CURA

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: CURA.

Cura omnia potest. ~ Note: Here cura has the positive sense of concern, care, attention, etc. So, by being careful, you can accomplish anything!

Plus potest plurium cura. ~ Note: Here you have a nice play on words with plus, neuter singular, and plurium, genitive plural: The attentive effort of more people (plurium) can accomplish more (plus).

Cura, quidquid agis, te bene nosse magis! ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 201. The rhyme, agis-magis, reveals the medieval provenance of this saying.

Parva domus, parva cura. ~ Note: Here a parva domus does not have any negative connotations at all; this is small in the sense of economical, modest, etc.

Curae cedit fatum. ~ Note: This takes the idea of the previous saying and declares the careful attention can even overcome the power of fate: Fate yields to carefulness. This is the Thomson family motto.

Cura curam trahit. ~ Note: Here cura has the more negative sense of "anxiety" or "worry" - One worry drags another after it, one worry follows another, etc.

Virtus dedit, cura servabit. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Browne family.

Curis gaudia misce. ~ Note: Here cura is used in the negative sense of worry or anxiety, something that needs to be mitigated with joys, gaudia.

Mihi cura futuri. ~ Note: The noun cura can take a genitive complement, as you can see here, where it means "care of, concern for" - My concern is for the future. This is the motto of Hunter College.

Divitiae pariunt curas. ~ Note: The word cura here has the negative sense of anxiety, worry, etc.

Artem natura superat, sine vi, sine cura. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 67.

Discere ne cessa: cura sapientia crescit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Discere ne cessa; cura sapientia crescit, / rara datur longo prudentia temporis usu.

Amat victoria curam. ~ Note: This is another way of expressing the positive outcome of proceeding with care and paying attention: Victory loves it!

Cura dat victoriam. ~ Note: This expresses the same idea as the previous proverb but with a different wording; now cura is the subject.

Parva iuventutis plerumque est cura salutis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 854.

Cura quietem. ~ Note: Careful with cura here: this is the noun, not the verb; the verb is implied but not stated. You can also find it with the verb made explicit, as here: Dat cura quietem.

Curis iactatur, si quis Veneri sociatur. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 203. Note that quis here has the force of aliquis, as you would expect after the word "si" (as well as after "nisi," "num," and "ne").

Musica pellit curas. ~ Note: Here cura is being used in the negative sense of worry, anxiety, etc. This is a Latin inscription found on a harpsichord.

Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, / ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.

Pervigili cura semper meditare futura. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 889, hence the rhyme: cura-futura. Note the imperative form of this deponent verb: meditare. Since you is the implied subject of that imperative, it means that cura must be in the ablative, not the nominative; pervigili is a good clue for that, too.

Nec nimis expendas, si vivere vis sine cura. ~ Note: Ultra quam vestis non extendas tua crura, / nec nimis expendas, si vivere vis sine cura.

Vivamus, et futura sint curae deis. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Bono viro non minori curae est qualis res publica post mortem suam futura sit, quam qualis hodie sit. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.