| 01/01/year |
Verbum laudatur, si factum tale sequatur. The
word is praised, if a like deed should follow it.
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| 01/02/year |
Ex gutta mellis generantur flumina fellis.
From a drop of honey arise great floods of bile.
|
| 01/03/year |
Qui pingit florem, non pingit floris odorem.
He who paints a flower does not paint the flower's scent.
|
| 01/04/year |
Ut pax servetur, legis moderamen habetur. In
order to keep the peace, we keep hold of the rudder of the law.
|
| 01/05/year |
Cattus de caseo tarde depellitur eso. It is
too late to drive the cat away from the cheese once it's already been
eaten.
|
| 01/06/year |
Stat scelus occultum, sed non remanebit inultum.
A crime can be hidden, but it will not remain unavenged.
|
| 01/07/year |
Vivat in aeternum, qui dat mihi dulce Falernum!
Let the man live forever who gives me sweet Falernian wine.
|
| 01/08/year |
Nascimur in maerore, vivimus in labore, morimus in
dolore. We are born crying, we live laboring, we die grieving.
|
| 01/09/year |
Non domus est pacis, ubi regnat lingua loquacis.
The house where the tongue of a talkative person rules is not a house
of peace.
|
| 01/10/year |
Audit carnificem nolens audire parentem. He
who does not wish to listen to his parent, listens to the hangman.
|
| 01/11/year |
Nocte laboratum non est opus undique gratum.
When a work is done by night, it is not pleasing in any way.
|
| 01/12/year |
Est sanum plane de lecto surgere mane. It's
clearly good for your health to get out of bed early in the morning.
|
| 01/13/year |
Nescit regnare, qui nescit dissimulare. He
who does not know how to conceal does not know how to be king.
|
| 01/14/year |
Est iam potata, sed erat cerevisia grata. The
beer has now been drunk, but it was very nice indeed.
|
| 01/15/year |
Non omnis pugnat, minitans qui fortia clamat.
Not every man who makes bold threats is going to fight.
|
| 01/16/year |
Omne bonum quod habes, contaminat unica labes.
A single blot can ruin every good thing you have.
|
| 01/17/year |
Hunc fidum dico, bene qui succurrit amico. If
a man rightly comes to the aid of a friend, I deem that man faithful.
|
| 01/18/year |
Est verum verbum: frangit Deus omne superbum.
Here is a true saying: God shatters everything that is proud.
|
| 01/19/year |
Nullus praeteritas revocabit temporis horas.
No one will be able to bring back hours of time that have passed by.
|
| 01/20/year |
O mihi praeteritos referat si Iuppiter annos!
Oh, if only Jupiter could bring back to me the years that have gone by.
|
| 01/21/year |
Fumus sumus, fimus fimus. We are smoke; we
become dung.
|
| 01/22/year |
Impositis galeis tractantur foedera pacis.
After putting on helmets, it's time to discuss peace treaties.
|
| 01/23/year |
Laeta seges parvis ubertim crescit in arvis.
Happy is the crop that grows abundantly in little fields.
|
| 01/24/year |
Dilige virtutem, si vis retinere salutem.
Cherish virtue, if you want to keep your health.
|
| 01/25/year |
Qui nunquam dubitat, se studuisse negat.
Someone who never has doubts confesses he has never studied.
|
| 01/26/year |
Qui bona consuescit, semper cum laude senescit.
He who has good habits always wins praise as he grows old.
|
| 01/27/year |
Est longum bellum, non non, est estque duellum.
The duel between no! no! and yes! yes! is a long war.
|
| 01/28/year |
Sunt tibi vitandi sermones undique blandi.
You should always avoid flattering words.
|
| 01/29/year |
Vespere flet crebro, qui risit mane sereno.
He who was laughing when the day dawned fair weeps copious tears in the
evening.
|
| 01/30/year |
Nobiliter vivens et agens, haec nobilis est gens.
People who live nobly and act nobly are the true nobles.
|
| 01/31/year |
Pax, pax! clamatur; sed pax per bella paratur.
Peace! Peace! people shout, but peace is obtained through wars.
|
| 02/01/year |
Dulcior est fructus, post multa pericula ductus.
The fruit is sweeter when it has been obtained by many perils.
|
| 02/02/year |
Non valet inceptus, fuerit nisi finis adeptus.
The beginning means nothing, unless the end is reached.
|
| 02/03/year |
Gratia quando datur, studeas ut restituatur.
When a favor is given to you, make sure you pay it back.
|
| 02/04/year |
Det pira, det poma, qui non habet aurea dona.
Let him give pears, let him give apples, if he does not have gifts of
gold.
|
| 02/05/year |
Omnia Mors tollit, quam nulla potentia mollit.
Death, which no power can mollify, takes away everything.
|
| 02/06/year |
Fama repleta malis velocibus evolat alis.
Rumors that are rife with evil fly forth on swift wings.
|
| 02/07/year |
Sorice iam plena censetur amara farina. When
the dormouse has eaten its fill, it thinks the flour tastes bitter.
|
| 02/08/year |
Tu praesens cura; Domino committe futura.
Take care of the present; entrust the future to God.
|
| 02/09/year |
Tempora transibunt et gaudia vana peribunt.
This age will pass away, and empty pleasures will perish.
|
| 02/10/year |
O adolescentes, ad caelum mittite mentes! O
youths, direct your thoughts to heaven!
|
| 02/11/year |
Disce bonos mores, sic te comitantur honores.
Learn good habits; in this way public esteem can be yours.
|
| 02/12/year |
Arbor quaeque bona producit dulcia poma.
Every good tree brings forth sweet fruits.
|
| 02/13/year |
Ut strasti lectum, super hunc sic vade cubatum.
As you have made your bed, so go lie upon it.
|
| 02/14/year |
Non mens in caelis, si mores in caenis. If
your habits are in the filth, your thoughts are not in heaven.
|
| 02/15/year |
Dulcia praefatur, qui fallere praemeditatur.
