Latin Sentences 24-31

Front 1

Carthāgō dēlenda est

Back 1

Carthage must be destroyed

Front 2

Quidquid dīcendum est, līberē dīcam

Back 2

Whatever must be said, I shall say freely

Front 3

Haec omnia vulnera bellī tibi nunc sānanda sunt

Back 3

All these wounds of the war must now be healed by you

Front 4

Ad ūtilitatem vītae omnia cōnsilia factaque nōbīs regenda sunt

Back 4

All plans and deeds are deserving to be ruled by us for the benefit of life

Front 5

Caesarī omnia ūnō tempore erant agenda

Back 5

All things were fit to be done by Caesar at one time

Front 6

Vīdet tē legēre librum

Back 6

He sees that you are reading a book

Front 7

Credimus eōs venīre

Back 7

We believe that they are coming

Front 8

Nēgāvī, autem, mortem timendem esse

Back 8

I denied that death was fit to be feared

Front 9

Adulēscēns spērat sē diū vīctūrum esse; senex potest dīcere sē diū vīxisse

Back 9

The youth hopes that he will live a long time; the old man is able to say that he has lived a long time

Front 10

Āiunt enim multum legendum esse, nōn multa

Back 10

They say that much must be read, not many things

Front 11

Senectūs est loquācior

Back 11

Old age is more loquacious

Front 12

Eō diē virōs fortissimōs atque amantissimōs reī pūblicae ad mē vocāvī

Back 12

On that day I called the most patriotic and strongest men to me

Front 13

Quī imperia libēns accēpit, partem acerbissimam servitūtis vītat

Back 13

He who has taken commands willingly, avoid the harshest part of slavery

Front 14

Quid est turpius quam ab aliquō illūdī?

Back 14

What is more shameful than to be deceived by soemone?

Front 15

Tua cōnsilia omnia nōbīs clāriōra sunt quam lūx

Back 15

All your plans are clearer to us than light

Front 16

Multī putant rēs bellicās graviōrēs esse quam rēs urbānās; sed haec sententia mūtanda est, nam multa rēs urbanae sunt graviōrēs clāriorēsque quam bellicae

Back 16

Many men think that war-like things are more serious than urban affairs; but this opinion must be changed, for mant urban affairs are clearer and more serious than war-like things.

Front 17

Quaedam remedia graviōra sunt quam ipsa perīcula

Back 17

Some cures are more grave than the dangers themselves

Front 18

Beātus sapiēnsque vir forum vitat et superba līmina potentiōrum cīvium

Back 18

A happy and wise man avoids the forum and the arrogant thresholds of more powerful citizens

Front 19

Quoniam cōnsiliam et ratiō sunt in senibus, maiorēs nostrī summum concilium appellāvērunt "senātum"

Back 19

Since plan and reason exist in old men, our ancestors called the highest council "the senate"

Front 20

Quaedam carmina sunt bona; plūra sunt mala

Back 20

Certain songs are good, more are bad

Front 21

Quī anīmum vincit et īram continet, eum cum summīs virīs nōn comparō sed eum esse simillimum deō dicō

Back 21

Hw who conquers his mind and contains anger, I do not compare him with the greatest men, but I say that he is most similar to a god

Front 22

Optimum est. Nihil melius, nihil pulchrius hōc vīdī

Back 22

It is the best. I have seen nothing better, nothing more beautiful than this

Front 23

Maximum remedium īrae mora est

Back 23

The greatest remedy for anger is delay

Front 24

Ratiō dūcat, non fortūna

Back 24

Let reason lead, not luck

Front 25

Arma togae cēdant

Back 25

Let arms yield to toga

Front 26

Rapiāmus, amīcī, occāsiōnem dē diē

Back 26

Let us, friends, seize the opportunity from the day

Front 27

Quī beneficium dedit, taceat; nārret quī accēpit

Back 27

He who gave benefit let him bee silent; let him report he who has accepted it

Front 28

Dē mortuīs nihil nisi bonum dīcāmus

Back 28

Let us say nothing but good things about the dead

Front 29

Parēns ipse nec habeat vitia nec toleret

Back 29

Let the parent himself neither have nor tolerate vices

Front 30

Fēminae ad lūdōs semper veniunt ut videant - et ut ipsae videantur

Back 30

The women always come to the games so that they may see and so that they themselves may be seen

Front 31

Arma virumque canō quī prīmus ā lītoribus Trōiae ad Italiam vēnit

Back 31

I sing about arms and the man who first came from the coasts of Troy to Italy

Front 32

Ex urbe nunc discēde nē metū et armīs opprimar

Back 32

Leave from the city now, so that I may not be suppressed by fear and arms

Front 33

Nunc ūna rēs mihi prōtinus est facienda ut maximum ōtium et sōlacium habeam

Back 33

Now one thing must be done by me immediately in order that I may have the greatest peace and comfort

