Tobias Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 G'day everyone I was just looking at a website of latin quotes. Some of them are quite amusing, so i thought "maybe some of the members have their own amusing or interesting latin sayings, so i decided to start this topic and find out some quotable quotes from people. Please provide a translation, i'm not a master at latin (yet!) I like mine by Horace, so that's a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Veni, Vidi, Vici has always stood out to me. Simple yet powerful. Clearly illustrates the propoganda machine that was Caesar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I have just thought that i should widen this thread; Any quotes at all i would love to hear, not just Latin ones:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 My favorite one is the one I use for one of my signatures by Martial. As all his quotes it comes off as cynical and often rude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Dum spiro, spero (Ovid) Sol omnibus lucet (Petronius) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Delenda Est Cartago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 That's all good folks. How about including some translations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I don't know the latin, and they're slightly paraphrased, but here are my top 3 - 3) "The die is cast" - Julius Caesar I like the double meaning. Not only does it signify the gamble he is taking by confronting Pompey, but it also eludes to the fact that there is no going back, and he cannot know the outcome until the die lands. 2) "At last, now I can begin to live like a human being" - Nero, upon the completion of the Golden house Ah the arrogance! No matter what you think of Nero, he had style. 1) "That it is within my power to rule over you for life is evident, but I am mild by nature, and have no wish to dominate" Augustus A tactical masterstroke. They made him Princeps after that statement - he knew Rome was not ready for another civil war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 That's all good folks. How about including some translations! O' keey! Dum spiro, spero --- While there's life there's hope. Sol omnibus lucet ---- The sun shines for all. or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Bibat ille, bibat illa, bibat servus et ancilla, bibat hera, bibut herus: ad bibendum nemo serus. (Let him drink and her drink and the serf have one, the maid too, and the mistress and master - no one is too late for a jugfull) Dum nos fata sinunt oculos satiemus amore. (As long as the fates allow, let us fill out eyes with love). Disputet philosophus vacuo cratere, sciat, quia minus est scire quam habere; (If the philosopher conducts his discourse with an empty cup, he will come to understand that knowing is less than owning) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Ursus Im not trying to be critical but your first quote listed way above translated as Carthage must, or is to be, destroyed claimed to have been said by Cato the Elder is not a Roman Quote but a Rennassaince one from a German scholar that has been mistaken for one for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Hey, it's all good. I's not favorite Roman quotes, but favorite Latin quotes. As long as it's in Latin, it's fair game. At least that's how I interpret it. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted September 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Yes, that was how i meant it. I don't care what time it was said, or by whom, i'm just interested in people's favourite quotes. You might say i'm doing a little bit of a philosophy study Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentium Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Numquam minus solus quam cum solus This is my favourite quote, together with the one I have in my signature. I can translate it from Latin to Italian but it's quite difficult for me to translate this sentence into English.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Nunquam minus solus quam cum solus This is my favourite quote, together with the one I have in my signature. I can translate it from Latin to Italian but it's quite difficult for me to translate this sentence into English.. PM could probably help with this...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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