Quotes about latin
latin tribes yoke
The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke. Horace
latin again-and-again pleasant
The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant. Horace
latin mad insane
The mad is either insane or he is composing verses. Horace
latin matter serious
Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters. Horace
latin mind calm
Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments. Horace
latin judging disputes
The dispute is still before the judge. Horace
latin eggs apples
From the egg to the apple. Horace
latin men forget
The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget. Horace
latin poet limbs
Limbs of a dismembered poet. Horace
latin doubt
I am doubting what to do. Horace
latin play fool
It is delightful to play the fool. Horace
latin wicked temptress
One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness. Horace
latin thinking greek
Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the public or half-educated ape of a clargimint could think he understood. Ezra Pound
latin wind reason
I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes. Chris Kirkpatrick
latin lines dies
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line. Pliny the Elder
latin littles rodents
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee. Pliny the Elder
latin evil latin-proverb
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good. Pliny the Elder
latin
Barba non facit philosophum Plutarch
latin heart america
In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart. Pope Benedict XVI
latin integrity mean
We are a scientific civilization. That means a civilization in which knowledge and its integrity are crucial. Science is only a Latin word for knowledge ... Knowledge is our destiny. Jacob Bronowski
latin reading school
Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life. George Andrew Olah
latin father writing
To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old Saturnian verse. He made popular the doctrines of Euhemerus, and he was in general a champion of free thought and rationalism. Quintus Ennius
latin father greek
Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre. Quintus Ennius
latin two-sides roots
There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music. Prince Royce
latin magic-realism long
Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around. Terri Windling
latin greek doubt
There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear. Michel de Montaigne
latin hands favors
The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.
latin greek mets
I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation. Joseph Addison
latin ambition america
Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard. Jose Saramago
latin trying doe
Language changes. If it does not change, like Latin it dies. But we need to be aware that as our language changes, so does our theology change, particularly if we are trying to manipulate language for a specific purpose. That is what is happening with our attempts at inclusive language, which thus far have been inconclusive and unsuccessful. Madeleine L'Engle
latin vocabulary exception
With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin. Lytton Strachey
latin simplicity unity
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint. Lytton Strachey
latin mean people
The word religion literally means, in Latin, to link or bind together; and despite the vast variation in the world's religions, Wilson shows that religions always serve to coordinate and orient people's behavior toward each other and toward the group as a whole, sometimes for the purpose of competing with other groups. Jonathan Haidt