VIR

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: VIR.

Unus vir non omnia videt. ~ Note: Notice the nice alliteration between vir and videt in the Latin; vir is preferred to homo here not for semantic reasons, but for the stylistic appeal of the alliteration.

Vir quidem unus, nullus est. ~ Note: Compare the proverb cited earlier: Unus vir non omnia videt. Compare also the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 1.5.40: Unus vir, nullus vir.

Quis est vir qui vivat et non videat mortem? ~ Note: Note how the subjunctives vivat and videat give this a hypothetical quality: qui vivat et non videat... "who could possibly live and not see..."

Multa ante temptes, quam virum invenias bonum. ~ Note: Note how this saying is built around the idea of "antequam," before - ante...quam.

Virum facit virtus. ~ Note: Here you get a deeper play on words: the word virtus echoes the word vir because of its etymology. Virtus in Latin means "manliness," the quality of being a vir. Of course, if you render the word with the usual English translation of "virtue," that etymological connection is lost.

Aliud legunt pueri, aliud viri, aliud senes. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, but this time it is a triple expression: "one thing... another thing... and yet another thing," aliud...aliud...aliud.

Qualia verba viri, talis et ipse vir est. ~ Note: Note the adverbial use of "et" here - et ipse - meaning something like "also," "likewise," etc. It may look like "talis et ipse" is a phrase where two things are being joined, but that is not the case; "et" here is not a conjunction, but an adverb.

Facta iuvenum, consilia virorum, vota senum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.5.2.

Bonus vir nemo est, nisi qui bonus est omnibus. ~ Note: The "nisi qui" is another example of how the antecedent of the relative pronoun can just be implied in the Latin: nisi (is) qui bonus est omnibus, "unless he is good to all." This one of the sayings you can find collected by Publilius Syrus.

Quod puer non didicit, non discet vir. ~ Note: Note the use of the future, discet.

Fuge procul a viro maiore. ~ Note: Note the comparative here: not just a magnus vir, but a maior vir - a man who is greater than you are. This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.4.60.

Vestis virum reddit. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 3.1.60: Vestis virum facit.

Vir unus haud videt omnia. ~ Note: Compare the saying you saw earlier: Unus vir non omnia videt.

Cum sapiens, et bonus vir. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Vir bonus et sapiens quaerit super omnia pacem. ~ Note: The words are from the poem Zodiacus Vitae by the 16th-century poet Palingenius.

Qualis avis, talis cantus; qualis vir, talis oratio. ~ Note: This expands on the previous saying with a delightful animal parallel!

Qualis vir, talis oratio. ~ Note: Compare the qualis...talis sayings you have seen before, such as "Qualis pater, talis filius." This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.6.50.

A sapiente viro sapientiam discere convenit. ~ Note: Compare the saying you saw earlier: Qui bonus est, ab eo bona discito.

Tarde, sed graviter vir sapiens irascitur. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Malum virum semper pati malum decet. ~ Note: The impersonal verb decet takes an accusative complement, malum virum, along with an infinitive, pati: it is fitting that the evil man (malum virum) always suffer evil (semper pati malum).

Cave virum maiorem. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 3.8.38: Cavendum a potentiore.

Magna negotia viris magnis committenda. ~ Note: The gerundive committenda, agreeding with the subject, negotia, expresses a command: Great activities must be entrusted to great men.

Frustra laborat vir qui consilio caret. ~ Note: Compare the motto you saw earlier: Consilio et industria. Planning and hard work go hand in hand.

Virum fortem iniuriae probant. ~ Note: Compare a similar saying about friends which you saw earlier: Amici probantur rebus adversis.

In filiis suis agnoscitur vir. ~ Note: These words are from the Biblical book of Sirach, 11.

Doctrina sua noscitur vir. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B317. Note that since vir must be the subject of the sentence, this lets you know that doctrina sua must be an ablative phrase: by means of learning, through learning, etc.

De sapienti viro facit ira virum cito stultum. ~ Note: Another difference between the wise man and the foolish man is anger: the wise man, if he does get angry, is no better than a fool!

Fuge lites cum viro maiore. ~ Note: Compare the advice you saw earlier about dealing with someone greater than yourself: Cede maiori.

Habitus virum indicat. ~ Note: Compare the English saying, "Clothes make the man."

In discrimine apparet, qui vir. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.8.84.

Prima virum primum mulier deiecit ad imum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 948.

Ioco vir verum fert aliquando. ~ Note: You can also find the saying in this fuller form: Ludo sive ioco vir verum fert aliquando.

Fama necat virum. ~ Note: Compare the English saying, "He that has an ill name, is half hanged."

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 4.1.58: Aurum igni probatum.

Per pravum socium vir venit in vitium. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 886.

Virum improbum vel mus mordeat. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.8.96. Compare also 1.8.97: Vel capra mordeat nocentem.

In unoquoque virorum bonorum habitat deus. ~ Note: The words are from one of Seneca's letters, 41.

Bonum est viro, cum portavit iugum ab adulescentia sua. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B227.

Verecundia inutilis viro egenti. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.7.2.

Vir fugiens, et denuo pugnabit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.10.40.

Non omnium est virorum Corinthum navigatio. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, A56.

Et iustus et sapiens vir est similis deo. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Iniuriam inferre est ferae; ferre est viri. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Vir bonus est, qui prodest quibus potest, nocet autem nemini. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Qui omnibus virtutibus instructi et ornati sunt, tum sapientes, tum viri boni dicuntur. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Gravior et validior est decem virorum bonorum sententia, quam totius multitudinis imperitae. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

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.

Ideo pueri ediscimus sententias, ut viri facti utamur illis. ~ Note: Ideo pueri ediscimus sententias, ut viri facti utamur illis / in magnarum rerum deliberationibus. (Sutor)

Sum, dixit Salomon, stultissimus ipse virorum. ~ Note: Est vere fatuus, qui se reputat sapientem, / sum, dixit Salomon, stultissimus ipse virorum.

Crescit in egregios parva iuventa viros. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 175.