ThursdayAug 07, 2025
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Two things only the people anxiously desire--bread and circuses.
I will it. I insist on it! Let my will stand instead of reason.
No bad man is lucky. Nemo malus felix
But who will guard the guardians themselves? Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. Nemo repente fuit turpissimus
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
An inveterate and incurable itch for writing besets many, and grows old in their sick hearts.
A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sana in corpore sano
The greatest respect is owed to a child. Maxima debetur puero reverentia.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
An incurable passion to write. Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi
Nobility is the one only virtue. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Honesty is praised and left in the cold. Probitas laudatur et alget
Bread and circuses. Panem et circenses
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.
Deem it the summit of impiety to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to sacrifice lifes only end.
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home.
For whoever contemplates a crime is guilty of the deed.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
The verdict acquits the raven, but condemns the dove.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them; for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Money lost is bewailed with unfeigned tears.
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
No other protection is wanting, providing you are under the guidance of prudence.
Death alone discloses how insignificant Are the puny bodies of men.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
The itch to write.
The troubled Roman people long for two things: bread and circuses.
Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
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