The person who speaks sweetly is planning to deceive you.
|
| 02/16/year |
Mane sub aurora res vertitur ad meliora. In
the morning at dawn, things take a turn for the better.
|
| 02/17/year |
Tempore felici multi numerantur amici. When
times are good, your friends are many in number.
|
| 02/18/year |
Numquam caelesti Domino placuere scelesti.
Our Heavenly Lord has never liked evil-doers.
|
| 02/19/year |
Mus rapitur subito, qui solo vivit in antro.
A mouse is quickly caught if he lives in a single mousehole.
|
| 02/20/year |
Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis.
The gift of speech is given to all; wisdom of mind is given to few.
|
| 02/21/year |
Qualis rex, talis grex. As the king, so the
crowd.
|
| 02/22/year |
Multa facit dira, si non compescitur ira.
Anger can do many terrible things, if it is not held in check.
|
| 02/23/year |
Quando placet Christo, de mundo tollimur isto.
When it pleases Christ, we are taken away from this world.
|
| 02/24/year |
Mutantur mores tum cum cumulantur honores.
Characters change when public acclaim accumulates.
|
| 02/25/year |
In mutando locum non mutant poma saporem.
Fruits do not change their taste when they change location.
|
| 02/26/year |
Quid non speramus, si nummos possideamus? If
we had the money, what could we not hope for?
|
| 02/27/year |
Pax adsit vivis, requies aeterna sepultis.
Peace be unto the living, and eternal rest unto the buried.
|
| 02/28/year |
Furtivus potus plenus dulcedine totus. The
stolen drink is altogether full of sweetness.
|
| 02/29/year |
Nocte dieque cave tempus consumere prave.
Beware both night and day, so you don't waste your time.
|
| 03/01/year |
Falsus in ore caret honore. He who speaks
falsely wins no public esteem.
|
| 03/02/year |
Quaeritat in cinere scintillas, qui caret igne.
Someone is without a fire seeks for sparks in the ashes.
|
| 03/03/year |
Vae sibi, quando canes veniunt os rodere plures.
Alas for the dogs when many of them come to chew on one bone.
|
| 03/04/year |
Parvus pendetur fur, magnus abire videtur.
The petty thief is hanged, while the big thief gets off scot-free.
|
| 03/05/year |
Sorte fluunt celeri parta labore gravi. In
the swiftness of fate, things gained by painful struggles dissipate.
|
| 03/06/year |
Mus salit in stratum dum scit abesse catum.
The mouse leaps up on the bed when it knows the cat is away.
|
| 03/07/year |
Iras sustollis, si sit responsio mollis. You
can take away anger if your response is gentle.
|
| 03/08/year |
Stultus nil celat; quod habet sub corde, revelat.
The fool hides nothing: he reveals what he has in his heart.
|
| 03/09/year |
Vita evanescet, corpus mortale putrescet.
Life fades away; the mortal body decays.
|
| 03/10/year |
Patri caelesti nunquam placuere scelesti. The
heavenly father has never liked evil-doers.
|
| 03/11/year |
Nec nimium taceas, nec verba superflua fundas.
Do not be overly silent, but don't pour forth unnecessary words either.
|
| 03/12/year |
Non est antiquus per te damnandus amicus. An
old friend is not someone you should condemn.
|
| 03/13/year |
Si lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum.
If a wolf eats a lamb, it's no great surprise.
|
| 03/14/year |
Ut mala vitentur, aliquando vera tacentur. In
order to avoid trouble, sometimes it's better to keep silent about the
truth.
|
| 03/15/year |
Dedecus est fragiles devincere; gloria, fortes.
It is shameful to defeat the weak; it is glory to defeat the strong.
|
| 03/16/year |
Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum.
Anger interferes with your mind so that it cannot discern the truth.
|
| 03/17/year |
In tali tales capiuntur flumine pisces. Big
fish are caught in big rivers, little fish in little ones.
|
| 03/18/year |
Ut sis nocte levis, sit tibi cena brevis. In
order to rest comfortably at night, let your dinner be light.
|
| 03/19/year |
Ex pravo pullus bonus ovo non venit ullus. No
good chick ever comes from a bad egg.
|
| 03/20/year |
Qui sibi nil conscit, secura mente quiescit.
He who feels no guilt can rest with a quiet mind.
|
| 03/21/year |
Cerne, quid es, quid eris; humilis sic efficieris.
Discern what you are, what you will be; in this way you will become
humble.
|
| 03/22/year |
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro.
He who wants to learn without a book is like someone drawing water with
a sieve.
|
| 03/23/year |
Dignus erit magno, qui parva capit iubilando.
The man who accepts small things with a joyful heart will be worthy of
a great thing.
|
| 03/24/year |
Bacchus et argentum mutant mores sapientum.
Bacchus and silver coins change the habits even of wise men.
|
| 03/25/year |
Sis animo magnus, sis moribus agnus. Be a
great man in spirit; be a lamb in your behavior.
|
| 03/26/year |
Est avi cuique nidus formosus ubique. To each
bird, its own nest is always beautiful.
|
| 03/27/year |
Ex verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellos. We
grasp donkeys by the ear, and fools by their words.
|
| 03/28/year |
Dulcius est aere pretiosum nomen habere. To
have a name full of value is more dear than any coin.
|
| 03/29/year |
Ex magna cena stomacho fit maxima poena. From
a great dinner comes a greater punishment for the stomach.
|
| 03/30/year |
Absint offensae, cum fit celebratio mensae.
Let animosity be absent when people sit down for dinner.
|
| 03/31/year |
Est rota fortunae variabilis, ut rota lunae.
The wheel of fortune is changeable, like the wheel of the moon.
|
| 04/01/year |
Quod male lucratur, male perditur et nihilatur.
