WednesdayAug 12, 2026
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Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.
The troubled Roman people long for two things: bread and circuses.
The itch to write.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Death alone discloses how insignificant Are the puny bodies of men.
No other protection is wanting, providing you are under the guidance of prudence.
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
Money lost is bewailed with unfeigned tears.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them; for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.
The verdict acquits the raven, but condemns the dove.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
For whoever contemplates a crime is guilty of the deed.
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home.
Deem it the summit of impiety to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to sacrifice lifes only end.
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.
Bread and circuses. Panem et circenses
Honesty is praised and left in the cold. Probitas laudatur et alget
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Nobility is the one only virtue. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus
An incurable passion to write. Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno
The greatest respect is owed to a child. Maxima debetur puero reverentia.
A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sana in corpore sano
An inveterate and incurable itch for writing besets many, and grows old in their sick hearts.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. Nemo repente fuit turpissimus
But who will guard the guardians themselves? Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
No bad man is lucky. Nemo malus felix
I will it. I insist on it! Let my will stand instead of reason.
Two things only the people anxiously desire--bread and circuses.
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