Cicero on the wise
Academica 1.16 … ipse sē nihil scīre id ūnum sciat …ipse: he himself (nom.)sē: himself (acc.)nihil: nothingscīre: to knowid: thisūnum: onesciat: should know… he should know this alone, that he himself...
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Seneca on leisure
Ep. 82.3Ōtium sine litterīs mors est et hominis vīvī sepultūraŌtium: leisureSine: withoutLitterīs: letters, literary learningMors: deathEst: isEt: andHominis: of a manVīvī: livingSepultūra: burial, en...
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Seneca on being truly free
Ep. 26.10Quī morī didicit, servīre dēdidicit.Quī: whoMorī: to dieDidicit: has learnedServīre: to serve, to be enslaved Dēdidicit: has unlearnedHe who has learned to die has unlearned to be enslaved.Su...
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Martial on a life well-lived
Epigram LXXNōn est vīvere, sed valēre vīta estNōn: notEst: isVīvere: to liveSed: butValēre: to thrive, to flourishVīta: lifeEst: isNot to live, but to flourish, is life. Support the show, buy the book...
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Cicero on living well
Tusculan disputations Book 5.5Est autem ūnus diēs bene et ex praeceptīs tuīs āctus peccantī inmortālitātī antepōnendus.Est: isautem: but, forūnus: onediēs: daybene: well, goodet: andex: according topr...
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Virgil on your allotted time
Aeneid 10.467Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae.Stat: stands, stands fixedsua: his owncuique: for eachdiēs: daybreve: shortet: andinrēparābile: irrecoverabletempus: t...
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Seneca on delay
De ira 2.22.3Dandum semper est tempus; vēritātem diēs aperit.Dandum: must be givensemper: alwaysest: istempus: timevēritātem: truthdiēs: dayaperit: opens, revealsTime must always be given, for the day...
30 Sep 3min
