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If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he
would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.
[Lat., Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet
Plus dapis, et rixae multo minus invidiaeque.]
Topic: Satisfaction
Source: Epistles (I, 17, 50)
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Now, that's enough.
[Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]
Topic: Satisfaction
Source: Epistles (I, 5, 12)
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Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which
is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to
reveal it.
[Lat., Arcanum neque tu scrutaveris ullius unquam, commissumve
teges et vino tortus et ira.]
Topic: Secrecy
Source: Epistles (I, 18, 37)
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Bolt from the blue.
Topic: Sky
Source: Ode (I, 34)
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The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.
[Lat., Oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi.]
Topic: Sorrow
Source: Epistles (I, 18, 89)
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Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.]
Topic: Story Telling
Source: Satires (I, 1, 69)
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the
kite the covered hook.
[Lat., Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque
Suspectos laqueos, et opertum milvius hamum.]
Topic: Suspicion
Source: Epistles (I, 16, 50)
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You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for
hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd.
[Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,
. . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]
Topic: Swine
Source: Epistles (bk. I, IV, 15, 16)
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Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]
Topic: Teaching
Source: Carmina (IV, 4, 33)
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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive
neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
[Lat., Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister
Ire viam qua monstret eques.]
Topic: Teaching
Source: Epistles (bk. I, 2, 64)
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate,
For troubles are in store,
. . . .
Live today, tomorrow is not.
Topic: Tomorrow
Source: Carmina (I, XI)
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They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy
idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and
carriages: the object of our search is present with us.
[Lat., Coelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.
Strenua nos exercet inertia, navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere; quod petis hic est.]
Topic: Traveling
Source: Epistles (I, 11, 27)
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Plant no other tree before the vine.
[Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.]
Topic: Trees
Source: Carmina (I, 18), an imitation of Alcaeus in sense and meter
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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae
Tempora di superi?]
Topic: Uncertainty
Source: Carmina (IV, 7, 17)
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I court not the votes of the fickle mob.
[Lat., Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.]
Topic: Voting
Source: Epistles (I, 19, 37)
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Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
[Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]
Topic: Wealth
Source: Epistles (I, 10, 47)
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For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis enim res,
Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
Divitiis parent.]
Topic: Wealth
Source: Satires (II, 3, 94)
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Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed
no more than seaweed.
[Lat., Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.]
Topic: Wealth
Source: Satires (II, 5, 8)
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