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Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ
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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)
Context: If those who lead you say, 'See, the Kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Virtue hidden hath no value. <br class="br"> Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#222.
“Presence will minish awe.”
Minuit praesentia famam.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
De Bello Gildonico, line 387 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Bello_Gildonico*.html#385. <br class="br">Variant translation: Presence diminishes fame.
“Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.”
Natura beatis,<br/>omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Natura beatis,<br>omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. <br class="br"> In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 215-216 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/In_Rufinum/1*.html#215.
“But he whom reason, not anger, animates is a peer of the gods.”
Dis proximus ille est,<br/>quem ratio non ira movet.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Dis proximus ille est,<br>quem ratio non ira movet. <br class="br"> Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, lines 227-228 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Manlio_Theodoro*.html#227.
“Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.”
Peragit tranquilla potestas<br/>quod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urget<br/>imperiosa quies.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Peragit tranquilla potestas<br>quod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urget<br>imperiosa quies. <br class="br"> Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, lines 239-241 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Manlio_Theodoro*.html#239.
“Biting poverty and cruel Cupid are my foes. Hunger I can endure; love I cannot.”
Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:<br/>sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:<br>sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor. <br class="br"> Epigram XV http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Carmina_Minora*/omnia.html#XV
“If thou make any law or establish any custom for the general good, be the first to submit thyself thereto; then does a people show more regard for justice nor refuse submission when it has seen their author obedient to his own laws. The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.”
In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum, <br/>primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi <br/>fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum <br/>auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis <br/>regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus <br/>humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum,<br>primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi<br>fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum<br>auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis<br>regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus<br>humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis. <br class="br"> Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, lines 296-301 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#296.
“Death renders all equal.”
Omnia mors aequat.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Raptu_Proserpinae/2*.html#302. <br class="br">Variant translation: Death makes all things equal.
“Whoso causes terror is himself more fearful.”
Qui terret plus ipse timet.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 290 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#290.
“No longer can I complain that the unrighteous man reaches the highest pinnacle of success. He is raised aloft that he may be hurled down in more headlong ruin.”
Iam non ad culmina rerum<br/>iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum<br/>ut lapsu graviore ruant.
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Iam non ad culmina rerum<br>iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum<br>ut lapsu graviore ruant. <br class="br"> In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 21-23 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/In_Rufinum/1*.html#21.
“Virtue hidden hath no value.”
Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#222.
