A | B |
amîcus vêrus râra avis | A true friend is a rare bird. |
cûria pauperibus clausa est | The Senate House is closed to the poor. |
dêlenda est Carthâgô | Carthage must be destroyed. |
malîs avibus | With bad birds, i.e. under unfavorable omens |
nil sine magnô labôre | Nothing without great work. [motto of Brooklyn College] |
nôn est ars quae ad effectum câsû venit | It is not art which creates its effect by accident. |
ôtium sine litterîs mors est | Leisure without letters is death. |
post cinerês est vêrus honor, est glôria vêra | After death there is true honor, true glory. |
possunt quia posse videntur | They are able because they seem to be able, i.e. They can because they think they can. |
pânis, radix, vînum cêna pauperum | Bread, a turnip and wine is the dinner of the poor. |
solitûdinem faciunt, pâcem appellant | They make a wasteland, they call it peace. |
quôs amor vêrus tenuit, tenêbit | True love will hold those whom it has held. |
quaedam remedia graviôra sunt quam ipsa perîcula | Certain cures are more serious/dangerous than the dangers. |
crûdêlis est in rê adversâ obiurgâtiô | Reproof/blaming is cruel in misfortune. |