He (Cato) prefered to be good rather than seem good. Esse quam videri bonus malebat.
He (Cato) prefered to be good rather than seem good. Esse quam videri bonus malebat.
After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere.
From this it is clear how much the pen is worse than the sword (Hinc quam sit calamus svior ense patet.)
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
Himself loving himself so much without a rival Quam se ipse amans sine rivali.
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow. Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Odes, I.xi.1)
He is never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less alone than when he is alone. Never less idle than when wholly idle, nor less alone than when wholly alone. Numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam quum otiosus, nec minus solum, quam quum solus esset.
How like us is that very ugly beast, the monkey. . Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis.
The Roman people understand work better than leisure. Negotium populo Romano melius quam otium committi.
Hinc quam sic calamus svior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword.
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