| 01/01/year |
Nocere posse et nolle laus amplissima est. The most praiseworthy thing is to be able to do harm and to refuse. |
| 01/02/year |
Necessitas quam pertinax regnum tenet! How tightly Necessity keeps hold of her dominion! |
| 01/03/year |
Assidua ei sunt tormenta qui se ipsum timet. Endless are the torments of the man who fears himself. |
| 01/04/year |
Brevissima esto memoria iracundiae. Let your memory of an angry mood be as brief as possible. |
| 01/05/year |
Malefacere qui vult, numquam non causam invenit. Someone who wants to do wrong never fails to find a reason. |
| 01/06/year |
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est. For a fool, silence takes the place of wisdom. |
| 01/07/year |
Per quae sis tutus, illa semper cogites. You should always be thinking about those things which secure your safety. |
| 01/08/year |
Post calamitatem memoria alia est calamitas. After disaster the memory of it is yet another disaster. |
| 01/09/year |
Lascivia et laus numquam habent concordiam. Debauchery and honor never go hand-in-hand. |
| 01/10/year |
Cicatrix conscientiae pro vulnere est. The scar of conscience is as bad as a wound. |
| 01/11/year |
Qui timet amicum, vim non novit nominis. He who fears his friend does not understand the meaning of the word "friend." |
| 01/12/year |
Fatetur facinus is, qui iudicium fugit. Someone who flees the trial confesses his crime. |
| 01/13/year |
Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest. You can escape neither love nor death. |
| 01/14/year |
Lex videt iratum, iratus legem non videt. The law keeps an eye on the angry man; the angry man doesn't keep an eye on the law. |
| 01/15/year |
Iratus, cum ad se rediit, sibi tum irascitur. When an angry person comes to his senses, he gets angry at himself. |
| 01/16/year |
Famulatur dominus, ubi timet quibus imperat. The master is a servant when he fears those whom he commands. |
| 01/17/year |
Mutare quod non possis, ut natum est, feras. What you cannot change, you must endure as it happens. |
| 01/18/year |
Amici vitia si feras, facias tua. If you put up with your friend's faults, you make them your own. |
| 01/19/year |
Ni gradus servetur, nulli tutus est summus locus. Unless you watch your step, the highest place is never safe. |
| 01/20/year |
Ames parentem, si aequus est; si aliter, feras. You should lover your parent if he is right; if not, bear with him. |
| 01/21/year |
Beneficium saepe dare, docere est reddere. To often do favors teaches others how to return them. |
| 01/22/year |
Geminat peccatum, quem delicti non pudet. Someone who is not ashamed of his crime doubles the sin. |
| 01/23/year |
Stultum est vicinum velle ulcisci incendio. It's a foolish thing to punish your neighbor by setting his house on fire. |
| 01/24/year |
Nil peccant oculi, si animus oculis imperat. The eyes commit no sin if the mind controls the eyes. |
| 01/25/year |
Ubi nil timetur, quod timeatur, nascitur. When nothing is feared, it gives rise to something fearful. |
| 01/26/year |
Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum. Profit earned with a damaged reputation should be called loss. |
| 01/27/year |
Hominem etiam frugi flectit saepe occasio. Opportunity often seduces even an honest man. |
| 01/28/year |
Inertia indicatur, cum fugitur labor. When you avoid work, it is a sign of laziness. |
| 01/29/year |
Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum. No one ever reached the top by being afraid. |
| 01/30/year |
Exsul ubi nusquam domus est, sine sepulcro est mortuus. An exile when he has no home is a dead man without a tomb. |
| 01/31/year |
Qui timet amicum, amicus ut timeat, docet. He who fears a friend teaches his friend to fear |
| 02/01/year |
Qui metuit calamitatem, rarius accipit. He who fears a disaster very rarely experiences it. |
| 02/02/year |
Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum. A wise man corrects his own vices by observing the vices of others. |
| 02/03/year |
Non turpis est cicatrix, quam virtus parit. There is no shame in a scar which was won by bravery. |
| 02/04/year |
Necessitati sapiens nihil umquam negat. A wise man does not ever refuse anything demanded by necessity. |
| 02/05/year |
Heu, quam multa paenitenda incurrunt vivendo diu. Oh, how many things you come to regret by living a long time. |
| 02/06/year |
Bona nemini hora est, ut non alicui sit mala. Nobody has a good time which is not bad for somebody. |
| 02/07/year |
Consueta vitia ferimus, nova reprendimus. We put up with familiar vices, while we blame new ones. |
| 02/08/year |
Ut plures corrigantur, rite unus perit. It is well that one perish so that many may be set right. |
| 02/09/year |
Qui omnes insidias timet, in nullas incidit. He who fears all traps falls into none of them. |
| 02/10/year |
Beneficium qui nescit dare, iniuste petit. Someone who doesn't know how to do a favor shouldn't ask for one. |
| 02/11/year |
Consilio melius vincas quam iracundia. With planning you might better conquer than with anger. |
| 02/12/year |
Invidiam ferre aut fortis aut felix potest. Someone who is brave or lucky can provoke envy. |
| 02/13/year |
Inimicum quamvis humilem docti est metuere. A wise man fears every enemy, no matter how small. |
| 02/14/year |
Etiam oblivisci, quid sis, interdum expedit. Sometimes it can even be helpful to forget what you are. |
| 02/15/year |
