Výroky
- Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit.
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers. - [ Seneca
] - Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat.
When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears. - [ Dionysius Cato
] - Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas.
It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. - [ Pliny the Younger
] - Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit.
Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. - [ Cicero
] - Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit.
There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. - [ Pliny the Younger
] - Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.
He who feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear of failure, he did nothing.) - [ Horace
] - Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis melior.
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad. - [ Seneca
] - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - [ Cicero
] - Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.
We are slaves of the laws in order that we may be able to be free. - [ Cicero
] - Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let him who has received it tell it. - [ Seneca
] - Quam se ipse amans---sine rivali!
Himself loving himself so much---without a rival! - [ Cicero
] - Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur.
We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. - [ Seneca
] - Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres.
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. - [ Horace
] - In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides.
You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself. - [ Petronius
] - Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit.
Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better. - [ Tibullus
] - Aliquando et insanire iucundum est.
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman. - [ Seneca
] - Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. - [ Publilius Syrus
] - Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium.
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. - [ Seneca
] - Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. - [ Curtius Rufus
] - Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem.
It is not goodness to be better than the worst. - [ Seneca
] - Simia quam similis, turpissima bestia, nobis!
How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey! - [ Cicero
] - Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. - [ Catullus
] - Per varios usus artem experientia fecit.
Through different exercises practice has brought skill. - [ Manilius
] - Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. - [ Publilius Syrus
] - Fallaces sunt rerum species.
The appearances of things are deceptive. - [ Seneca
] - Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit.
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art. - [ Seneca
] - Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit.
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. - [ Horace
] - Ut sementem feceris ita metes.
As you sow so will you reap. - [ Cicero
] - Quid rides?...De te fabula narratur.
What are you laughing at? The joke's on you. - [ Horace
] - Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi.
Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. - [ Varro
] - Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. - [ Petrarch
] - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est.
Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - [ Cicero
] - Rident stolidi verba Latina.
Fools laugh at the Latin language. - [ Ovid
] - Gladiator in arena consilium capit.
The gladiator is making his plan in the arena(i.e., too late). - [ Seneca
] - Culpam poena premit comes.
Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. - [ Horace
] - Trahimur omnes laudis studio.
We are all led by our eagerness for praise. - [ Cicero
] - Etiam capillus unus habet umbram.
Even one hair has a shadow. - [ Publilius Syrus
] - Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. - [ Seneca
] - Amor tussisque non celantur.
Love, and a cough, are not concealed. - [ Ovid
] - A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog. - [ Ovid
]
