„Dwa razy daje, kto szybko daje.”
Bis dat, qui cito dat. (łac.)
Źródło: C. Jędraszko, Łacina na co dzień, Warszawa 1988, s. 39.
Publiliusz Syrus: 131 cytatów1 Polubienie
Publiliusz Syrus słynne cytaty
„Wielu bać się powinien ten, kogo wielu się boi.”
Multos timere debet, quem multi timent. (łac.)
„Kogo los chce zgubić, tego głupcem czyni.”
Stultum facit fortuna, quem perdere vult. (łac.)
„Życie samo jest krótkie, lecz przez cierpienia staje się dłuższe.”
Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis fit longior. (łac.)
Publiliusz Syrus cytaty
„W kłótni prawda zawsze się gubi.”
Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał Krzysztof Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
„Tylko pieniądz jest władcą całego świata.”
Pecunia una regimen est rerum omnium. (łac.)
„Upominaj przyjaciół na osobności, chwal jawnie.”
Amicos secreto admone, palam lauda (łac.)
„Gdy kochasz, nie bądź rozsądny, gdy jesteś rozsądny, nie kochaj.”
Cum ames, non sapias, cum sapias, non ames. (łac.)
„Człowiek tyle razy umiera, ile razy traci swych bliskich.”
Homo totiens moritur, quotiens amittit suos. (łac.)
„Dobra dla człowieka jest śmierć, która gasi nieszczęścia życia.”
Bona mors est homini, vitae quae exstinguit mala (łac.)
Źródło: Czesław Jędraszko, Łacina na co dzień, Warszawa 1988, s. 40.
„Podwójnie daje kto szybko daje.”
Dwa razy daje, kto prędko daje.
Bis dat qui cito dat. (łac.)
„Dobra myśl w nieszczęściu – złego połowa.”
Bonus animus in re mala dimidium est mali. (łac.)
„Następny dzień jest uczniem poprzedniego.”
Discipulus est prioris posterior dies. (łac.)
„Tracimy to, co pewne, dążąc do tego, co niepewne.”
Certa amittimus, dum incerta petimus (łac.)
„W dobrym człowieku gniew szybko mija.”
Bonum ad virum cito moritur iracundia (łac.)
„Oczy są ślepe, gdy rozum zajęty jest czymś innym.”
Caeci sunt oculi, cum animus alias res agit. (łac.)
Publiliusz Syrus: Cytaty po angielsku
“Confidence is the only bond of friendship.”
Maxim 34
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Never find your delight in another's misfortune.”
Maxim 467
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”
Maxim 571
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“Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.”
Maxim 144
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”
Maxim 715
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“Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.”
Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.
Maxim 911; one of the most famous renditions of the ancient Greek proverb (which is anonymous and dates to the 5th century BCE or earlier). The provenance of the proverb and its English versions is at Wikiquote's Euripides page, under the heading "Misattributed".
Sentences
“The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.”
Maxim 38
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“Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.”
Maxim 1075
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“Too much straightforwardness is foolish against a shameless person.”
Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas
Maxim 123
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“When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”
Maxim 338
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“Poverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things.”
Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia.
Maxim 236
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“Success makes some crimes honorable.”
Maxim 326
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“Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.”
Maxim 191
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“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”
Malum est consilium, quod mutari non potest.
Maxim 469
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“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”
Maxim 305
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“There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.”
Maxim 23
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“The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”
Maxim 511
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“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
Honesta fama melior pecunia est.
Maxim 108
Sentences
“Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.”
Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus.
Maxim 14
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Wariant: "Debt is the slavery of the free."
“Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.”
Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
Maxim 1060
Sentences
“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.”
Maxim 891
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“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”
Maxim 1073
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“Money alone sets all the world in motion.”
Maxim 656
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“Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor.
Maxim 63
Variant translation: "Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back."
Sentences
“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”
Maxim 185
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“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”
Maxim 872
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“Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.”
Maxim 310
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“Receive an injury rather than do one.”
Maxim 5
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“It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”
Maxim 675
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