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Group 164
2105. Fears guards kingdoms. (The saying can be found in Seneca's Oedipus.)
2106. Time flies, death comes. (This is a Latin motto from a sundial.)
2107. White hair comes quickly. (The adjective festina modifies the subject of the verb, functioning like an adverb. The saying is from Claudianus.)
2108. Pleasure does not know how to set a limit. (The saying is from Ambrosius, in the Nova Floresta of Bernardes.)
2109. Love does not know how to keep within bounds. (The saying is adapted from Propertius.)
2110. The wise man governs his feelings; the fool is enslaved to them. (The saying is adapted from Publilius Syrus.)
2111. The fool does not know how to be quiet. (Compare Albertanus: nescit ergo stultus loqui, tacere non potest. )
2112. He who is silent, consents. (You can also find this variant form: Qui tacet, consentire videtur.)
2113. He who seeks, finds. (You can find this saying in the Gospel of Matthew.)
2114. He who sleeps does not sin. (The complete saying is Qui bibit, dormit; qui dormit, non peccat; qui non peccat, sanctus est; ergo: qui bibit sanctus est, "He who drinks, sleeps; he who sleeps, does not sin; he who does not sin is holy; therefore: he who drinks is holy." There are many variations on this medieval mock syllogism.)
2115. He who keeps watch does not sleep. (Compare the prayer in Psalm 121: nec dormitet qui custodit te, "the one who guards you will not sleep.")
2116. Who watches the watchers? (The saying is adapted from Juvenal.)
2117. Who does not know the joys of Venus? (You will find this in the Satyricon.)
2118. There is nothing more sweet than to know everything. (You will find this in Erasmus's Adagia, 5.1.42.)
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Latin Via Proverbs 163
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Group 163
2095. All bad things end in time. (There are many sayings about the healing powers of time, for example, tempus optima medicina; tempus dolorem lenit, etc.)
2096. All things obey money. (The saying is adapted from Ecclesiastes.)
2097. All things obey silver. (This saying can be found in Polydorus's Adagia.)
2098. Enemies do not sleep. (This is often used in a religious context, referring to the enemies of God.)
2099. While the cat sleeps, the mice leap. (Compare this similar saying: Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro.)
2100. He's sleeping the sleep of Endymion. (This was a classical proverb, as you can see in Cicero. You can read about Endymion at wikipedia.)
2101. It is good and sweet to sleep in one's own skin. (Here is a rhyming version: cum cutis est plana, erit dormitio sana.)
2102. It's easier to find than the head of the Nile. (This is a saying for something that is very hard to find indeed! You can also find it with a subjunctive verb: facilius sit Nili caput invenire.)
2103. It is not right to know all things. (You can find this saying in Horace.)
2104. Virtue does not know how to be a slave. (This saying is used in the neo-Latin drama Pedantius.)
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Group 163
2095. All bad things end in time. (There are many sayings about the healing powers of time, for example, tempus optima medicina; tempus dolorem lenit, etc.)
2096. All things obey money. (The saying is adapted from Ecclesiastes.)
2097. All things obey silver. (This saying can be found in Polydorus's Adagia.)
2098. Enemies do not sleep. (This is often used in a religious context, referring to the enemies of God.)
2099. While the cat sleeps, the mice leap. (Compare this similar saying: Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro.)
2100. He's sleeping the sleep of Endymion. (This was a classical proverb, as you can see in Cicero. You can read about Endymion at wikipedia.)
2101. It is good and sweet to sleep in one's own skin. (Here is a rhyming version: cum cutis est plana, erit dormitio sana.)
2102. It's easier to find than the head of the Nile. (This is a saying for something that is very hard to find indeed! You can also find it with a subjunctive verb: facilius sit Nili caput invenire.)
2103. It is not right to know all things. (You can find this saying in Horace.)
2104. Virtue does not know how to be a slave. (This saying is used in the neo-Latin drama Pedantius.)
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Latin Via Proverbs 162
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Group 162
2078. Calm softens suffering. (You can find this saying in Seneca's Medea.)
2079. Time softens grief. (There are many similar sayings about the healing power of time: tempus facit aerumnas leves; tempus omnia sanat, etc.)
2080. Love knows no rank. (This is from one of the letters of St. Jerome, 7.6.)
2081. The sun reveals all things. (Compare Fulgenius: sol omnia obscura manifestat in lucem.)
2082. Death does not end all things. (You can find this saying in Propertius.)
2083. A person does not know his own end. (The saying comes from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes.)
2084. Glory comes late to the ashes. (Notice how the adjective here, modifying the subject of the verb, functions something like an adverb. You can find this saying in Martial.)
