Nobility is the one only virtue. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.
Nobility is the one only virtue. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.
An inveterate and incurable itch for writing besets many, and grows old in their sick hearts.
No bad man is lucky. Nemo malus felix.
The itch to write.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
Money lost is bewailed with unfeigned tears.
I will it. I insist on it Let my will stand instead of reason.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
The verdict acquits the raven, but condemns the dove.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno.
The greatest respect is owed to a child. Maxima debetur puero reverentia.
Honesty is praised and left in the cold. Probitas laudatur et alget.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Death alone discloses how insignificant Are the puny bodies of men.
A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sana in corpore sano.
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home.
Deem it the summit of impiety to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to sacrifice lifes only end.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.
Bread and circuses. Panem et circenses.
But who will guard the guardians themselves. Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
An incurable passion to write. Insanabile cacothes scribendi.
The troubled Roman people long for two things bread and circuses.
No other protection is wanting, providing you are under the guidance of prudence.
Two things only the people anxiously desire bread and circuses.
This precept descended from Heaven know thyself.
For whoever contemplates a crime is guilty of the deed.
Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories