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No. 1.
Materiem superabat opus. - Ovid.
The workmanship surpassed the material.
No. 2.
Facies non omnibus una,
Nec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum. - Ovid.
Their faces were not all alike, nor yet unlike,
but such as those of sisters ought to be.
No. 3.
Medio tutissimus ibis. - Ovid.
You will go most safely in the middle.
No. 4.
Hic situs est Phaeton, currus
auriga paterni,
Quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis. - Ovid.
Here lies Phaeton, the driver of his father's chariot, which
if he
failed to manage, yet he fell in a great undertaking.
No. 5.
Imponere Pelio Ossam. - Virgil.
To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
No. 6.
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. -
Virgil.
I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.
No. 7.
Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus
istis
Tempus eget. - Virgil.
Not such aid nor such defenders does the time require.
No. 8.
Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare
Charybdim. - Virgil
He runs on Scylla, wishing to avoid Charybdis.
No. 9.
Sequitur patrem, non passibus
aequis.- Virgil.
He follows his father with unequal steps.
No. 10.
Monstrum horrendum, informe,
ingens, cui lumen ademptum. - Virgil.
A horrible monster, misshapen, vast, whose only eye had been
put out.
No.11.
Tantaene animis coelestibus irae? -
Virgil.
In heavenly minds can such resentments dwell?
No. 12.
Haud ignara mali, miseris
succurrere disco. - Virgil.
Not unacquainted with distress, I have learned to succour
the unfortunate.
No. 13.
Tros, Tyriusve mihi nullo
discrimine agetur. - Virgil.
Whether Trojan or Tyrian shall make no difference to me.
No. 14.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra
audentior ito. - Virgil.
Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.
No. 15.
Facilis descensus Averni;
Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis;
Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras,
Hoc opus, hic labor est. - Virgil.
The descent to Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands
open
night and day; but to retrace one's steps and return to the
upper air,
that is the toil, that the difficulty.
No. 16.
Uno avulso non deficit alter. -
Virgil.
When one is torn away another succeeds.
No. 17.
Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit
ungula campum. - Virgil.
Then struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a
four-footed trampling.
No. 18.
Sternitur infelix alieno vulnere,
coelumque
Adspicit et moriens dulces reminiseitur Argos. - Virgil.
He falls, unhappy, by a wound intended for another; looks up
to the skies, and dying remembers sweet Argos.
[see also: Quotations
from Ovid (Bartlett)]
[see also: Perceptions
of Virgil as enchanter and sage (Brewer)]
[see also: Sortes
Virgilianae (Brewer)]
[see also: Miscellaneous
Translations (Bartlett)]
[see also: Quotes
of Alexander the Great (pothos.co.uk)]
[see also: Latin
Quotations (Alexander Backlund)]
[see also: Latin
Phrases (Forum Romanum)]
[see also: Famous
Quotes in Latin (Vladimir Lebedev)]
[see also: Latin
Quotes (BCIA)]
[see also: Classical
Cliches (Andrew Wilson)]
Quotation Collections in Print: New York Public Library's "Quotations
- A Research Guide"
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