What is badly earned is badly lost and comes to nothing.
|
| 04/02/year |
Totum laudatur, si finis laude beatur. The
whole thing is praiseworthy if the ending earns praise.
|
| 04/03/year |
Utraque mundatur cum palma palma lavatur.
When one hand washes another both become clean.
|
| 04/04/year |
Ex frixis pullus ovis nunquam venit ullus. No
chicken ever comes from fried eggs.
|
| 04/05/year |
Simia quicquid agit, simia semper erit.
Whatever a monkey does, a monkey she'll always be.
|
| 04/06/year |
Est pax villana melior quam pugna Romana. A
rustic peace is better than a Roman war.
|
| 04/07/year |
Est auro proprius gratior ipse focus. The
hearth of one's own home is more pleasing than gold.
|
| 04/08/year |
Vultus fortunae mutatur imagine lunae. The
face of fortune changes like the moon's appearance.
|
| 04/09/year |
O dives, dives! non omni tempore vives! Rich
man, rich man! You will not live forever.
|
| 04/10/year |
Saepe lupus veniet eius dum mentio fiet. The
wolf always turns up if he is mentioned in conversation.
|
| 04/11/year |
Novus rex, nova lex. New king, new laws.
|
| 04/12/year |
Prava revelare si vis, noli properare. If you
want to reveal wicked deeds, don't be in a hurry to do so.
|
| 04/13/year |
Asinus ad lapidem non bis offendit eundum. A
donkey does not stumble twice over the same stone.
|
| 04/14/year |
Omnis in hoc mundo, fragilis stat sicut arundo.
Every person in this word is as frail as a reed.
|
| 04/15/year |
Sorte patet misera, quae sit dilectio vera.
In a time of bad luck, it becomes clear whose affection is real.
|
| 04/16/year |
Qui miseros spernit, sibi callem ad tartara sternit.
He who scorns the wretched is paving his own road to hell.
|
| 04/17/year |
Catus saepe satur cum capto mure iocatur.
When a cat has eaten its full, it often plays with the mouse it has
caught.
|
| 04/18/year |
Ex lingua stulta veniunt incommoda multa.
From a fool's tongue come forth many annoying words.
|
| 04/19/year |
Pomum compunctum cito corrumpit sibi iunctum.
A bruised fruit quickly spoils the fruit next to it.
|
| 04/20/year |
Improbus est ille, qui scit mendacia mille.
The man who knows a thousand lies is a scoundrel.
|
| 04/21/year |
Praesens malo datum quam promissum geminatum.
I prefer a gift here and now as opposed to a two-fold promise.
|
| 04/22/year |
Terrae, ad quam pergis, cape mores, quos ibi cernis.
When you go to a country, adopt the habits that you see there.
|
| 04/23/year |
In vestimentis non est sapientia mentis. A
man's clothing does not reveal the wisdom of his mind.
|
| 04/24/year |
Cito quod fit, cito perit. What is created
quickly, perishes quickly.
|
| 04/25/year |
Si tibi do mannos, numeres ne dentibus annos.
If I give you some ponies, don't look at their teeth to guess their
age.
|
| 04/26/year |
Frangenti fidem, fides frangatur eidem. Let
faith be broken with the man who himself has broken faith.
|
| 04/27/year |
Quae tua sunt, cerne; pigris committere sperne.
Look to the things that are yours; do not entrust them to dullards.
|
| 04/28/year |
Non omnes sancti, qui calcant limina templi.
Not all are holy who tread the threshhold of the temple.
|
| 04/29/year |
Te modicum iacta, quoniam probat exitus acta.
Keep your boasting within limits, since it is the outcome which
commends your deeds.
|
| 04/30/year |
Parcito saepe cibis, et sic annosior ibis. Be
sparing often with your food, and thus will go on to live a longer
life.
|
| 05/01/year |
Plus quam divitias scire valere scias. You
should know that knowledge is worth more than wealth.
|
| 05/02/year |
Per crucem ad lucem. By means of the cross,
toward the light.
|
| 05/03/year |
Non est veridicus arridens omnis amicus. Any
flattering friend is not to be trusted.
|
| 05/04/year |
Exlex qui vivit, merito sine lege peribit. It
is right for a man who lives like an outlaw to die without law.
|
| 05/05/year |
Cochlea consiliis, in factis esto volucris.
Be a snail in your planning and swift as a bird in your deeds.
|
| 05/06/year |
Non mortem flebo, quia tecum, Christe, manebo.
I will not bewail my own death, O Christ, because I will abide with
you.
|
| 05/07/year |
Saepe ferox iuvenem mors rapit ante senem.
Cruel death often snatches the young man before the old.
|
| 05/08/year |
Nobilitas morum plus ornat, quam genitorum.
Nobility of habits is more admirable than nobility of family.
|
| 05/09/year |
Tempore felici non cognoscuntur amici. In a
prosperous time, you can't tell who your friends are.
|
| 05/10/year |
Non sit neglecta servi sententia recta. Don't
ignore the honest opinion of a servant.
|
| 05/11/year |
Occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros.
Leftover cabbage has often been the death of poor schoolteachers.
|
| 05/12/year |
Arbor ut ex fructu, sic nequam noscitur actu.
As a tree is know by its fruit, so is a scoundrel known by his deeds.
|
| 05/13/year |
Plus prodest omen felix, quam nobile nomen. A
lucky omen is more profitable than a noble name.
|
| 05/14/year |
Est homo vix natus ex omni parte beatus.
Hardly any man is born blessed in every way.
|
| 05/15/year |
Ne scribam vanum, dirige, Christe, manum. So
that I do not write something worthless, O Christ, guide my hand.
|
| 05/16/year |
Illum nullus amat, qui semper: Da mihi! clamat.
No one loves the man who is always shouting: Give me that!
|
| 05/17/year |
Nunc est dicendum, nunc cum ratione silendum.
