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Ampliat ætatis spatium sibi vir bonus; hoc est / Vivere bis vitâ posse priore fruiThe good man extends the term of his life; it is to live twice, to be able to enjoy ones former life. | 1 |
Casta moribus et integra pudoreOf chaste morals and unblemished modesty. | 2 |
Cineri gloria sera venitGlory comes too late to one in the dust. | 3 |
Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver?To what harpys will shall this carcass fall? | 4 |
Cupias non placuisse nimisDo not aim at too much popularity. | 5 |
Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibusWealth now-a-days goes all to the rich. | 6 |
Difficilis, facilis, jucundus, acerbus es idem; / Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine teCross but easy-minded, pleasant and sour together, I can neither live with thee nor yet without thee. | 7 |
Fortuna multis dat nimium, nulli satisTo many fortune gives too much, to none enough. | 8 |
Fumos vendereTo sell smoke. | 9 |
Hic rogo, non furor est ne moriare mori?I ask, is it not madness to die that you may not die? | 10 |
Hoc est / Vivere bis, vita posse priore fruiTo be able to enjoy ones past life is to live twice. | 11 |
Hominem non odi sed ejus vitiaI do not hate the man, but his vices. | 12 |
Hominem pagina nostra sapitMy pages concern man. | 13 |
If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. | 14 |
Illa dolet vere quæ sine teste doletShe grieves sincerely who grieves when unseen. | 15 |
Illa placet tellus in qua res parva beatum / Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opesThat spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance. | 16 |
Nobis non licet esse tam disertis, / Qui Musas colimus severioresWe who cultivate the graver Muse are not allowed to be diffuse. | 17 |
Nolo barbam vellere mortuo leoniI wont pluck the beard of a dead lion. | 18 |
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; / Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo teI do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee. | 19 |
Non convivere, nec videre saltem, / Non audire licet; nec Urbe tota / Quisquam est tam prope, tam proculque nobisI may not live with him, nor even see him or hear him; in all the city there is no one so near me and so far away. | 20 |
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Non cuicunque datum est habere nasumNot every man is gifted with a nose, i.e., has the power of keen discernment. | 21 |
Non est vivere, sed valere, vitaNot to live, but to be healthy is life. | 22 |
Non scribit, cujus carmina nemo legitThat man does not write whose verses no man reads. | 23 |
Nos hæc novimus esse nihilWe know that these things are nothingmere trifles. | 24 |
Nulli te facias nimis sodalem, / Gaudebis minus et minus dolebisBe on too intimate terms with no one; if your joy be less, so will your grief. | 25 |
O pudor! O pietas!O modesty! O piety! | 26 |
Omne epigramma sit instar apis, aculeus illi, / Sint sua mella, sit et corporis exiguiEvery epigram should be like a bee: have a sting like it, honey, and a small body. | 27 |
Parcere personis, dicere de vitiisTo spare persons, to condemn crimes. | 28 |
Pereunt et imputanturThey (hours) pass, and are placed to our account. | 29 |
Post cineres gloria sera venitGlory comes too late after one is reduced to ashes. | 30 |
Principis est virtus maxima nosse suosIt is the greatest merit of a prince to know those his subjects. | 31 |
Qui fingit sacros auro vel marmore vultus, / Non facit ille deos: qui rogat, ille facitHe does not make gods who fashions sacred images of gold or marble: he makes them such who prays to them. | 32 |
Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis: / Summum nec metuas diem, nec optesBe content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, neither fear nor wish for your last day. | 33 |
Rarity imparts a charm; thus early fruits and winter roses are most prized; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while a door ever open tempts no suitor. | 34 |
Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; / Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potestIt is easy in misfortune to despise life; but he does bravely who can endure misery. | 35 |
Ride si sapisLaugh, if you are wise. | 36 |
Rus in urbeCountry in town. | 37 |
Semper bonus homo tiroA good man is always green. | 38 |
Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, ÆmilianeIf you are poor, Emilian, you will always be poor. | 39 |
Si non errasset, fecerat ille minusIf he had not committed an error, his glory would have been less. | 40 |
Stultus labor est ineptiarumThe labour is foolish that is bestowed on trifles. | 41 |
Summam nec metuas diem, nec optesNeither fear nor wish for your last day. | 42 |
Sunt bona, sunt quædam mediocria, sunt mala plura / Quæ legisOf those which you read, some are good, some middling, and more are bad. Of books. | 43 |
Uxori nubere nolo meæI will not marry a wife to be my master. | 44 |
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death, If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for. | 45 |
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