Quotes from book

Pharsalia

“The chain of causes comes down from the creation of the world.”
A prima descendit origine mundi causarum series.

“But Caesar, headlong in all his designs,
thought nothing done while anything remained to do.”
Sed Caesar in omnia praeceps,<br/>nil actum credens, cum quid superesset agendum.

“I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.”
Coniunx<br/>est mihi, sunt nati; dedimus tot pignora fatis.

“No life is short that gives a man time to slay himself.”
Vita brevis nulli superest qui tempus in illa quaerendae sibi mortis habet.

“Legality conferred on crime.”
Iusque datum sceleri.

“The sin of thousands always goes unpunished.”
Quidquid multis peccatur inultum est.

“We praise loyalty, but it pays the price when it supports those whom Fortune crushes.”
Dat poenas laudata fides, cum sustinet inquit quos fortuna premit.

“Let the mind of man be blind to coming doom; he fears, but leave him hope.”
Sit caeca futuri mens hominum fati; liceat sperare timenti.

“Such was the character, such the inflexible rule of austere Cato – to observe moderation and hold fast to the limit, to follow nature, to give his life for his country, to believe that he was born to serve the whole world and not himself.”
Hi mores, haec duri inmota Catonis secta fuit, servare modum finemque tenere naturamque sequi patriaeque inpendere vitam nec sibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo.

“If great renown is won by true merit, and if virtue is considered in itself and apart from success, then all that we praise in any of our ancestors was Fortune's gift.”
Si veris magna paratur fama bonis et si successu nuda remoto inspicitur virtus, quidquid laudamus in ullo maiorum, fortuna fuit.

“Best gift of all
The knowledge how to die; next, death compelled.”
Scire mori sors prima viris, sed proxima cogi.

“But Caesar had more than a mere name and military reputation: his energy could never rest, and his one disgrace was to conquer without war.”
Sed non in Caesare tantum<br/>nomen erat nec fama ducis, sed nescia virtus<br/>stare loco, solusque pudor non vincere bello.

“All that we see is God; every motion we make is God also.”
Estque dei sedes nisi terra et pontus et aer et caelum et virtus? superos quid quaerimus ultra? Jupiter est quodcumque vides, quocumque moveris.

“Discordant concord.”
Concordia discors.

“But silenced now are laws in war: we driven from our homes; yet is our exile willing.”
Postquam leges bello siluere coactae pellimur e patriis laribus patimurque volentes exilium.

“Wars worse than civil.”
Bella...plus quam civilia.

“Ignorantque datos, ne quisquam seruiat, enses.”