In iudicando criminosa est celeritas. In matters of judgment, it is criminal to make haste. |
| 02/16/year |
Mortem ubi contemnas, viceris omnes metus. When you can despise death, you will have conquered all fears. |
| 02/17/year |
Vultu an natura sapiens sis, multum interest. Being wise and looking wise are not the same thing at all. |
| 02/18/year |
Semper iratus plus se posse putat quam possit An angry man always thinks that he has more power than he really does. |
| 02/19/year |
Heu, dolor quam miser est, qui in tormento vocem non habet. Oh, how wretched is the pain which cannot speak out in its agony. |
| 02/20/year |
Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis fit longior. Life itself is short, but it becomes longer through suffering. |
| 02/21/year |
Quam miser est, qui excusare sibi se non potest! How wretched is the man who cannot make excuses for himself to himself! |
| 02/22/year |
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere. To accept a favor is to sell your freedom. |
| 02/23/year |
Bonum quod est, supprimitur, numquam exstinguitur. Something that is good can be beaten down, but never destroyed. |
| 02/24/year |
Frustra, cum ad senectam ventum est, repetas adulescentiam. You seek your youth in vain once old age has arrived. |
| 02/25/year |
Cunctis potest accidere quod cuivis potest. What can happen to anybody can happen to everybody. |
| 02/26/year |
Cave amicum credas, nisi si quem probaveris. Beware of trusting your friend until you've tested him. |
| 02/27/year |
Non novit virtus calamitati cedere. Courage does not know how to yield to disaster. |
| 02/28/year |
Malus, bonum ubi se simulat, tunc est pessimus. The wicked man is worst when he pretends that he is good. |
| 02/29/year |
Qui pote celare vitium, vitium non fugit. He who can conceal his bad habit still does not escape it. |
| 03/01/year |
Mala est inopia, ex copia quae nascitur. It's a bad poverty which is born from plenty. |
| 03/02/year |
Nullus est tam tutus quaestus, quam quod habeas parcere. There is no profit so safe as being frugal with what you've got. |
| 03/03/year |
Medicina calamitatis est aequanimitas. A cure in a time of calamity is calmness of mind. |
| 03/04/year |
Malum ne alienum feceris tuum gaudium. Don't find your joy in another's misfortune. |
| 03/05/year |
Bona causa nullum iudicem verebitur. A good case will fear no judge. |
| 03/06/year |
Rapere est, non petere, quicquid invito auferas. It is robbery, not a request, to take something against someone's will. |
| 03/07/year |
Necessitatem ferre, non flere addecet. It is better to endure what is necessary, not to bewail it. |
| 03/08/year |
Multa ignoscendo fit potens potentior. By forgiving many things, the powerful man becomes more powerful. |
| 03/09/year |
Errat, qui datum sibi, quod extortum est, putat. Don't fool yourself into thinking that what you've stolen was given to you. |
| 03/10/year |
Nil non acerbum, prius quam maturum fuit. There is nothing that was not bitter before it ripened. |
| 03/11/year |
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria. To conquer yourself in victory is to conquer twice. |
| 03/12/year |
Eheu quam miserum est fieri metuendo senem. Alas, how wretched it is to become old because of fear. |
| 03/13/year |
Amico firmo nil emi melius potest. There is nothing you can buy that is better than a firm friend. |
| 03/14/year |
Etiam celeritas in desiderio mora est. When it comes to passion, even haste is delay. |
| 03/15/year |
Eripere telum, non dare irato decet. You should deprive an angry man of weapons, not donate them. |
| 03/16/year |
Bona comparat praesidia misericordia. Mercy builds good defenses. |
| 03/17/year |
Malum est consilium, quod mutari non potest. It's a bad plan which cannot be changed. |
| 03/18/year |
Avidum esse oportet neminem, minime senem. No man should be greedy, least of all an old man. |
| 03/19/year |
Malae naturae nunquam doctore indigent. Wicked natures never lack a teacher. |
| 03/20/year |
Voluptas e difficili data dulcissima est. The pleasure won with difficulty is sweetest. |
| 03/21/year |
Citius venit periclum, cum contemnitur. Danger comes more quickly when it is not taken seriously. |
| 03/22/year |
Malitia unius cito fit maledictum omnium. The wickedness of one soon becomes a curse for everyone. |
| 03/23/year |
Quicquid vindicandum est, omnis optima est occasio. Whenever something must be punished, every opportunity is best. |
| 03/24/year |
Imprudens peccat, quem peccati paenitet. It's a reckless sinner who feels remorse for his sin. |
| 03/25/year |
Verbum omne refert, in quam partem intellegas. For any word, what matters is how you understand it. |
| 03/26/year |
Beneficia plura recipit, qui scit reddere. Someone who knows how to do favors will get more of them. |
| 03/27/year |
Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris. You should expect from another what you have done to another. |
| 03/28/year |
Humilis nec alte cadere, nec graviter potest. The downfall of a humble man is neither serious nor steep. |
| 03/29/year |
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram suam. Even a single hair has its shadow. |
| 03/30/year |
Amans, quod suspicatur, vigilans somniat. A lover, even when he is awake, sees his suspicions like a dream. |
| 03/31/year |
Semper consilium tunc deest, cum opus est maxime. There is always a lack of good advice when it is most needed. |