Sometimes you need to speak, and sometimes you need to wisely keep
silent.
|
| 05/18/year |
Mos est stultorum reprehendere facta bonorum.
It is the custom of fools to criticize good people's deeds.
|
| 05/19/year |
Frustra conatur, cui non Deus auxiliatur. The
man labors in vain if God does not help him.
|
| 05/20/year |
Gratia regalis non est res perpetualis. Royal
favor does not last forever.
|
| 05/21/year |
Quidquid nix celat, solis calor omne revelat.
The heat of the sun reveals everything that the snow hides.
|
| 05/22/year |
Qui currit glaciem se monstrat non sapientem.
He who runs on ice proves that he is not a wise man.
|
| 05/23/year |
Intima per mores cognoscimus exteriores. We
know a person's inner being through his external habits.
|
| 05/24/year |
Qui sese laudat, laudis se munere fraudat. He
who praises himself, deceives himself with that gift of praise.
|
| 05/25/year |
Nunquam dives erit, multum qui ludere quaerit.
The man who avidly seeks amusements will never be rich.
|
| 05/26/year |
Si gradus est altus, gravior fiet tibi saltus.
The higher your position, the heavier will be your fall.
|
| 05/27/year |
Qui bibit et rebibit, nec cessat, stultus abibit.
He who drinks and drinks again and does not stop will depart a fool.
|
| 05/28/year |
O bona fortuna, cur non es omnibus una? O
Good Luck, why are you not one and the same to everyone?
|
| 05/29/year |
Sero clamat avis dulcedine capta canentis.
The bird sings too late, after it's been captured by the sweetness of
the singer.
|
| 05/30/year |
Somnia ne cures, nam ludunt plurima plures.
Don't let your dreams trouble you, for many a dream plays many tricks.
|
| 05/31/year |
Quae pro parte nocent, plurima saepe docent.
Things which do their share of harm often teach many things.
|
| 06/01/year |
Invidus invidia comburitur intus et extra.
The envious man burns with envy both inside and out.
|
| 06/02/year |
Post res saepe dies piscis vilescit et hospes.
Often after three days the fish begins to stink, as does the
houseguest.
|
| 06/03/year |
Plenus si venter renuit studere libenter. If
the stomach is full, it refuses to study voluntarily.
|
| 06/04/year |
Sunt asini multi solum bino pede fulti. There
are many donkeys, except that they stand on two legs.
|
| 06/05/year |
Multi scire volunt, sed vere discere nolunt.
Many want to know, but in fact they refuse to learn.
|
| 06/06/year |
Aqua et panis potus et escula canis. Water
and bread is the food and drink of a dog.
|
| 06/07/year |
Multa senex plangit, quando mors instat et angit.
The old man bewails many things when death stands by and tightens its
grip.
|
| 06/08/year |
Anguilla e digitis saepe est dipalsa peritis.
An eel has often slipped through experienced fingers.
|
| 06/09/year |
Qui bona vina bibunt, etiam bona carmina scribunt.
Those who drink good wines also write good poems.
|
| 06/10/year |
Vestimenta pium non faciunt monachum. The
clothes do not make a monk pious.
|
| 06/11/year |
Ridenti domino nec caelo crede sereno. Do not
trust a smiling master, nor a clear sky.
|
| 06/12/year |
Curis iactatur, si quis Veneri sociatur.
Someone who associates with Venus is agitated with worries.
|
| 06/13/year |
Fac bene et absque mora; celeri pede diffugit hora.
Do your work well and without delay; time runs off at a swift pace.
|
| 06/14/year |
Non est venator, quivis per cornua flator.
Not everyone who blows the horns is a hunter.
|
| 06/15/year |
In pratis ut flos, sic cadit omnis honos.
Like a flower in the meadows, so perishes every honor.
|
| 06/16/year |
Cari rixantur, sed mox quoque pacificantur.
Friends quarrel, but they also quickly make up.
|
| 06/17/year |
Ferrum quando calet cudere quisque valet.
Each person is able to strike while the iron is hot.
|
| 06/18/year |
Qualis vita, finis ita. Such as life, so its
end.
|
| 06/19/year |
Non lapis hirsutus fit per loca multa volutus.
A stone does not get hairy when it is rolled through many places.
|
| 06/20/year |
Nemo potest dura naturae solvere iura. No one
can loosen the hard laws of nature.
|
| 06/21/year |
Qui nimium fatur, stultissimus esse probatur.
He who speaks too much, proves himself to be an utter fool.
|
| 06/22/year |
Insta, ne cesses; venient post semina messes.
Persist, don't stop: the harvests will come after the sowing.
|
| 06/23/year |
Mors servat legem: tollit cum paupere regem.
Death adheres to this law: it takes away the pauper as well as the
king.
|
| 06/24/year |
Plebs bene vestitum stultum putat esse peritum.
The common crowd thinks that a well-dressed fool is an expert.
|
| 06/25/year |
Fac bene, dum vivis, post mortem vivere si vis.
Do well, while you live, if you wish to live after death.
|
| 06/26/year |
Non mare transisset, pavidus si nauta fuisset.
The sailor would not have crossed the sea if he had been afraid.
|
| 06/27/year |
Ulula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. Howl
with the wolves if you want to be one of them.
|
| 06/28/year |
Cras, cras, cras, cras: sic omnis dilabitur aetas.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow: so a whole lifetime slips by.
|
| 06/29/year |
Partem da cuique: sic non partiris inique.
Give each his portion: in that way you will not apportion unfairly.
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| 06/30/year |
Nil melius vere quam cum ratione tacere.
There is truly no thing better than to wisely keep silent.
|
| 07/01/year |
Enecat ingentem vipera parva bovem. The tiny
viper slays the enormous bull.
|
| 07/02/year |
Gratia nulla datur, si munere munus ematur.
