Maxioms by Cicero (marcus Tullius Cicero)
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec read more
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis
elui potest.]
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection read more
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past
labors is pleasant."
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male
Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc
versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than read more
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than when alone.
[Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus
solum quam cum solus esset.]
Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into
excessive slavery.
[Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in read more
Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into
excessive slavery.
[Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem
cadit.]
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life read more
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into
immorality.
[Lat., Ludendi etiam est quidam modus retinendus, ut ne nimis
omnia profundamus, elatique voluptate in aliquam turpitudinem
delabamur.]