| 04/01/year |
Minimum eripit fortuna, cui minimum dedit. Fortune can deprive least the person to whom she gave least. |
| 04/02/year |
Quem fama semel oppressit, vix restituitur. Once rumors have crushed someone, it's hard for him to regain his position. |
| 04/03/year |
Multos timere debet, quem multi timent. The man whom many people fear must fear many people. |
| 04/04/year |
Fortuna in homine plus quam consilium valet. Luck can do more for a person than a plan. |
| 04/05/year |
Amicum an nomen habeas, aperit calamitas. Disaster reveals whether you have a friend, or just a friend so-called. |
| 04/06/year |
Cum ames, non sapias, aut cum sapias, non ames. When you love, you can't be wise, and when you're wise, you can't love. |
| 04/07/year |
Crebro ignoscendo facies de stulto improbum. By forgiving him again and again, you will make the fool into a scoundrel. |
| 04/08/year |
Qui se ipse laudat, cito derisorem invenit. He who praises himself quickly finds a scoffer. |
| 04/09/year |
Quemcumque quaerit calamitas, facile invenit. When disaster seeks someone, she finds him easily. |
| 04/10/year |
Caret periclo, qui etiam cum est tutus cavet. When you watch out even when you are safe, you'll avoid all danger. |
| 04/11/year |
Miserrimum est arbitrio alterius vivere. To live at another's man whim is the most wretched thing of all. |
| 04/12/year |
Minus est quam servus dominus, qui servos timet. A master who fears his slaves is less than a slave. |
| 04/13/year |
Contemni gravius sapienti est quam percuti. To be scorned is worse for a wise man than physical blows. |
| 04/14/year |
Heu, quam miserum est discere servire, ubi dominari doctus es. Oh, how wretched it is to learn to serve, when you were schooled in rule. |
| 04/15/year |
Quid tibi pecunia opus est, si uti non potes? What do you need money for, if you can't use it? |
| 04/16/year |
Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis. The rule of habit is most tyrannical. |
| 04/17/year |
Animus vereri qui scit, scit tuto ingredi. Bravery that knows how to be afraid know how to proceed safely. |
| 04/18/year |
Deliberando discitur sapientia. By pondering, wisdom is learned. |
| 04/19/year |
Bis fiet gratum, quod opus est, ultro si offeras. If you offer something that a person needs voluntarily, it will be twice welcome. |
| 04/20/year |
Male vivunt, qui se semper victuros putant. People who think they are going to live forever do a bad job of living. |
| 04/21/year |
Facile invenies qui bene faciant, cum qui fecerunt coles. You'll easily find those who do well if you cherish those who have done well. |
| 04/22/year |
Nulla tam bona est fortuna, de qua nil possis queri. There's no luck so good that you cannot complain about it. |
| 04/23/year |
Omnis voluptas, quemcumque arrisit, nocet. Every pleasure, whenever it smiles at you, is harmful. |
| 04/24/year |
Sanctissimum est meminisse, cui te debeas. To remember to whom you owe yourself is a sacred obligation. |
| 04/25/year |
Amori finem tempus, non animus facit. It is time that puts an end to love, not the mind. |
| 04/26/year |
Male geritur, quicquid geritur fortunae fide Whatever business is entrusted to luck is a bad business. |
| 04/27/year |
Ibi semper est victoria, ubi concordia est. Where there is harmony, there is victory always. |
| 04/28/year |
Mori est felicis, antequam mortem invoces. You're lucky if you die before you beg for death. |
| 04/29/year |
Stultum est queri de adversis, ubi culpa est tua. It's stupid to complain about difficulties when the fault is yours. |
| 04/30/year |
Rivalitatem non amat victoria. Victory loves no rival. |
| 05/01/year |
Amoris vulnus idem sanat, qui facit. The same one who makes the wound of love, also cures it. |
| 05/02/year |
Poenam moratur improbus, non praeterit. The dishonest man can postpone his punishment, but he cannot bypass it. |
| 05/03/year |
Nulla hominum maior poena est quam infelicitas. There is no great punishment for people than unhappiness. |
| 05/04/year |
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent. We like other people's things more, and others like ours more. |
| 05/05/year |
Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter. To do a favor quickly for someone in need is to double the favor. |
| 05/06/year |
Necessitas dat legem, non ipsa accipit. Necessity imposes the law; she does not obey it. |
| 05/07/year |
Quicquid plus quam necesse est, possideas, premit. Whatever you possess beyond what is necessary is a burden. |
| 05/08/year |
Paucorum est intellegere, quid celet deus. It's for only a few to know what God has concealed. |
| 05/09/year |
Quicquid fit cum virtute, fit cum gloria. Whatever is done with virtue, is done with glory. |
| 05/10/year |
Contra felicem vix deus vires habet. Not even a god has the power to oppose a lucky man. |
| 05/11/year |
Solet sequi laus, cum viam fecit labor. Praise usually follows when hard work has paved the way. |
| 05/12/year |
Deliberando saepe perit occasio. Often opportunity is lost while pondering. |
| 05/13/year |
Dulce etiam fugias, quod amarum fieri potest. You should flee even from something sweet which can turn bitter. |
| 05/14/year |
Contra hostem aut fortem oportet esse aut supplicem. Against your enemy you must be either bold or humble. |
| 05/15/year |
Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur. Opportunity is hard to grab, easy to lose. |
