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30 Cards in this Set
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qui ipse si sapiens prodesse non quit, nequiquam sapit
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ENNIUS
(a wise man whose wisdom serves him is wise in vain) |
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serit arbores quae saeclo prosint alteri
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CAECILIUS STATIUS
(he plants trees to be useful to another generation) |
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silent leges inter arma
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CICERO
(in time of war the laws are silent) |
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fortunam citius reperias quam retineas
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PUBLILIUS SYRUS
(it is easier to meet with good fortune than to hold onto it) |
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solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
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TACITUS
(they make a solitude and call it peace) |
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animula, vagula, blandula...
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HADRIAN
(soul of mine, fleeting and wandering, guest and companion of my body) |
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magnos homines virtute metimur, non fortuna
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NEPOS
(we measure great men by their virtue, not their fortune) |
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nunc est bibendum
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HORACE
(now it's time to drink) |
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facilis descensus Averno
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VERGIL
(the descent to hell is easy) |
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ne cede malis
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VERGIL
(do not yield to misfortunes) |
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ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi
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CLAUDIAN
(virtue is its own reward) |
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omnia Romae cum pretio
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JUVENAL
(all things at Rome have their prices) |
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nullius boni sine socio iuncunda possessio est
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SENECA
(nothing is beautiful to have, if friends do not have themselves with whom to share it) |
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dictum sapienti satis est
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TERENCE
(a word to wise is enough) |
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quae cum ita sint
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CICERO
(and since this is so) |
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quae cum ita sint
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CICERO
(and since this is so) |
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homines dum docent, discunt
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SENECA
(men learn while they teach |
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nobilitas sola est atque unique virtus
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JUVENAL
(the one and only nobility is virtue) |
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Manus manum lavat
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PETRONIUS
(the hand washes the hand) |
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Vae victis!
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LIVY/BRENNUS
(Woe to the conquered!) |
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Nihil dictum quod non dictum prius
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TERENCE
(nothing is said which was not said before) |
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Occasio aegre offertur, facile ammittur
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PUBLILIUS SYRUS
(Opportunity is offered with difficulty, but lost with ease) |
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Nemo sine vitio est
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SENECA THE ELDER
(no one is without fault |
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amicus certus in re incerta cernitur
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ENNIUS
(a sure friend is descerned in an unsure situation) |
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necessitudo etiam timidos fortes facit
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SALLUST
(necessity makes even the timid brave) |
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Nihil recte sine exemplo docetur et discitur
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COLUMELLA
(nothing is taught or learned correctly without and example) |
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Longuis aut propius mors sua quem que manet
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PROPERTIUS
(Sooner or later death waits for each one) |
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Suum cuique placet
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PLINY THE ELDER
(one's own possessions please one) |
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crudelitatis mater est avaritia
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QUINTILIAN
(greed is the mother of cruelty) |
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Qui timet Deum, omnia timent eum; qui vero non timet Deum, timet omnia
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PETRUS ALPHONSUS
(everything fears him who fears God; he who does not fear God fears everything) |