No thanks is given if the gift is bought with a bribe.
|
| 07/03/year |
Ante Dei vultum nihil unquam restat inultum.
In the presence of God, nothing ever remains unavenged.
|
| 07/04/year |
Transit ut aura levis vita caduca brevis.
Life, fleeting and brief, passes by like a gentle breeze.
|
| 07/05/year |
Est facies testis, quales intrinsecus estis.
The face provides evidence of what you are inwardly.
|
| 07/06/year |
Rex est mendicus, cui non est ullus amicus.
The king is a pauper if he hasn't any friend of his own.
|
| 07/07/year |
Tu tibi fer opem; Deus afferet ipse salutem.
You need to bring your own resources; God himself will bring salvation.
|
| 07/08/year |
Parcus vescendo, parcissimus esto bibendo.
Eat sparingly, and drink even more sparingly.
|
| 07/09/year |
Quando venit potus, cessat sermo quasi totus.
When the drink arrives, practically all talk ceases.
|
| 07/10/year |
Qui scit, laudatur; qui nescit, vituperatur.
A man with knowledge is praised; a man without knowedge is criticized.
|
| 07/11/year |
Post vinum verba, post imbrem nascitur herba.
After wine come words, as grass grows after the rain.
|
| 07/12/year |
Virginis adspectus penetrat sine vulnere pectus.
The sight of a virgin strikes the heart without a wound.
|
| 07/13/year |
Hoc portat leviter, quod portat quisque libenter.
What someone carries willingly, he carries lightly.
|
| 07/14/year |
Ex rebus minimis surgit discordia grandis.
From the smallest things can spring a huge quarrel.
|
| 07/15/year |
Lites praeteritae facile fiunt renovatae.
Previous disputes are easily renewed.
|
| 07/16/year |
Luxuriat vitis, nisi falce putare velitis.
The vine grows out of control unless you are willing to prune it with
the sickle.
|
| 07/17/year |
Ultima nos omnes efficit hora pares. The
final hour makes us all equals.
|
| 07/18/year |
Vultu talis eris, qualia mente geris. You
will show in your face what you think in your mind.
|
| 07/19/year |
Non durant actus, homo quos facit ipse coactus.
The acts do not endure which a man does against his own will.
|
| 07/20/year |
Sarcina magna nimis asinum prosternit in imis.
A load that is far too large lays the donkey low.
|
| 07/21/year |
Cervisiam lente, vinumque infunde repente.
Pour the beer slowly, the wine quickly.
|
| 07/22/year |
Pauperis in causa non auris sit tibi clausa.
Don't shut your ear to the plea of the poor man.
|
| 07/23/year |
Tunc mors optetur, cum nullus amicus habetur.
One longs for death when he hasn't a friend.
|
| 07/24/year |
Vox audita perit, sed litera scripta manebit.
The voice, once heard, perishes, but the letter, once written, will
last.
|
| 07/25/year |
Quando vina bibo, tristari non bene quibo.
When I drink wine, I'll be completely unable to be sad.
|
| 07/26/year |
Est piger agnellus, qui non gestat sibi vellus.
The little lamb who doesn't want to carrry his own wool is lazy.
|
| 07/27/year |
Amore, more, ore, re iunguntur amicitiae.
With love, character, speech and deed, friendships are cemented.
|
| 07/28/year |
Si cupias pacem, linguam compesce loquacem.
If you want peace, constrain your chattering tongue.
|
| 07/29/year |
Non est in mundo dives, qui dicit: abundo.
There is not a rich man in the world who says: I have more than enough.
|
| 07/30/year |
Caecat amor mentes atque interdum sapientes.
Love sometimes blinds the minds even of the wise.
|
| 07/31/year |
Non omni socio cordis secreta revelo. I do
not reveal the secrets of my heart to every partner.
|
| 08/01/year |
Parce gaudebis, nam post tua gaudia flebis.
You will rejoice sparingly, for after your joys you will weep.
|
| 08/02/year |
De rebus minimis fit saepe molestia grandis.
Big trouble often comes from the smallest things.
|
| 08/03/year |
Cui mens est stulta, pro paucis vult dare multa.
Someone who has the mind of a fool is willing to give much in exchange
for little.
|
| 08/04/year |
Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis. Now and
then insert some pleasures in the midst of your worries.
|
| 08/05/year |
Linque coax ranis, cras corvis, vanaque vanis.
Leave croaking to the frogs, cawing to the crows, and foolishness to
the fools.
|
| 08/06/year |
Mortis linque metus, si tu vis vivere laetus.
Put aside any fears of death, if you want to live happily.
|
| 08/07/year |
Si cantes asino, crepitus tibi reddet ab ano.
If you sing to a donkey, he'll return you a fart from his rump.
|
| 08/08/year |
Sunt meliora vanis multo silentia verbis.
Silences are better by far than empty words.
|
| 08/09/year |
Qui nimis accelerant, obstacula talibus obstant.
Those who hurry too quickly are the sort who run into obstacles.
|
| 08/10/year |
Vincere cor proprium plus est quam vincere mundum.
To conquer one's own heart is more than to conquer the world.
|
| 08/11/year |
Desidia pressus erit in studio cito fessus.
Someone overwhelmed by laziness will be quickly tired in his studies.
|
| 08/12/year |
Nullius lacrimis umquam revocatur ab umbris.
No one's tears can ever summon anyone back from the shades.
|
| 08/13/year |
Se minus afflictum sentit, qui providet ictum.
The person who sees the blow coming, feels himself less shattered.
|
| 08/14/year |
Cum sunt matura, breviter pira sunt ruitura.
When pears are ripe, they are about to fall to the ground very soon.
|
| 08/15/year |
Arbor honoretur, cuius nos umbra tuetur. The
tree whose shade protects us deserves our respect.
|
| 08/16/year |
Non stillant omnes, quas cernis in aere, nubes.
