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Just a couple of Latin quotes..

Sero in periculis est consilium quaerere.
It's too late to ask advice when the danger comes.
Syrus, Maxims

Non tu scis, quom et alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis, maximum periclum inde esse ab summo ne rursum cadas.
When you have just climbed out of a deep well and are perched on top, you are in the greatest danger of falling in again.
Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 1150-1151

Neque cuiquam mortalium iniuriae suae parvae videntur.
Nobody underestimates his own troubles.
Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, Caesar's Speech

Stultum est queri de adversis, ubi culpa est tua.
It's stupid to complain about misfortune that is your own fault.
Syrus, Maxims

Stultum facit fortuna quem vult perdere.
If fortune wants to do you in, she makes you stupid.
Syrus, Maxims

Vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri.
Everyone lives, but not everyone deserves to.
Prudentius, Contra Orationem Symmachi, II, 807

Stultus est qui stratum, non equum inspicit; stultissimus qui hominem aut veste aut condicione aestimat.
The man who inspects the saddle blanket instead of the horse is stupid; most stupid is the man who judges another man by his clothes or his circumstances.
Seneca the Younger, Epistular Morales, XVII, 23-25

Cui plus licet quam par est plus vult quam licet.
A fellow who gets more than he deserves wants more than he gets.
Syrus

Non pote non sapere qui se stultum intellegit.
A man must have some wit to know he is a fool.
Syrus, Maxims

Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum.
The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
Seneca the Younger, Proverbs, 74


Late ignis lucere, ut nihil urat, non potest.
A fire can't throw a great light without buring something.
Syrus, Maxims

Fidem nemo umquam perdit nisi qui non habet.
No man loses honour who had any in the first place.
Syrus, Maxims

Sermo datur cunctis; animi sapientia paucis.
Speech is given to many; intelligence to few.
Syrus, Maxims

Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.
Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
Horace, Ars Poetica, 333

Sensus, non aetas, invenit sapientem.
Good sense, not age, brings wisdom.
Syrus, Maxims

Facile remedium est ubertati; sterilia nullo labore vincuntur.
Exuberance is easily corrected; dullness is incurable.
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, II, 4, 6

Res quanto est maior tanto est insidiosior.
The bigger the undertaking, the trickier it is.
Syrus, Maxims

Probitas laudatur et alget.
Honesty is praised while it starves.
Juvenal, Satirae, I, 74

Nusquam est qui ubique est.
He who is everywhere is nowhere.
Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales, II, 2

Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.
A traveller with an empty pocket can whistle in a robber's face.
Juvenal, Satirae, X, 22

Paratae lacrimae insidias, non fletum, indicant.
Easy tears show treachery, not grief.
Syrus, Maxims




Tempus erit, quo vos speculum vidisse pigebit, et veniet rugis altera causa dolor.
The time will come when looking in the mirror grieves you, and that grief will be another cause of wrinkles.
Ovid, De Medica,ine Faciei Liber, 47-48

Adspicere oportet quicquid possis perdere.
You ought to watch whatever you can lose.
Syrus, Maxims

Quod tacitum velis esse, nemini dixeris. Si tibi ipsi non imperasti, quomodo ab aliis silentium speras.
What you want to keep secret, tell no one. If you could not control your urge to tell, how can you expect silence from anyone else.
Seneca, Proverbs, 16

Virtuti melis fortunae creditur.
It's better to trust in courage than luck.
Syrus, Maxims

Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus. Quod vespillo facit, fecerat et medicus.
Diaulus used to be a doctor, now he's an undertaker. His clients end up in the same state.
Plautus, Captivi, Prologus, 22

Quid, cede, te obsecro tam abhorret hilaritudo?
For Heaven's sake, why are you and cheerfulness complete strangers?
Plautus, Cistellaria, 54

De inimco non loquaris sed cogites.
Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it.
Syrus, Maxims

Quod sum eris.
I am what you will be.
Epitaph on Roman tombstone
 

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alia iacta est - the die is cast - julius caesar
deus vult - god wills it
 

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"nunc est bibendum" - now is (the time) to drink - Mr. Mason :D
 

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I don't think people would say that, they'd just drink :D
 

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rukawa maximus optimus celerissimus callidissimus doctissimus est
 

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... atque pulcerrissimus et honestissimus et sanctissimus est
 

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but rukawasan is a wonderful person, therefore only superlatives can do him justice. :p

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori- horace- it is sweet and proper to die for one's country
 

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heed the words of mic... for they are the words of the true prophet... n in the days to come... ye shalt witness the veracity that which she has foretold...
 

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rukawa maximus optimus celerissimus callidissimus doctissimus est

rukawa is "large, great, important" "one of the best" " "quickest" "clever, skillful" "learned, tutored"

basically a ranting about how hes the best *cough*
 

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Originally posted by Lexicographer
That is a terribly sad poem, if ever you read it.
Yeah, I love Wilfred Owen's poems, especially dulce et decorum est, and it almost made me cry when I read he died in battle two weeks before Armistice.


Originally posted by rukawasan
heed the words of mic... for they are the words of the true prophet... n in the days to come... ye shalt witness the veracity that which she has foretold...
lol for the wording, but unfortunately people are gonna learn the hard way there is no glory and they're all pawns in a quest for power and domination.
 

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interesting thought: if we quote the romans, who did the romans quote?
 

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no, we are in frigid Lycia, the wintry home of Phoebus Apollo... :rolleyes:
 

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Originally posted by tonberry_kun
rukawa maximus optimus celerissimus callidissimus doctissimus est

rukawa is "large, great, important" "one of the best" " "quickest" "clever, skillful" "learned, tutored"

basically a ranting about how hes the best *cough*
cough... ahem... doth ye dispute mine declaration?... i shalt gladly challenge any who dares to undertake such impudence in a fair duel, with naught but our gleaming armour and lances... i challenge thee... scoundrel
 
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