| 05/16/year |
Homo semper aliud, fortuna aliud cogitat. A person plans one thing, his luck arranges another. |
| 05/17/year |
Invitat culpam, qui peccatum praeterit. When you overlook a sin, you're asking for blame. |
| 05/18/year |
Blanditia, non imperio fit dulcis Venus. Flattering words, not commands, make Venus sweet. |
| 05/19/year |
Gravissima est probi hominis iracundia. The anger of a righteous man is most serious. |
| 05/20/year |
Avarus damno potius quam sapiens dolet. The miser grieves over a loss more than the wise man does. |
| 05/21/year |
Bona opinio hominum tutior pecunia est. People's good reputation is safer than money. |
| 05/22/year |
Veterem ferendo iniuriam invites novam. By putting up with an old injury, you may invite a new one. |
| 05/23/year |
Amans ita ut fax agitando ardescit magis. A lover burns more hotly when moved, just like a torch. |
| 05/24/year |
Avarus ipse miseriae causa est suae. The miser is himself the cause of his own misery. |
| 05/25/year |
Male vincit is, quem paenitet victoriae. You've won a bad victory if you regret your win. |
| 05/26/year |
Metus cum venit, rarum habet somnus locum. With the onset of fear, there's little room for sleep. |
| 05/27/year |
Heu, conscientia animi gravis est servitus. Oh, conscience is a painful enslavement of the soul. |
| 05/28/year |
Velox consilium sequitur paenitentia. A hasty plan results in regret. |
| 05/29/year |
Is minimo eget mortalis, qui minimum cupit. He who wants least needs least. |
| 05/30/year |
Remedium frustra est contra fulmen quaerere. It's useless to look for a remedy against a thunderbolt. |
| 05/31/year |
Lucrum sine damno alterius fieri non potest. There can be no profit but at someone else's loss. |
| 06/01/year |
Nusquam melius morimur homines, quam ubi libenter viximus. People can never have a better death than when they have lived as they wished. |
| 06/02/year |
Lapsus ubi semel sis, sit tua culpa, si iterum cecideris After you've slipped once, it's your fault if you fall again. |
| 06/03/year |
Omnes, cum occulte peccant, peccant ocius. When people sin in secret, they sin more quickly. |
| 06/04/year |
Invidia tacite, sed inimice irascitur. Jealousy turns to anger silently, but dangerously. |
| 06/05/year |
Quidquid conaris, quo pervenias, cogites. Whatever you attempt, think how to get to your goal. |
| 06/06/year |
Honeste parcas improbo, ut parcas probo. You would do well to spare the wicked in order to spare the good. |
| 06/07/year |
Necesse est minima maximorum esse initia. The beginnings of the biggest things cannot help but be small. |
| 06/08/year |
Bene vixit is, qui potuit, cum voluit, mori. A man lived well if he was able to die when he wanted. |
| 06/09/year |
Malus est vocandus, qui sua est causa bonus. Someone who is good only in his own interest must be called bad. |
| 06/10/year |
Res quanto est maior, tanto est invidiosior. The greater the business, the more envy it provokes. |
| 06/11/year |
Malivolus animus abditos dentes habet. A spiteful spirit keeps its teeth hidden. |
| 06/12/year |
Habet suum venenum blanda oratio. Sweet speech has its own venom. |
| 06/13/year |
Fulmen est, ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia. When anger dwells with power the result is a thunderbolt. |
| 06/14/year |
Gravis animi poena est, quem post facti paenitet. Retribution weighs heavy on your mind when you regret something you've done. |
| 06/15/year |
Numquam periclum sine periclo vincitur. A danger is never defeated without danger. |
| 06/16/year |
Animo ventrique imperare debet, qui frugi esse vult. Someone who wants to be frugal must tame his mind and his stomach. |
| 06/17/year |
Quod improbis tribuitur, eripitur probis. What is allotted to the bad is snatched away from the good. |
| 06/18/year |
Nil magis amat cupiditas, quam quod non licet. Greed loves nothing more than what is not allowed. |
| 06/19/year |
O pessimum periclum, quod opertum latet! O worst possible danger, which lurks in hiding! |
| 06/20/year |
Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro. The greedy soul is satisfied by no amount of profit. |
| 06/21/year |
O vita misero longa, felici brevis! O life, so long for the miserable man, so short for the happy man! |
| 06/22/year |
Nil proprium ducas, quidquid mutari potest. Do not consider anything to be your own if it can change. |
| 06/23/year |
Potenti irasci sibi periclum est quaerere. You're asking for trouble if you get angry at someone powerful. |
| 06/24/year |
Probi delicta cum tegas, leges teras. When you conceal the crimes of a good man, you erode the rule of law. |
| 06/25/year |
Legem nocens veretur, fortunam innocens. A guilty person fears the law, an innocent person fears happenstance. |
| 06/26/year |
Non leve beneficium praestat qui breviter negat. It is no little kindness to refuse without delaying. |
| 06/27/year |
Pecunia una regimen est rerum omnium. Money alone is the ruling principle of all things. |
| 06/28/year |
Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia. Poverty feels the lack of many things, but greed the lack of everything. |
| 06/29/year |
In Venere semper dulcis est dementia. In Venus, losing your mind is always delightful. |
| 06/30/year |
Prospicere in pace oportet, quod bellum iuvet. It is important in peace to foresee what could be useful in war. |
| 07/01/year |