Not all clouds which you see in the sky are going to rain.
|
| 08/17/year |
Quot campus mures, tot alis, Mars improbe, fures.
Wicked Mars, you nourish as many thieves as the field nourishes mice.
|
| 08/18/year |
Quos vult, sors ditat; quos non vult, sub pede tritat.
Fortune enriches those whom she wants; the others she grinds under her
foot.
|
| 08/19/year |
Quae nocent, docent. The things that do
injury, instruct.
|
| 08/20/year |
Per pravum socium vir venit in vitium.
Through a wicked associate, a man descends into vice.
|
| 08/21/year |
Quod puer assuescit, senior dimittere nescit.
What a young boy gets used to, the old man isn't able to stop.
|
| 08/22/year |
Non de ponte cadit, quocum sapientia vadit.
The man with whom wisdom walks doesn't fall off the bridge.
|
| 08/23/year |
Non vult verna probus dominis servire duobus.
The honest slave will not serve two masters.
|
| 08/24/year |
Res satis est nota: foetent plus stercora mota.
It is a quite well known fact: shit, when stirred, smells worse.
|
| 08/25/year |
Quo dolor est dentis versatur lingua dolentis.
The tongue of the man with a toothache turns to the tooth that hurts.
|
| 08/26/year |
Spiritus inde perit, dum corpus dulcia quaerit.
When the body seeks what is sweet, it leads to the death of the spirit.
|
| 08/27/year |
Quid iuvat adspectus, si non conceditur usus?
What is the good of looking at something, if you're not allowed to use
it?
|
| 08/28/year |
Verba ligant homines, taurorum cornua funes.
Men are tied up with words as the horns of bulls are tied up with
ropes.
|
| 08/29/year |
Non bene luduntur, qui seria saepe sequuntur.
People who constantly pursue serious business are no good at games.
|
| 08/30/year |
Ostia cur claudis, si vocem pauperis audis?
Why do you close the door if you hear the voice of a poor man?
|
| 08/31/year |
Regula certa datur: bene qui stat, ne moveatur.
This rule is given as certain: if something is sitting pretty, don't
move it.
|
| 09/01/year |
Non dentes cernas, si detur equus, neque spernas.
If someone gives you a horse, don't look at its teeth, and don't turn
it away.
|
| 09/02/year |
Multo deliro, si cuique placere requiro. I've
got to be completely crazy if I seek to please everyone.
|
| 09/03/year |
Ira parit litem, lis proelia, proelia mortem.
Anger breeds quarrels, quarrels breed battles, and battles breed death.
|
| 09/04/year |
Arbor per primum quaevis non corruit ictum.
There's no tree at all that falls at the first blow.
|
| 09/05/year |
Irretit muscas, transmittit aranea vespas.
The spider web traps the flies but lets the wasps on through.
|
| 09/06/year |
Pervigili cura semper meditare futura. With
everwatchful care always keep your mind on what is to come.
|
| 09/07/year |
Valde frequens haustus non est, mihi credite, faustus.
Drinking way too much, believe me, is not good luck.
|
| 09/08/year |
Per aspera ad astra. Through adversities, to
the stars.
|
| 09/09/year |
Una serena dies multas pellit cito nubes. One
clear day soon drives away many clouds.
|
| 09/10/year |
Nulla valet tantum virtus, patientia quantum.
No other virtue is as strong as patience.
|
| 09/11/year |
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi. What is
granted to Jupiter is not granted to the ox.
|
| 09/12/year |
Parce puer stimulis et fortior utere loris.
Boy, be sparing with the spurs and boldly use the reins.
|
| 09/13/year |
Ars compensabit, quod vis tibi parva negabit.
Talent will make up for what your slight strength denies you.
|
| 09/14/year |
Alterius poenis fit castigatio lenis. The
lesson is easy to learn when someone else is being punished.
|
| 09/15/year |
Si fore vis sanus, ablue saepe manus. If you
want to be healthy, wash your hands often.
|
| 09/16/year |
Plus probo thesaurum docti, quam divitis aurum.
I more esteem the treasure of the learned man than the rich man's gold.
|
| 09/17/year |
Damna fleo rerum, sed plus fleo damna dierum.
I weep for things lost, but I weep more for days lost.
|
| 09/18/year |
Nemo potest scire, quis primus debet abire.
No one can know who is going to have to depart first.
|
| 09/19/year |
Disce, quid es, quid eris: memor esto, quod morieris.
Learn what you are, and what you will be: remember that you will die.
|
| 09/20/year |
Discat, qui nescit, nam sic sapientia crescit.
Let him learn what he does not know, for thus does wisdom grow.
|
| 09/21/year |
Omne quod exoritur, terra fit et moritur.
Everything which rises up, turns to earth and dies.
|
| 09/22/year |
Ne credas isti, semel a quo laesus abisti. Do
not trust the man from whom you once turned away, wounded.
|
| 09/23/year |
Ubi mel, ibi fel. Where there's honey,
there's bile.
|
| 09/24/year |
Ebibe vas totum, si vis cognoscoere potum.
Drain the whole cup, if you want to know the drink.
|
| 09/25/year |
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. The way
from the earth to the stars is not easy.
|
| 09/26/year |
Utitur ingenio patria quaeque suo. Each
country makes use of its own talent.
|
| 09/27/year |
Simia est simia, etiamsi aurea gestet insignia.
A monkey is a monkey, even if it wears gold medals.
|
| 09/28/year |
Frustra commisso claudetur ianua furto. It is
useless to close the door once the theft has been committed.
|
| 09/29/year |
Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis.
Against the power of death there is no remedy in the garden.
|
| 09/30/year |
Exitus ostendit quo mundi gloria tendit. The
end shows where the glory of the world goes.
|
| 10/01/year |
Esto laborator et erit Deus auxiliator. You
be the worker, and God will your helper.
|
| 10/02/year |
Nemo tam gnarus, qui non sit laudis avarus.
