Latin Phrases
Alea iacta est - The die is cast (Julius Caesar)
Amore et melle et felle es fecundissimus - Love is rich with honey and venom
Aquila non capit muscas - The eagle does not catch flies
Ars longa, vita brevis - Art is long, life is short
Destitus ventis, remos adhibe - If the wind fails you, use the oars
Faber est suae quisque fortunae - Every man is the artisan of his own fortune
Finis coronat opus - The end crowns the work
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell (Virgil - Aeneid)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps even these things will be good to remember one day (Virgil - Aeneid)
Huc venite pueri ut viri sitis - Come hither, boys, and become men
In absentia lucis, Tenebrae vincunt - In the absence of light, darkness prevails
Lupus non timet canem latrantem - A wolf is not afraid of a barking dog
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - Bad is the plan that cannot change (Syrus)
Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit - Of mortal men, none is wise at all times
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixture dementia fuit - There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness
Omnes una manet nox - One night is awaiting us all (The night of our deaths - Horace)
Qui totum vult totum perdit - He who wants everything loses everything
Solve et coagula - Separate and bring together
Ut ameris, amabilis esto - If you want to be loved, be lovable (Ovid)
Vivamus, moriendum est - Let us live, since we must die (Seneca)
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
It's my belief that history is a wheel. "Inconsistency is my very essence" -says the wheel- "Rise up on my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you are cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away".
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