Sensus, non aetas invenit sapientiam. Awareness, not age, leads to wisdom. |
| 07/02/year |
Virtutis omnis impedimentum est timor. Fear is an obstacle to every virtue. |
| 07/03/year |
Licentiam des linguae, cum verum petas. You must let the tongue speak freely if you want to hear the truth. |
| 07/04/year |
Iudex damnatur, cum nocens absolvitur. The judge is condemend when the criminal is acquitted. |
| 07/05/year |
Ducis in consilio posita est virtus militum. On the general's strategy rests the soldiers' bravery. |
| 07/06/year |
Habet in adversis auxilia, qui in secundis commodat. If you are generous when things are good you will have help when things go bad. |
| 07/07/year |
Quam malus est, culpam qui suam alterius facit. How wicked is the man who blames someone else for his own fault. |
| 07/08/year |
Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona. A shameful act may be commended when it's for a good cause. |
| 07/09/year |
Tuti sunt omnes, unus ubi defenditur. All are safe, when one is protected. |
| 07/10/year |
Amor ut lacrima oculo oritur, in pectus cadit. Love, like a tear, starts in the eye and falls into the heart. |
| 07/11/year |
Bis peccas, cum peccanti obsequium commodas. You sin twice over when you show deference to a sinner. |
| 07/12/year |
Qui sibimet vivit, aliis est emortuus. He who lives just for himself is dead to others. |
| 07/13/year |
Bis emori est alterius arbitrio mori. To die at someone else's bidding is to die twice. |
| 07/14/year |
Pereundi scire tempus assidue est mori. To know the time of your demise is to be dying all the time. |
| 07/15/year |
Amor otiosae causa sollicitudinis. Love is a cause of time-wasting worry. |
| 07/16/year |
Furor fit laesa saepius patientia. Patience wounded once too often becomes rage. |
| 07/17/year |
Omnes aequo animo parent, ubi digni imperant. When the rulers are worthy, everyone obeys with equanimity. |
| 07/18/year |
Ex hominum quaestu facta fortuna est dea. Men's complaining has made Luck into a goddess. |
| 07/19/year |
Semper quiescens des iniuriae locum. By always taking it easy, you invite your own injury. |
| 07/20/year |
Iniuriam aures facilius quam oculi ferunt. The ears endure a wrongdoing more willingly than the eyes. |
| 07/21/year |
Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno malo. It is a good thing to see what things should be avoided in another person's troubles. |
| 07/22/year |
Invitum cum retineas, exire incites. When you hold someone back against his will, you might as well drive him away. |
| 07/23/year |
Beneficium dando accepit, qui digno dedit. You do yourself a favor by doing a favor for someone who's worthy of it. |
| 07/24/year |
Rei nulli prodest mora nisi iracundiae. Delay is useful in nothing except in anger. |
| 07/25/year |
Si nil velis timere, metuas omnia. If you wish to be afraid of nothing, fear everything. |
| 07/26/year |
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor. Virtue grows by daring, while fear grows by delaying. |
| 07/27/year |
Quod fugere credas, saepe solet occurrere. You often run into something you thought you were fleeing. |
| 07/28/year |
Miserum est tacere cogi, quod cupias loqui. It is a wretched thing to have to keep quiet when you want to say something. |
| 07/29/year |
Viri boni est nescire facere iniuriam. A good man does not know how to do someone wrong. |
| 07/30/year |
In Venere semper certat dolor et gaudium. In Venus, grief and joy are always at odds. |
| 07/31/year |
Stultitia est insectari, quem di diligunt. It is foolishness to try to persecute those whom the gods love. |
| 08/01/year |
Gravius malum omne est, quod sub aspectu latet. Every anger that lurks beneath the surface is extremely serious. |
| 08/02/year |
Quam miserum est, ubi consilium casu vincitur! How wretched it is when a good plan is defeated by chance! |
| 08/03/year |
Crudelis lacrimis pascitur, non frangitur. The cruel man feeds on tears; he is not swayed by them. |
| 08/04/year |
Malo etiam parcas, si una est periturus bonus. You can also show mercy even to a bad man, if the good man would perish with him. |
| 08/05/year |
Iter est, quacumque dat prior vestigium. The road is wherever someone before you has left a trail. |
| 08/06/year |
Quidquid futurum est summum, ab imo nascitur. Whatever is going to be on top starts out from the bottom. |
| 08/07/year |
Multa ante temptes, quam virum invenias bonum. You have to make many trials before you find that a man is good. |
| 08/08/year |
Fortuna vitrea est: tum, cum splendet, frangitur. Fortune is like glass: when it glitters, it shatters. |
| 08/09/year |
Quamvis acerbus, qui monet, nulli nocet. Although he might be harsh, the man who offers a warning harms no one. |
| 08/10/year |
Monere, non punire stultitiam decet. It's best to admonish foolish behavior, not to punish it. |
| 08/11/year |
Iniuriarum remedium est oblivio. The remedy for injuries you've suffered is to forget about them. |
| 08/12/year |
Ubi omnis vita metus est, mors est optima. When your whole life is fear, death is best. |
| 08/13/year |
Inertia est laboris excusatio. Excusing yourself from work is laziness. |
| 08/14/year |
Cito ignominia fit superbi gloria. The glory of a boastful man soon turns to disgrace. |
| 08/15/year |
Ingrata sunt beneficia, quis comes est metus. Favors that are accompanied by fear are unwelcome. |
| 08/16/year |