There is no man so wise that he is not greedy for praise.
|
| 10/03/year |
Cordis scrutator Deus est mentisque probator.
God is the examiner of the heart and the investigator of the mind.
|
| 10/04/year |
Nemo nimis propere didicit nocitura cavere.
No one has learned too quickly to avoid things that are harmful.
|
| 10/05/year |
De re terrena procedunt mille venena. From
the earth come forth a thousand poisons.
|
| 10/06/year |
Nil cito delebis, nisi iam meliora videbis.
You should delete nothing in haste, unless you see better things
already.
|
| 10/07/year |
Cum stertit catus, nunquam sibi currit in os mus.
When the cat snores, no mouse ever runs into its mouth.
|
| 10/08/year |
Cum contentus eris, dives tunc efficieris.
When you will be content, then you will be rich.
|
| 10/09/year |
Post mortem fumus, pulvis et umbra sumus.
After death we are smoke, dust, and shadow.
|
| 10/10/year |
Qui pedit dum vult, pedet dum pedere non vult.
Someone who farts when he wants to, will fart when he doesn't want to.
|
| 10/11/year |
Omne quod est nimium, vertitur in vitium.
Everything in excess turns into a vice.
|
| 10/12/year |
Audi, cerne, tace, si vis tu vivere pace.
Listen, look, and be silent, if you want to live in peace.
|
| 10/13/year |
Hic offendit herum, qui vult nimis edere verum.
The man who wants to utter truth in excess offends his master.
|
| 10/14/year |
Currens per prata, non est lepus esca parata.
As it runs through the fields, the rabbit is not a meal ready-to-eat.
|
| 10/15/year |
Prorsus et absque mora vitium removere labora.
Work to remove vice straight away and without delay.
|
| 10/16/year |
Quamvis sint modica, prosunt tamen omnia lucra.
Even though they may be small, all profits are profitable.
|
| 10/17/year |
Os qui non claudit, quod non vult, saepius audit.
He who doesn't close his mouth, often hears what he does want to.
|
| 10/18/year |
Qui plerumque bibit miser atque idiota redibit.
He who drinks frequently will depart a wretch and an idiot.
|
| 10/19/year |
Pix dum palpatur, palpando manus maculatur.
When you touch pitch, the hand that does the touching is stained.
|
| 10/20/year |
Transit fine brevi puerilis flosculus aevi.
The youthful flower of life passes by in its short course.
|
| 10/21/year |
Quamvis tarda venit, sors sua quemque ferit.
Although it might come late, each man's fate strikes him.
|
| 10/22/year |
Non bene tutus erit, quisquis nimis ardua quaerit.
Whoever seeks things too high, will not be well watched over.
|
| 10/23/year |
Transit, ut unda fluens, tempus et hora ruens.
Like a wave that flows, time passes by, and so too the rushing hour.
|
| 10/24/year |
Mortales laetos vinum facit atque facetos.
Wine makes mortal men happy and witty.
|
| 10/25/year |
Discite victuri, sed vivite cras morituri.
Learn as if you were going to live, but live as if you were going to
die tomorrow.
|
| 10/26/year |
Mollificat diram responsum mollius iram. A
more gentle response can soften cruel wrath.
|
| 10/27/year |
Parva iuventutis plerumque est cura salutis.
In general, youth has little concern for safety.
|
| 10/28/year |
Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina.
The mind of a wolf may often hide beneath the skin of a lamb.
|
| 10/29/year |
Esto pius vere super his qui te genuere. Be
truly respectful toward those who gave you birth.
|
| 10/30/year |
Nidus testatur, ibi qualis avis dominatur.
The nest attests what sort of bird rules there.
|
| 10/31/year |
Dupliciter peccat, qui se de crimine iactat.
Someone who boasts about his criminal deed is a sinner twice over.
|
| 11/01/year |
Omnia transibunt! Sic ibimus, ibitis, ibunt.
All things will pass away! So we will go, you will go, they will go.
|
| 11/02/year |
Laudat adulator, sed non est verus amator. A
flatterer praises you, but he is not a true admirer.
|
| 11/03/year |
Non facile manibus vacuis occiditur ursus.
The bear is not easily killed with empty hands.
|
| 11/04/year |
Modicus cibi medicus sibi. If you can limit
your food, you can be your own doctor.
|
| 11/05/year |
Audi doctrinam, si vis vitare ruinam. Listen
to your lessons if you want to avoid destruction.
|
| 11/06/year |
Parvum servabis, donec maiora parabis. You
need to take care of the little things while you are preparing for
bigger things.
|
| 11/07/year |
Deficit ambobus, qui vult servire duobus.
Someone who wants to serve two masters fails them both.
|
| 11/08/year |
Invenit interdum caeca columba pisum. Every
once in a while the blind pigeon finds a pea.
|
| 11/09/year |
Quam brevis est hora, quae labat absque mora!
How brief is the hour which slips by without tarrying.
|
| 11/10/year |
Nulla valet vita, nisi sit virtute polita. No
life is worthwhile unless it is polished by virtue.
|
| 11/11/year |
Non vult scire satur, quid ieiunus patiatur.
The well-fed man does not want to know what the hungry man feels.
|
| 11/12/year |
Dum canis os rodit, socium, quem diligit, odit.
While the dog is gnawing a bone, he hates the companion whom he had
loved.
|
| 11/13/year |
Munera per gentes corrumpunt undique mentes.
Among people everywhere, bribes corrupt judgments.
|
| 11/14/year |
Irritare canem noli dormire volentem. Do not
irritate a dog who wants to sleep.
|
| 11/15/year |
Quot campo flores, tot sunt in amore dolores.
As many as are flowers in the field, so are sorrows in love.
|
| 11/16/year |
Casus dementis correctio fit sapientis. The
downfall of the witless person becomes a lesson for the wise man.
|
| 11/17/year |
Decipiuntur aves per cantus saepe suaves. The
birds are often deceived by sweet songs.
|
| 11/18/year |
Communis sors est, quod cunctis debita mors est.
