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26 Cards in this Set
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Potens quoque est vis artium, quae nos semper alunt.
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Also strong is the power of the arts which always nourish us.
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Miseros homines, autem, secum iungere coeperant.
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However, they had begun to join (themselves) with the wretched men.
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Nam illa aetate pars populi in Italia iura civium numquam tenuit.
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For in that time, a share of the people in Italy never held the rights of the citizens.
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Incipimus veritatem intellegere, quae mentes nostras semper regere debet et sine qua valere non possumus.
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We are beginning to understand truth, which should always direct our minds and without which, we are unwell.
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Quam difficile est bona aut dulcia ex bello trahere!
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How difficult it is to derive good or pleasant things from war.
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Centum ex viris mortem diu timebant et nihil clementiae exspectabant.
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A hundred of the men feared death for a long time and expected no mercy.
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Puer matrem timebat, quae eum saepe neglegebat.
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The boy feared his mother who often neglected him.
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Inter omnia pericula illa femina se cum sapientia gessit.
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Among all the dangers, that woman composed herself with wisdom.
[gero, gerere, gessi, gestus: bear, carry, wear; carry on; manage, govern; (se gerere = to conduct oneself); |
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Itaque celer rumor acris mortis per ingentes urbes cucurrit.
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And so, the swift rumor of harsh death ran through the giant cities.
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Quonian memoria factorum nostorum dulcis est, beati nunc sumus et senectutem facilem agemus.
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Since the memory of our actions is pleasant, we are now happy and will live old age happy.
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Multi auditores saturas acres timebant quas poeta recitabat.
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Many audience members feared the harsh satires which the poet was reciting.
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Potentes viros quorum urbem vi regebant timebant.
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They feared the powerful men whose city they were ruling by force.
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Illas tres feminas iucundas quibus amicitiam nostram dederamus iuvare coepimus.
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We began to help those three pleasant women to whom we had given our friendship.
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Illum librum quocum nostram libertatem delere incipit timemus.
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We fear that book with which he is beginning to destroy our liberty.
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Salve, bone amice, cui filium meum heri commisi. (Terence)
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Hello, good friend, to whom I entrusted my son yesterday.
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Dionysius, de quo ante dixi, a Graecia ad Siciliam per tempestatem navigabat. (Cicero)
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Dionysius, of whom I previously spoke, sailed through a storm from Greece to Sicily.
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Multi cives aut ea pericula quae imminent non vident aut ea quae vident neglegunt. (Cicero)
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Many citizens either do not see the dangers that impend or disregard those that they see.
[imminere, to impend, threaten] |
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Bis dat qui cito dat. (Publilius Syrus)
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He who gives quickly gives twice.
[bis - adv., twice] |
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Qui coepit, dimidium facti habet. Incipe! (Horace)
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He who has begun has half of the deed. Begin!
[dimidium, -ii, half] <coep.it V 3 1 PRES ACTIVE IND 3 S coep.it V 3 1 PERF ACTIVE IND 3 S coepio, coepere, coepi, coeptus V [XXXAO] begin, commence, initiate; set foot on; (usu. PERF PASS w/PASS INF; PRES early) > |
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Levis est fortuna: id cito reposcit quod dedit. (Publilius Syrus)
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Fortune is fickle: it quickly demands back what it has given.
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Fortuna eum stultum facit quem nimium amat. (Publilius Syrus)
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Fortune makes him a fool whom she loves too much.
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Non solum fortuna ipsa est caeca sed etiam eos caecos facit quos semper adiuvat. (Cicero)
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Not only is fortune blind, but it also makes those who it always helps blind.
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Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria. (Publilius Syrus)
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He who conquers himself in victory conquers twice.
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Simulatio delet veritatem, sine que nomen amicitiae valere non potest. (Cicero)
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Pretense destroys truth; without which, the name of “friendship” cannot have power.
[simulatio, -onis, pretense, incincerity] |
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Virtutem enim illius viri amavi, quae cum corpore non periit. (Cicero)
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I truly loved that man’s virtue, which did not perish with his body.
[pereo, -ire, -ii, -itum, to perish] |
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Turbam vita. Cum his vive qui te meliorem facere possunt; illos admitte quos tu potes facere meliores. (Seneca)
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Avoid the crowd. Live with these men who can make you better; let in those whom you can make better.
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