Satis est beatus, qui potest, cum vult, mori. A man is lucky enough if he can die when he wants. |
| 08/17/year |
Homo vitae commodatus, non donatus est. You are on loan to life, not donated. |
| 08/18/year |
Quam est felix vita, quae sine odiis transiit. How happy is the life which passes by without hatred. |
| 08/19/year |
Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet. The wise man will his thoughts; the fool is their slave. |
| 08/20/year |
Quod vult, cupiditas cogitat, non quod decet. Greed thinks about what it wants, not what is right. |
| 08/21/year |
Iactum tacendo crimen facias acrius. When you are charged with a crime, you make it worse if you keep silent. |
| 08/22/year |
Excelsis multo facilius casus nocet. Chance much more easily does harm to those of high status. |
| 08/23/year |
O tacitum tormentum animi conscientia! O conscience, the silent torment of the soul! |
| 08/24/year |
Bona fama in tenebris proprium splendorem tenet. A good reputation keeps its own brightness in the dark. |
| 08/25/year |
Fortuna, nimium quem fovet, stultum facit. Fortune makes the person whom she favors too much into a fool. |
| 08/26/year |
Laus nova nisi oritur, etiam vetus amittitur. Unless new acclaim arises, even the old is lost. |
| 08/27/year |
Misereri scire sine periclo est vivere. To know how to pity is to live without peril. |
| 08/28/year |
Mora cogitationis diligentia est. To take your time while planning is due diligence. |
| 08/29/year |
Necessitas ab homine, quae vult, impetrat. What necessity wants from you, she takes. |
| 08/30/year |
Virtute quod non possis, blanditia auferas. You may carry off with flattering words what you cannot win by valor. |
| 08/31/year |
Minus saepe pecces, si scias, quid nescias. You would make fewer mistakes if you knew what you don't know. |
| 09/01/year |
Levis est fortuna: cito reposcit, quod dedit. Fortune is fickle: she's quick to take back what she has given. |
| 09/02/year |
Nisi vindices delicta, improbitatem adiuves. Unless you avenge criminal acts, you're encouraging dishonesty. |
| 09/03/year |
Frenos imponit linguae conscientia. Conscience puts a bridle on the tongue. |
| 09/04/year |
Nil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere. Necessity knows how nothing but how to win. |
| 09/05/year |
Satis est superare inimicum, nimium est perdere. It's enough to defeat your enemy; to destroy him is too much. |
| 09/06/year |
Stulti timent fortunam, sapientes ferunt. Fears fool fortune, while wise men bear it. |
| 09/07/year |
Amicis ita prodesto, ne noceas tibi. You should help your friends so as not to do harm to yourself. |
| 09/08/year |
Multis minatur, qui uni facit iniuriam. He who does wrong to one person is a danger to many. |
| 09/09/year |
Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia. Patience is a remedy for any kind of grief. |
| 09/10/year |
Cum inimico nemo in gratiam tuto redit. No one safely returns into the good graces of an enemy. |
| 09/11/year |
Plures amicos mensa quam mens concipit. A dinner table wins you more friends than your frame of mind. |
| 09/12/year |
Animo imperato, ne tibi animus imperet. Keep your feelings under control, so that your feelings do not control you. |
| 09/13/year |
Probo bona fama maxima est hereditas. For the honest man, a good reputation is the greatest legacy. |
| 09/14/year |
Roganti melius quam imperanti pareas. You'd quicker obey someone who asks than someone who orders. |
| 09/15/year |
Fraus est accipere, quod non possis reddere. It is deceitful to take what you cannot give back. |
| 09/16/year |
Pericla timidus etiam, quae non sunt, videt. A fearful person sees dangers which are not even there. |
| 09/17/year |
Perdidisse honeste mallem quam accepisse turpiter. I'd rather have lost everything honestly than to have ill-gotten gains. |
| 09/18/year |
Qui studet multis amicis, multos inimicos ferat. He who strives to have many friends must put up with many enemies. |
| 09/19/year |
Malivolus semper sua natura vescitur. A spiteful man's spite ever feeds on itself. |
| 09/20/year |
Incertus animus dimidium est sapientiae. A mind that doubts is halfway to wisdom. |
| 09/21/year |
Suspicio sibi ipsa rivales parit. Suspicion itself breeds its own enemies. |
| 09/22/year |
Paratae lacrimae insidias, non luctum indicant. Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not grief. |
| 09/23/year |
Extrema semper de ante factis iudicant. The ends are always the judge of what happened before. |
| 09/24/year |
Tam deest avaro, quod habet, quam quod non habet. The miser lacks both what he has as well as what he doesn't. |
| 09/25/year |
Vita otiosa regnum est, sed curae minus A life of leisure is a royal kingdom, but without the worry. |
| 09/26/year |
Negandi causa avaro numquam deficit. The miser never fails to find a reason for saying no. |
| 09/27/year |
Nisi per te sapias, frustra sapientem audias. Unless you can wise up, it's a waste of time for you to listen to a wise man. |
| 09/28/year |
Amici mores noveris, non oderis. Know your friend's habits, don't despise them. |
| 09/29/year |
Bonus vir nemo est, nisi qui bonus est omnibus. No one is good unless he is good to everyone. |
| 09/30/year |
Ratione, non vi vincenda adulescentia est. Youth must be tamed by reason, not by force. |
| 10/01/year |
Fidem qui perdit, quo se servet reliquo? If you lose faith, what do you have left that can save you? |
| 10/02/year |
