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.