2085. Night befits thieves, light befits the truth. (The saying is adapted from the Greek playwright Euripides.)
2086. Under every rock sleeps a scorpion. (You can find this saying in Erasmus's Adagia, 1.4.34.)
2087. Even the hawk nurses its chicks. (Note the adverbial use of et, "the hawk too" or "even the hawk." )
2088. A great love can leap over even the shores of fate. (The saying is adapted from Propertius.)
2089. Rumor leaps over the land and the seas. (This saying also comes from Propertius.)
2090. From bad eggs no good bird comes. (Compare the saying ex pravo pullus bonus ovo non venit ullus.)
2091. The frog leaps from the golden throne into the swamp. (Compare this similar saying: Rana in paludem resilit, etiam si in solio locaveris. In English you could say, "You can take the frog out of the swamp, but you can't take the swamp out of the frog.")
2092. An empty stomach does not willingly listen to words. (There are many variations on this saying, such as ieiunus venter non audit verba libenter; venter famelicus auriculis caret; difficile est vacuo verbis imponere ventri, etc.)
2093. On quiet feet punishment comes, albeit late. (You will find this saying in Tibullus.)
2094. The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing. (You can read an essay on this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)
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Group 162
2078. Calm softens suffering. (You can find this saying in Seneca's Medea.)
2079. Time softens grief. (There are many similar sayings about the healing power of time: tempus facit aerumnas leves; tempus omnia sanat, etc.)
2080. Love knows no rank. (This is from one of the letters of St. Jerome, 7.6.)
2081. The sun reveals all things. (Compare Fulgenius: sol omnia obscura manifestat in lucem.)
2082. Death does not end all things. (You can find this saying in Propertius.)
2083. A person does not know his own end. (The saying comes from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes.)
2084. Glory comes late to the ashes. (Notice how the adjective here, modifying the subject of the verb, functions something like an adverb. You can find this saying in Martial.)
2085. Night befits thieves, light befits the truth. (The saying is adapted from the Greek playwright Euripides.)
2086. Under every rock sleeps a scorpion. (You can find this saying in Erasmus's Adagia, 1.4.34.)
2087. Even the hawk nurses its chicks. (Note the adverbial use of et, "the hawk too" or "even the hawk." )
2088. A great love can leap over even the shores of fate. (The saying is adapted from Propertius.)
2089. Rumor leaps over the land and the seas. (This saying also comes from Propertius.)
2090. From bad eggs no good bird comes. (Compare the saying ex pravo pullus bonus ovo non venit ullus.)
2091. The frog leaps from the golden throne into the swamp. (Compare this similar saying: Rana in paludem resilit, etiam si in solio locaveris. In English you could say, "You can take the frog out of the swamp, but you can't take the swamp out of the frog.")
2092. An empty stomach does not willingly listen to words. (There are many variations on this saying, such as ieiunus venter non audit verba libenter; venter famelicus auriculis caret; difficile est vacuo verbis imponere ventri, etc.)
2093. On quiet feet punishment comes, albeit late. (You will find this saying in Tibullus.)
2094. The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing. (You can read an essay on this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Latin Via Proverbs 161
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Group 161
2064. My time has not yet come. (These words are spoken by Jesus to Mary in the Gospel of John, at the occasion of the wedding in Cana.)
2065. Appropriate things happen to the appropriate people. (In other words: everyone gets what they deserve. This phrase is found in Plautus's Poenulus.)
2066. Tantalus thirsts amidst the waves. (Tantalus was punished in the underworld by gazing upon water he could not drink and reaching out for food he could not grasp. You can see an illustration of Tantalus from Alciato's Book of Emblems.)
2067. No misfortune comes alone. (Compare the proverb in Group 120, Cura curam trahit and the notes provided there.)
2068. By means of a wicked friend a man falls into flaws. (Notice the delightful alliteration in the Latin. I tried a bit of similar wordplay in the English.)
2069. A fool finds a fool. (This is a humorous variation on the idea that "birds of a feather flock together.")
2070. He's gathering water with a sieve. (This saying made its way into Erasmus's Adagia, 1.4.60. A fuller version of the saying in rhyme reads: Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro, "The person who wants to learn without a book is gathering water in a sieve.")
2071. He's drawing with a perforated jug. (The most famous example of this impossible task would be the punishment of the daughters of the Danaus, the Danaides, in the underworld. The Danaides killed their husbands and in the afterlife were punished by being condemned to carry water in jugs that had holes in them.)
2072. God discovers the evildoer. (In many ancient myths and fables, when human justice fails, it is up to the gods to intervene. Consider, for example, Phaedrus's fable about the thief in Jupiter's temple, rebuked by Religio herself.)