Semper metuendo sapiens evitat malum. By constant fear, the wise man avoids trouble. |
| 10/03/year |
Maximo periclo custoditur, quod multis placet. Something that many people want is hardest to protect. |
| 10/04/year |
In nullum avarus bonus est, in se pessimus. A miser treats no man well, and himself worst of all. |
| 10/05/year |
Supplicem hominem opprimere, virtus non est, sed crudelitas. To crush the man already on his knees is not coruage but cruelty. |
| 10/06/year |
Vincere est honestum, opprimere acerbum, pulchrum ignoscere. It is admirable to defeat your enemy, harsh to crush him, and a fine thing to forgive. |
| 10/07/year |
Male imperando summum imperium amittitur. By abuse of authority, the highest authority is lost. |
| 10/08/year |
Necessitas quod poscit, nisi des, eripit. Unless you give Necessity what she demands, she will take it by force. |
| 10/09/year |
Heredis fletus sub persona risus est. Beneath the mask of the heir's grief is a smile. |
| 10/10/year |
Virtuti melius quam fortunae creditur. it's better to trust in your character than in your luck. |
| 10/11/year |
Fortunam citius reperias, quam retineas. You can find fortune faster than you can keep it. |
| 10/12/year |
Qui debet, limen creditoris non amat. Someone who owes money has no love for the creditor's doorstep. |
| 10/13/year |
Malus animus in secreto peius cogitat. The thoughts of an evil man are even worse when secret. |
| 10/14/year |
Deliberandum est saepe, statuendum est semel. Think about something often; make your decision once. |
| 10/15/year |
Quodcumque celes, ipse tibi fias timor. When you hide something, you yourself become the source of your own fear. |
| 10/16/year |
Nihil non aut lenit aut domat diuturnitas. There is nothing that a long passage of time does not tame or alleviate. |
| 10/17/year |
Quod timeas, citius quam quod speres, evenit. That which you fear comes to pass faster than you might want. |
| 10/18/year |
Ibi pote valere populus, ubi leges valent. The people are able to prevail where laws prevail. |
| 10/19/year |
Difficile est dolori convenire cum patientia. It is hard for grief to accord with patience. |
| 10/20/year |
Sero in periclis est consilium quaerere. It is too late to seek advice in the midst of dangers. |
| 10/21/year |
Cavendi nulla est dimittenda occasio. You should never ignore any chance to act cautiously. |
| 10/22/year |
Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur. To both love and be wise is hardly possible even for a god. |
| 10/23/year |
Fortuna unde aliquid fregit, cassum est reficere. After Fortune has broken something, it's useless to try to repair it. |
| 10/24/year |
Iracundiam qui vincit, hostem superat maximum. If you tame your anger, you defeat your greatest enemy. |
| 10/25/year |
In rebus dubiis plurimi est audacia. In a crisis, acting boldly is best. |
| 10/26/year |
Semper plus metuit animus ignotum malum. The mind always fear more the evil that is unknown. |
| 10/27/year |
Metuendum est semper, esse cum tutus velis. If you want to be safe, there's always something to fear. |
| 10/28/year |
Patiens et fortis se ipsum felicem facit. The man who is patient and courageous makes himself a happy man. |
| 10/29/year |
Mora omnis odio est, sed facit sapientiam. All delay is hateful, but it makes wisdom. |
| 10/30/year |
Heu, quam difficilis gloriae custodia est. Oh, how difficult is the safe-keeping of public renown. |
| 10/31/year |
Feras difficilia, ut facilia perferas. You should put up with is hard in order to carry out what is easy. |
| 11/01/year |
Patientia animi occultas divitias habet. Patience of mind has hidden treasures in store. |
| 11/02/year |
Quam miserum est, cum se renovat consumptum malum. How wretched it is when a problem which had run its course comes back! |
| 11/03/year |
Sapiens locum dat requiescendi iniuriae. The wise man allows space for an outrage to settle down. |
| 11/04/year |
Ubi coepit ditem pauper imitari, perit. When the poor man begins to imitate the rich, he is ruined. |
| 11/05/year |
Reus innocens fortunam, non testem timet. When an innocent man is accused, he fears no witness, only chance. |
| 11/06/year |
Amans iratus multa mentitur sibi. The lover, when angry, tells many lies to himself. |
| 11/07/year |
Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit. It's dishonest to blame Neptune for the second shipwreck. |
| 11/08/year |
Heu, quam miserum est ab eo laedi, de quo non possis queri. Oh, how wretched it is to be wounded by someone about whom you cannot complain. |
| 11/09/year |
Nil agere semper infelici est optimum. If you're unlucky, the best thing is always to do nothing. |
| 11/10/year |
Solet hora, quod multi anni abstulerunt, reddere. Often a single hour restores when many years had taken away. |
| 11/11/year |
Benignus etiam causam dandi cogitat. The generous man even invents reasons for giving. |
| 11/12/year |
Ad paenitendum properat, cito qui iudicat. Someone who is quick to judge will soon regret it. |
| 11/13/year |
Quam miserum officium est, quod successum non habet. How wretched is the job which has no success! |
| 11/14/year |
Feras, non culpes, quod mutari non potest. You should endure, not blame, what cannot be changed. |
| 11/15/year |
Diu apparandum est bellum, ut vincas celerius. You must long prepare for war in order to win a swift victory. |
| 11/16/year |