Front 34

In hāc rē ratiō habenda est us monitiō acerbitāte careat

Back 34

In this matter, reason must be regarded so that the warning may lack harshness

Front 35

Omnia vincit Amor; et nōs cēdāmus Amōrī

Back 35

Love conquers all; and let us yield to love

Front 36

Urbem clārissimam condidī; mea moenia vīdī; explēvī cursum quem Fāta dederant

Back 36

I have founded a most famous city; I have seen my walls, I have completed the course which the Fates had given

Front 37

Nēmō quidem tam ferōx est ut nōn mollīrī possit, cultūrā datā

Back 37

Certainly no one is so fierce with the result that he is not able to be softened, with culture having been given

Front 38

Ita dūrus erās ut nque amōre neque precibus mollīrī possēs

Back 38

You were so harsh with the result that you were able to be softened by neither love nor prayers

Front 39

Praecepta tua sint brevia ut cito mentēs plūrium discipulōrem ea discant teneantque memoriā fidēlī

Back 39

Let your precepts be short so that the minds of more students may learn them quickly and hold them with faithful memory

Front 40

Ita praeclāra est recuperātiō lībertātis ut nē mors quidem in hāc rē sit fugienda

Back 40

The recovery of freedom is so splendid with the result that not even death should be avoided in this situation

Front 41

Nē ratiōnēs meōrum perīculōrum ūtilitātem rēī pūblicae vincant

Back 41

Let the reasons of my dangers not overcome the advantage of the republic

Front 42

Nihil tam difficile est ut nōn possit studiō invēstīgārī

Back 42

Nothing is so difficult with that result that it is not able to be tracked down by study

Front 43

Tanta est vīs probitātis ut eam etiam in hoste dīligāmus

Back 43

The force of honesty is so great with the result that we love it even in the enemy

Front 44

Quam dulcis sit libertās vōbīs prōtinus dīcam

Back 44

I will immediately tell you how sweet freedom is

Front 45

Nunc sciō quid sit amor

Back 45

Now I know what love is

Front 46

Nunc vidētis quantum scelus contrā rem pūblicam et lēgēs nostrās vōbīs prōnūntiātum sit

Back 46

Now you see how great acrim against the republic and our laws has been announced to you

Front 47

Rogābāt dēnique cūr umquam ex urbe cessissent

Back 47

At last he as asking why they had ever departed from the city

Front 48

Videāmus uter hīc in mediō forō plūs scībere possit

Back 48

Let us see which man is able to write more here in the middle of the forum

Front 49

Multī dubitābant quid optimum esset

Back 49

Many men were doubting what was best

Front 50

Auctōrem Trōiānī bellī relēgī, quī dīcit quid sit pulchram, quid turpe, quid ūtile, quid nōn

Back 50

I reread the author of the Trojan war, who says what is beautiful, what is shameful, what is useful, what is not

Front 51

Doctōs rogābis quā ratiōne bene agere cursum vītae possīs utrum virtūtem doctrīna parent an nātūra ingeniumque dent, quid minuat cūrās, quid tē amīcum tibi faciat

Back 51

You will ask the skilled by what reason you can lead the course of life well, whether teaching prepares virtue or nature and innate talent give it what can soften cares, what can make you a friend to yourself

Front 52

Nil mihi dās vīvus; dīcis post fāta datūrem:

sī nōn es stultus, scīs, Māro, quid cupiam!

Back 52

You give me nothing while living; you say that you are about to give after death;

If you are not foolish, Maro, you know what I desire

Front 53

Incipiam exponēre unde nātūrā omnēs rēs creet alatque

Back 53

Let me begin to explain whence nature creates and nourishes all things

Front 54

Dulce est vidēre quibus malīs ipse careās

Back 54

It i sweet to see which bad things you yourself lack

Front 55

Istī autem rogant tantum quid habeās, nōn cūr et unde

Back 55

However, those men ask only what you have, not why or from what source

Front 56

Ille comprehēnsus, cum prīmō impudenter respondēre coepisset, dēnique tamen nihil nēgāvit

Back 56

Although that man, having been arested, had first begun to respond shamelessly, nevertheless he finally denied nothing

Front 57

Potestne haec lūx esse tini iūcunda, cum sciās hōs omnēs cōnsilia tua cognōvisse?

Back 57

Can this light be pleasant to you, since you know that all these men had known your plans?

Front 58

Cum rēs pūblica immortālīs esse dēbeat, doleō eam salūtis egēre ac in vītā ūnīus mortālis cōnsistere

Back 58

Since the republic ought to be immortal, I grieve that it needs safety and it depends on the life of one mortal man

Front 59

Cum illum hominem esse servum nōvisset, eum comprehendere nōn dubitāvit

Back 59

Since he had learned that man was a slvae, he did not hesistate to arrest him