2073. The pot find its cover. (Compare the proverb in Group 9, Dignum patella operculum est and the notes provided there.)
2074. He who finds a friend, finds a treasure. (This phrase is adapted from the book of Ecclesiasticus, an apocryphal book of the Bible, also known as the Wisdom of Sirach.)
2075. Sometimes a blind pigeon finds a pea. (Notice the nice alliteration in the Latin, invenit interdum and caeca columba, along with the rhyme interdum...pisum.)
2076. No good chick ever comes from a bad egg. (Notice the intricate word order, where the phrase ex pravo ovo and pullus bonus ullus have been deftly intertwined.)
2077. From fried eggs no chick ever comes. (This saying breaks up the phrase pullus...ullus to make it a rhyming proverb. I guess you could consider this a variant on "don't count your chickens before they're hatched" - in other words, "don't fry your eggs before they're hatched," no matter how hungry you might be.)
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Group 161
2064. My time has not yet come. (These words are spoken by Jesus to Mary in the Gospel of John, at the occasion of the wedding in Cana.)
2065. Appropriate things happen to the appropriate people. (In other words: everyone gets what they deserve. This phrase is found in Plautus's Poenulus.)
2066. Tantalus thirsts amidst the waves. (Tantalus was punished in the underworld by gazing upon water he could not drink and reaching out for food he could not grasp. You can see an illustration of Tantalus from Alciato's Book of Emblems.)
2067. No misfortune comes alone. (Compare the proverb in Group 120, Cura curam trahit and the notes provided there.)
2068. By means of a wicked friend a man falls into flaws. (Notice the delightful alliteration in the Latin. I tried a bit of similar wordplay in the English.)
2069. A fool finds a fool. (This is a humorous variation on the idea that "birds of a feather flock together.")
2070. He's gathering water with a sieve. (This saying made its way into Erasmus's Adagia, 1.4.60. A fuller version of the saying in rhyme reads: Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro, "The person who wants to learn without a book is gathering water in a sieve.")
2071. He's drawing with a perforated jug. (The most famous example of this impossible task would be the punishment of the daughters of the Danaus, the Danaides, in the underworld. The Danaides killed their husbands and in the afterlife were punished by being condemned to carry water in jugs that had holes in them.)
2072. God discovers the evildoer. (In many ancient myths and fables, when human justice fails, it is up to the gods to intervene. Consider, for example, Phaedrus's fable about the thief in Jupiter's temple, rebuked by Religio herself.)
2073. The pot find its cover. (Compare the proverb in Group 9, Dignum patella operculum est and the notes provided there.)
2074. He who finds a friend, finds a treasure. (This phrase is adapted from the book of Ecclesiasticus, an apocryphal book of the Bible, also known as the Wisdom of Sirach.)
2075. Sometimes a blind pigeon finds a pea. (Notice the nice alliteration in the Latin, invenit interdum and caeca columba, along with the rhyme interdum...pisum.)
2076. No good chick ever comes from a bad egg. (Notice the intricate word order, where the phrase ex pravo ovo and pullus bonus ullus have been deftly intertwined.)
2077. From fried eggs no chick ever comes. (This saying breaks up the phrase pullus...ullus to make it a rhyming proverb. I guess you could consider this a variant on "don't count your chickens before they're hatched" - in other words, "don't fry your eggs before they're hatched," no matter how hungry you might be.)
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Latin Via Proverbs 160
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Group 160
2052. Words teach, examples tug. (You can also find this saying in a variant form: Verba movent, exempla trahunt.)
2053. I put my trust in what I can see. (You can find this in Otto under the entry for oculus.)
2054. What I see for myself, I know for myself. (You can find this saying in Plautus.)
2055. I'm completely out of my mind if I try to please everybody. (Compare this rhyming proverb with other Latin sayings on this same theme, such as amicus omnibus, amicus nemini, etc.)
2056. The person who has got lots, wants to get more. (There are many variants on this saying, for example: homines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt.)
2057. A good shepherd shears the sheep, he does not flay them. (You can find this cited by Suetonius.)
2058. Life is not living, but being well. (You will find this saying in Martial.)
2059. The person who seeks high places must be careful of crashing down. (The saying is cited by Tosi, 987.)
2060. It's very easy to something, but to accomplish the job is hard work. (This is a medieval saying, cited by Tosi, 24, following Walther 5590.)