Late ignis lucere, ut nihil urat, non potest. A flame's light cannot be seen from afar without it burning something. |
| 11/17/year |
Cotidie multatur, qui semper timet. If you are always afraid, you pay the price of fear every day. |
| 11/18/year |
Etiam sine lege poena est conscientia. Even without law, conscience is a punishment. |
| 11/19/year |
Discipulus est prioris posterior dies. The day after is the student of the day before. |
| 11/20/year |
Ubi libertas cecidit, audet libere nemo loqui. When freedom has fallen, no one dares to speak freely. |
| 11/21/year |
Verum est, quod pro salute fit, mendacium. A lie told to save yourself is true. |
| 11/22/year |
Spina etiam grata est, ex qua spectatur rosa. Even a thorn is welcome when it bears a rose. |
| 11/23/year |
Perenne coniugium animus, non corpus facit. It's the soul, not the body, which makes a marriage last. |
| 11/24/year |
Qui exspectat ut rogetur, officium levat. If you wait to be asked, you diminish your service. |
| 11/25/year |
Nec vita nec fortuna hominibus perpes est. Neither life nor luck is something that lasts forever. |
| 11/26/year |
Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens. He who speaks on behalf of an innocent man is eloquent enough. |
| 11/27/year |
Dolor animi multo gravior est quam corporis. Pain of mind is far more serious than that of the body. |
| 11/28/year |
Lex universa est, quae iubet nasci et mori. It is a universal law which bids us to be born and to die. |
| 11/29/year |
Quam miserum est mortem cupere nec posse emori. How wretched it is to long for death and not be able to die! |
| 11/30/year |
Legem oblivisci solita est iracundia. Anger is accustomed to forgetting the law. |
| 12/01/year |
Avaro acerba poena natura est sua. For the miser, his own nature is a bitter punishment. |
| 12/02/year |
Res quanto est maior, tanto est insidiosior. The bigger the business, the bigger the trap. |
| 12/03/year |
Ubi iudicat, qui accusat, vis, non lex valet. When the one who accuses is also judge, then force, not law, has prevailed. |
| 12/04/year |
Effugere cupiditatem regnum est vincere. To escape desire is to conquer a kingdom. |
| 12/05/year |
Iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu. You should avoid an angry man for a little while, but an enemy for a long time. |
| 12/06/year |
Tarde, sed graviter vir sapiens irascitur. A wise man is slow to get angry, but when he does, it's serious. |
| 12/07/year |
Formosa facies muta commendatio est. A fair face is a silent seal of approval. |
| 12/08/year |
Quod vix contingit, plus voluptatis parit. When something is achieved with difficulty, it brings more pleasure. |
| 12/09/year |
Ubi peccat aetas maior, male discit minor. When the older generation makes mistakes, the younger learns a bad lesson. |
| 12/10/year |
Occasio receptus difficiles habet. Opportunity is hard to get back a second time. |
| 12/11/year |
Nil est miserius, quam ubi pudet, quod feceris. There is nothing more miserable than when you are ashamed of something you've done. |
| 12/12/year |
Quam miserum est, ubi te captant, qui defenderent. How wretched it is when those who were to protect you make you prisoner! |
| 12/13/year |
Virtutis spolia cum videt, gaudet labor. Hard work rejoices when it sees the rewards of virtue. |
| 12/14/year |
Homo totiens moritur, quotiens amittit suos. You die every time you lose someone who is dear to you. |
| 12/15/year |
Bis interimitur, qui suis armis perit. Someone who dies by his own weapons dies twice over. |
| 12/16/year |
Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere. Whom Fortune wants to ruin, she makes a fool. |
| 12/17/year |
Felicitatem in dubiis virtus impetrat. Boldness achieves a happy outcome in doubtful affairs. |
| 12/18/year |
Quem diligis, ni recte moneas, oderis. You will come to hate the man you love, unless you admonish him rightly. |
| 12/19/year |
Necessitati quodlibet telum utile est. Necessity makes use of any weapon at hand. |
| 12/20/year |
Paucorum improbitas est multorum calamitas. The wickedness of a few is a disaster for many. |
| 12/21/year |
Necessitas quod celat, frustra quaeritur. If is fruitless to look for what Necessity has hidden. |
| 12/22/year |
Quam miserum auxilium est, ubi nocet, quod sustinet. How wretched is the assistance which harms what it should help! |
| 12/23/year |
Quod est venturum, sapiens ut praesens cavet. The wise man guards against what is to come as if it were already here. |
| 12/24/year |
Se damnat iudex, innocentem qui opprimit. The judge condemns himself when he crushes an innocent man. |
| 12/25/year |
Nocentem qui defendit, sibi crimen parit. If you protect a wrongdoer, you create an indictment against yourself. |
| 12/26/year |
Cave quicquam incipias, quod paeniteat postea. Take care not to begin anything which would bring you regret later. |
| 12/27/year |
Aspicere oportet, quicquid possis perdere. You need to keep an eye on anything that you might lose. |
| 12/28/year |
Poena ad malum serpens, iam cum properat, venit. Punishment creeps up on the evil man, even when he's running away. |
| 12/29/year |
Irritare est calamitatem, cum te felicem voces. To call yourself happy is to provoke disaster. |
| 12/30/year |
Sine dolore est vulnus, quod ferendum est cum victoria. The wound has no pain which is suffered in victory. |
| 12/31/year |
Perpetuo vincit, qui utitur clementia. The man who rules on mercy wins every time. |