 30.4
“Such a greed for possession has overtaken people that they seem to be owned by things rather than possess them”
Ea invasit homines habendi cupido, ut possideri magis quam possidere videantur
Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.8
“One is a slave to lust, another to greed, or ambition: all are slaves to hope, to fear. Certainly, no servitude is fouler than a voluntary one.”
alius libidini servit, alius avaritiae, alius ambitioni, omnes spei, omnes timori: et certe nulla servitus turpior quam voluntaria.
Publilius Syrus 438
“Greed loves nothing more than what is not permitted”
“I hate you because you say awful things about me.”
μισῶ σ᾿ ὁτιὴ λέγεις με ταἰσχρά.
Naevius [=Nonius 73, 16]
“May he not inspire the deep hate of my powerful spirit.”
Ne ille mei feri ingeni atque animi acrem acrimoniam
Naevius, Incerta 34
“I hate people who mumble: so tell me what you fear clearly.”
Odi summussos; proinde aperte dice quid sit quod times.
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7
“Is there anyone then who hates me more than I hate myself?”
ergo quisquam me magis odit quam ego?
Aristophanes, Birds 1548
“I hate all the gods, as you well know…”
μισῶ δ᾿ ἅπαντας τοὺς θεούς, ὡς οἶσθα σύ—
Diogenes Laertius, 1.5.88
“Bias used to tell people to measure life as if they were going to live for both a long time and a short one and also to love people as if they will hate them, since most people are bad.”
“[the followers of Aristippos] used to say that mistakes should be pardoned: for people do not err willingly, but under the force of some kind of passion. And we should not hate: it is better to teach someone to change.”
Stultus, a, um -adj. “Foolish, simple, silly, fatuous”
Stultus, m. “a fool”
Publilius Syrus 451
“It is impossible for one who knows he is a fool not have some intelligence”
Non pote non sapere qui se stultum intellegit.
Dicta Catonis 18
“Be foolish when the time or the affair demands: sometimes to pretend foolishness is the greatest wisdom.”
Insipiens esto, cum tempus postulat aut res: stultitiam simulare loco, prudentia summa est.
Publilius Syrus 692
“Silence works as wisdom for a foolish person”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Lucilius, 19.591
“Finally, nothing is enough for a fool even when he has everything”
Denique uti stulto nil sit satis, omnia cum sint
Publilius Syrus 144
“You make a criminal from a fool by forgiving too much”
Crebro ignoscendo facies de stulto improbum.
Seneca, EM 9.14 [Paraphrasing Chrysippus]
“A fool needs nothing since he knows how to use nothing but wants everything”
Contra stulto nulla re opus est, nulla enim re uti scit, sed omnibus eget
Publilius Syrus 118
“Contempt is harder on the wise than a beating is on a fool”
Contemni gravius est quam stulto percuti.
Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10
“If someone who wants to buy a horse inspects not the horse itself but its saddle and bridle, he is a fool. Even more foolish is the one who thinks a person can be judged from his clothing or the chance that covers us like clothing.”
quemadmodum stultus est qui empturus equum non ipsum inspicit sed stratum eius ac frenos, sic stultissimus est qui hominem aut ex veste aut ex condicione quae nobis vestis modo circumdata est aestimandum putat.
Publilius Syrus 671
“Fortune makes whomever she wants to destroy into a fool”
Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere
Seneca, EM 58
“Since the danger from living badly is greater than the danger of dying quickly, he is a fool who does not bet the price of a little time on a throw of great gain”
Et cum maius periculum sit male vivendi quam cito moriendi, stultus est, qui non exigua temporis mercede magnae rei aleam redimit.
Publilius Syrus 40
“The wise man rules his spirit, a fool serves his”
Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet.
Ennius, Fr. 306
“It is a fool who, in desiring, desires desirously with a desirous mind.”
Stultus est qui cupida mente cupiens cupienter cupit
“When Euripides was asked why he hated both wicked and noble men he said “I hate the wicked men because of their corruption and the good men because they don’t hate the evil.”
Stultus, a, um -adj. “Foolish, simple, silly, fatuous”
Stultus, m. “a fool”
Publilius Syrus 451
“It is impossible for one who knows he is a fool not have some intelligence”
Non pote non sapere qui se stultum intellegit.
Dicta Catonis 18
“Be foolish when the time or the affair demands: sometimes to pretend foolishness is the greatest wisdom.”
Insipiens esto, cum tempus postulat aut res: stultitiam simulare loco, prudentia summa est.
Publilius Syrus 692
“Silence works as wisdom for a foolish person”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Lucilius, 19.591
“Finally, nothing is enough for a fool even when he has everything”
Denique uti stulto nil sit satis, omnia cum sint
Publilius Syrus 144
“You make a criminal from a fool by forgiving too much”
Crebro ignoscendo facies de stulto improbum.
Seneca, EM 9.14 [Paraphrasing Chrysippus]
“A fool needs nothing since he knows how to use nothing but wants everything”
Contra stulto nulla re opus est, nulla enim re uti scit, sed omnibus eget
Publilius Syrus 118
“Contempt is harder on the wise than a beating is on a fool”
Contemni gravius est quam stulto percuti.
Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10
“If someone who wants to buy a horse inspects not the horse itself but its saddle and bridle, he is a fool. Even more foolish is the one who thinks a person can be judged from his clothing or the chance that covers us like clothing.”
quemadmodum stultus est qui empturus equum non ipsum inspicit sed stratum eius ac frenos, sic stultissimus est qui hominem aut ex veste aut ex condicione quae nobis vestis modo circumdata est aestimandum putat.
Publilius Syrus 671
“Fortune makes whomever she wants to destroy into a fool”
Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere
Seneca, EM 58
“Since the danger from living badly is greater than the danger of dying quickly, he is a fool who does not bet the price of a little time on a throw of great gain”
Et cum maius periculum sit male vivendi quam cito moriendi, stultus est, qui non exigua temporis mercede magnae rei aleam redimit.
Publilius Syrus 40
“The wise man rules his spirit, a fool serves his”
Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet.
Ennius, Fr. 306
“It is a fool who, in desiring, desires desirously with a desirous mind.”
Stultus est qui cupida mente cupiens cupienter cupit
“I hate you because you say awful things about me.”
μισῶ σ᾿ ὁτιὴ λέγεις με ταἰσχρά.
Naevius [=Nonius 73, 16]
“May he not inspire the deep hate of my powerful spirit.”
Ne ille mei feri ingeni atque animi acrem acrimoniam
Naevius, Incerta 34
“I hate people who mumble: so tell me what you fear clearly.”
Odi summussos; proinde aperte dice quid sit quod times.
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7
“Is there anyone then who hates me more than I hate myself?”
ergo quisquam me magis odit quam ego?
Aristophanes, Birds 1548
“I hate all the gods, as you well know…”
μισῶ δ᾿ ἅπαντας τοὺς θεούς, ὡς οἶσθα σύ—
Diogenes Laertius, 1.5.88
“Bias used to tell people to measure life as if they were going to live for both a long time and a short one and also to love people as if they will hate them, since most people are bad.”
“[the followers of Aristippos] used to say that mistakes should be pardoned: for people do not err willingly, but under the force of some kind of passion. And we should not hate: it is better to teach someone to change.”