2061. In doubtful matters it is better to be silent than to speak. (You can find this saying in Albertanus of Brescia.)
2062. You should not wound a friend, not even in jest. (You can find this in Publilius Syrus).
2063. It is not proper to strive against god. (Compare the entry in Erasmus's Adagia, Cum diis non pugnandum, 3.9.22.)
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Group 160
2052. Words teach, examples tug. (You can also find this saying in a variant form: Verba movent, exempla trahunt.)
2053. I put my trust in what I can see. (You can find this in Otto under the entry for oculus.)
2054. What I see for myself, I know for myself. (You can find this saying in Plautus.)
2055. I'm completely out of my mind if I try to please everybody. (Compare this rhyming proverb with other Latin sayings on this same theme, such as amicus omnibus, amicus nemini, etc.)
2056. The person who has got lots, wants to get more. (There are many variants on this saying, for example: homines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt.)
2057. A good shepherd shears the sheep, he does not flay them. (You can find this cited by Suetonius.)
2058. Life is not living, but being well. (You will find this saying in Martial.)
2059. The person who seeks high places must be careful of crashing down. (The saying is cited by Tosi, 987.)
2060. It's very easy to something, but to accomplish the job is hard work. (This is a medieval saying, cited by Tosi, 24, following Walther 5590.)
2061. In doubtful matters it is better to be silent than to speak. (You can find this saying in Albertanus of Brescia.)
2062. You should not wound a friend, not even in jest. (You can find this in Publilius Syrus).
2063. It is not proper to strive against god. (Compare the entry in Erasmus's Adagia, Cum diis non pugnandum, 3.9.22.)
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Latin Via Proverbs 159
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Group 159
2041. Virtue is a blazing fire but does not burn. (This is a popular family motto; compare Moses and the "burning bush" of the Bible: videbat quod rubus arderet et non conbureretur, "he saw that the bush burned and was not consumed.")
2042. He who lives well, teaches well. (This is from the "Hortulus Rosarum" of Thomas a Kempis; the full phrase is: qui bene vivit bene docet; et qui bene legit, Dei nuntius est.)
2043. He who teaches learns twice. (There are many variations on this saying: cum docemus, discimus; dum docent, discunt; docendo discimus, etc.)
2044. The man who keeps quiet about the truth perpetrates a falsehood. (This is from the Latin legal tradition.)
2045. He who has much wants more. (You can find this saying in Seneca.)
2046. The more he has, the more he wants. (This sentence shows nicely how the correlative words quo...eo... can be used to create a Latin sentence. Compare, for example, this sentence: Quo plus litteris studet, eo plus discit, ""The more he studies literature, the more he learns.")
2047. The mortal man who craves very little needs very little. (You will find this saying in Publilius Syrus.)
2048. It is not the man who has little who is poor, but rather the man who wants more. (This saying is adapted from Seneca.)
2049. The onager does not bray when he has grass. (The onager is a familiar figure from Aesop's fables.)
2050. Fortune gives whatever she pleases and snatches it away at other times. (The word vicissim is perfectly suited to the shifting nature of fortune. Compare this similar saying: Fortunam facit ars, artem fortuna vicissim, "Sometimes skill creates luck, at other times luck creates skill.")
2051. Now Jupiter rains, and now Jupiter shines from a clear sky. (You can find this in Erasmus's Adagia, 1.8.65.)
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Group 159
2041. Virtue is a blazing fire but does not burn. (This is a popular family motto; compare Moses and the "burning bush" of the Bible: videbat quod rubus arderet et non conbureretur, "he saw that the bush burned and was not consumed.")
2042. He who lives well, teaches well. (This is from the "Hortulus Rosarum" of Thomas a Kempis; the full phrase is: qui bene vivit bene docet; et qui bene legit, Dei nuntius est.)
2043. He who teaches learns twice. (There are many variations on this saying: cum docemus, discimus; dum docent, discunt; docendo discimus, etc.)
2044. The man who keeps quiet about the truth perpetrates a falsehood. (This is from the Latin legal tradition.)
2045. He who has much wants more. (You can find this saying in Seneca.)
2046. The more he has, the more he wants. (This sentence shows nicely how the correlative words quo...eo... can be used to create a Latin sentence. Compare, for example, this sentence: Quo plus litteris studet, eo plus discit, ""The more he studies literature, the more he learns.")
2047. The mortal man who craves very little needs very little. (You will find this saying in Publilius Syrus.)
2048. It is not the man who has little who is poor, but rather the man who wants more. (This saying is adapted from Seneca.)
2049. The onager does not bray when he has grass. (The onager is a familiar figure from Aesop's fables.)
2050. Fortune gives whatever she pleases and snatches it away at other times. (The word vicissim is perfectly suited to the shifting nature of fortune. Compare this similar saying: Fortunam facit ars, artem fortuna vicissim, "Sometimes skill creates luck, at other times luck creates skill.")
2051. Now Jupiter rains, and now Jupiter shines from a clear sky. (You can find this in Erasmus's Adagia, 1.8.65.)
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