It is our common lot that death is an obligation to all.
|
| 11/19/year |
Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
As soon as it is let loose, a word flies forth and cannot be recalled.
|
| 11/20/year |
Spes laqueo volucres, spes captat arundine pisces.
Hope captures birds with a net, and fish with a rod.
|
| 11/21/year |
Temporibus brumae iuxta ignem pocula sume. In
winter time, sit by the fire and raise your glass.
|
| 11/22/year |
Liba libens libo; libando libentius ibo.
Gladly I nibble my cakes; I will go more gladly as I nibble.
|
| 11/23/year |
Dum non lucraris, mox paupertate gravaris.
When you are not earning money, you are soon to be weighed down by
poverty.
|
| 11/24/year |
Plus valet in dextra munus quam plurima extra.
One gift in the right hand is worth more than many which are not at
hand.
|
| 11/25/year |
Maxima de parvis fiunt incendia flammis. The
biggest conflagrations come from tiny flames.
|
| 11/26/year |
Ut pater incedit, sic gressus filius edit. As
the father walks, so are the steps his son will make.
|
| 11/27/year |
Esto memor mortis fueris dum corpore fortis.
Be mindful of death while you are strong in body.
|
| 11/28/year |
Non tenet anguillam, qui per caudam tenet illam.
Someone who has the eel by the tail doesn't have the eel at all.
|
| 11/29/year |
Non laudo florem, qui nullum praebet odorem.
I do not praise the flower which produces no scent.
|
| 11/30/year |
Debilis ac fortis veniunt ad limina mortis.
Weak and strong, they come to the threshold of death.
|
| 12/01/year |
Ultima mortiferum conservat cauda venenum.
The tip of the tail has deadly venom in store.
|
| 12/02/year |
Ex minimo crescit, sed non cito fama quiescit.
From a tiny thing the rumor grows, but it does not quickly come to
rest.
|
| 12/03/year |
Labitur e mente cito res bona, sed mala lente.
A good thing slips your mind quickly, but a bad thing does so slowly.
|
| 12/04/year |
Qui leviter credit, deceptus saepe recedit.
He who is quick to believe something, often departs deceived.
|
| 12/05/year |
Non bene pro fulvo libertas venditur auro. It
is not good to sell your freedom for tawny gold.
|
| 12/06/year |
Pauper ubique iacet, dum sua bursa tacet. The
poor man lies anywhere he can when nothing jingles in his purse.
|
| 12/07/year |
Vivamus puri, quasi simus cras morituri. Let
us live a pure life, as if we were going to die tomorrow.
|
| 12/08/year |
Non est tam fortis, qui rumpat vincula mortis.
There is no man strong enough to break the bonds of death.
|
| 12/09/year |
Qui bene vult fari, debet bene praemeditari.
He who wants to speak well should plan his words carefully.
|
| 12/10/year |
Consilium verum docet experientia rerum.
Experience of things teaches true intelligence.
|
| 12/11/year |
Dum caput infestat, dolor omnia membra molestat.
When the head is unwell, pain afflicts every limb.
|
| 12/12/year |
Esuriens venter manducat cruda libenter. The
hungry stomach gladly eats raw food.
|
| 12/13/year |
Disce, puer, tenero dum flos tibi floret in aevo.
Learn, my boy, while your flower yet flourishes at a tender age.
|
| 12/14/year |
Quid pectunt illi, quibus absunt fronte capilli?
What's the point of combing, when men lack hair on their foreheads?
|
| 12/15/year |
Laudatur nummus, quasi rex super omnia summus.
Cash is praised as if it were the greatest king of all things.
|
| 12/16/year |
Frangitur ira gravis, cum fit responsio suavis.
Great anger is shattered when the reply is sweet.
|
| 12/17/year |
Rebus tranquillis, metuas adversa sub illis.
When the situation is peaceful, watch out for dangers lurking.
|
| 12/18/year |
Saepe natatores submerguntur meliores. Often
swimmers drown, even the best ones.
|
| 12/19/year |
Doctrinae cultus spernit nemo, nisi stultus.
The cultivation of learning is rejected by no one, unless he's a fool.
|
| 12/20/year |
Per risum multum poteris cognoscere stultum.
Because of his abundant laughter, you will be able to recognize a fool.
|
| 12/21/year |
Saepe etiam stultus fuit opportuna locutus.
Often even the fool has said something to the point.
|
| 12/22/year |
Quisquis amat ranam, ranam putat esse Dianam.
He who loves a frog thinks that frog is the goddess Diana.
|
| 12/23/year |
Pone gulae metas, ut sit tibi longior aetas.
Put limits to your gluttony so that you may have a longer life.
|
| 12/24/year |
Aedibus in propriis canis est mordacior omnis.
In its own house, every dog is more likely to bite.
|
| 12/25/year |
Verus amator erit, qui me plus quam mea quaerit.
The true lover will be the one who wants me more than he wants mine.
|
| 12/26/year |
Non volat in buccas assa columba tuas. A
roast pigeon isn't going to fly into your mouth.
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| 12/27/year |
Sero seram ponis stabulis post furta latronis.
You're late putting the lock on the stable door after the robber's
theft.
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| 12/28/year |
Prima virum primum mulier deiecit ad imum.
The first woman cast the first man down into the depths.
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| 12/29/year |
Cum tumulum cernis, cur non mortalia spernis?
When you gaze on a tomb, why do you not reject mortal things?
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| 12/30/year |
Sus magis in caeno gaudet quam fonte sereno.
The pig rejoices more in the mire than in a clear stream of water.
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| 12/31/year |
Igne semel tactus timet ignem postmodo cattus.
The cat who has been touched once by fire, fears the fire thereafter.
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