This was in the custom (or manner) of our ancestors Here, where the city now stands, was at that time nothing but its site (Ovid) Hic ubi nunc urbs est, tum locus urbis erat Oh my!, how sad he looked!, how changed from that Hector who returned in triumph arrayed in the spoils of Achilles (Virgil) Hei mihi!, qualis erat!, quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore, qui redit, exuvias indutus Achilli I am glad that the one whom I must have loved from duty, whatever he might have been, is the same one whom I can love from inclination (Trebonius, according to Tullium) Gratulor quod eum quem necesse erat diligere, qualiscunque esset, talem habemus, ut libenter quoque diligamus As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end (from the Catholic Mass) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave (Seneca)

Liberty is never more gracious than under a pious king (Claudian) Whoever thinks it slavery to serve under an eminent prince is mistaken. Nunquam libertas gratior extat quam sub rege pio Peace is freedom in tranquility, slavery is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death (Cicero)įallitur, egregio quisquis sub principe credit servitium. The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself is salutary, but there is a great difference between peace and slavery. Pax est tranquilla libertas, servitus postremum malorum omnium non modo bello, sed morte etiam repellendum Augustine)Įt nomen pacis dulce est et ipsa res salutaris, sed inter pacem et servitutem plurimum interest. Liberty is having a pure and dauntless heart all else is slavery and hidden darkness (Ennius)Įt illa erant fercula, in quibus mihi esurienti te inferebatur sol et lunaĪnd these were the dishes wherein to me, hunger-starved for you, they served up the sun and moon (St. God has given some gifts to the whole human race from which none is excluded (Seneca)Įa libertas est qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat aliæ res obnoxiosæ nocte in obscura latent

Happy is the man who fears the Lord, who is all the more willing to follow his commands (Psalm 112:1)Ĭanis ingens, catena vinctus, in pariete erat pictus superque quadrata littera scriptum, Cave CanemĪ large dog, tied to a chain, was painted on the wall and over the picture was written in block letters, Beware the Dog (Petronius)ĭeus quædam munera universo humano generi dedit, a quibus excluditur nemo

Other nations may be able to put up with slavery, but liberty is peculiar to the Roman people (Cicero)Ītqui vultus erat multa et præclara minantisĪnd yet you had the look of one who threatened (i.e., promised) many fine things (Horace)īeatus vir qui timet Dominum, in mandatis ejus volet nimis They consent to laws that place the people outside the law (Lucilius)Īliæ nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani est propria libertas EUdict dictionary: Latin - English Results for: Servi quibus libertas donata erat dominum laudabant LatinĪccipiunt leges, populus quibus legibus exlex

Mihi libertas necesse est