„Dwa razy daje, kto szybko daje.”
Bis dat, qui cito dat. (łac.)
Źródło: C. Jędraszko, Łacina na co dzień, Warszawa 1988, s. 39.
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„Dwa razy daje, kto szybko daje.”
Bis dat, qui cito dat. (łac.)
Źródło: C. Jędraszko, Łacina na co dzień, Warszawa 1988, s. 39.
„Życie samo jest krótkie, lecz przez cierpienia staje się dłuższe.”
Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis fit longior. (łac.)
„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.)
„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.
„Dobra myśl w nieszczęściu – złego połowa.”
Bonus animus in re mala dimidium est mali. (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.)
“It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.”
Maxim 995
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“He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.”
Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.
Maxim 6
Sentences
“When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.”
Fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit.
Maxim 277
Sentences
“Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what it has not.”
Maxim 927
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“What happens to one man may happen to all.”
Maxim 171
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“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
Maxim 358
Sentences
“Either be silent or say something better than silence.”
Maxim 960
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“Have courage, or cunning, when you deal with an enemy.”
Maxim 156
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“Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.”
Maxim 35
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”
Maxim 262
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“There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.”
Maxim 138
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“Never promise more than you can perform.”
Maxim 528
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Practice is the best of all instructors.”
Maxim 439
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“The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”
Maxim 388
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“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”
Maxim 401
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“By doing nothing men learn to do ill.”
Maxim 318
Compare Ecclesiasticus 33:27 (KJV): "idleness teacheth much evil".
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“If your parent is just, revere him; if not, bear with him.”
Ames parentem, si aequus est, si aliter, feras.
Maxim 27
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“We should provide in peace what we need in war.”
Maxim 709
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“In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.”
A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
Maxim 357
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“Iudex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur.”
The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.
Maxim 407
Adopted by the original Edinburgh Review magazine as its motto.
Sentences
“Even when there is no law, there is conscience.”
Maxim 237
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