Glossary of Quotations 233 



19X. Vino tortus. Tortured by wine and wrath. 



Verier fama. A man's true character may be learned from his ser- 

 vants. 



193. Et hoc volo (fle'Aw, Kol Ti)v t^avrov). I want this, and also to keep 



my own chosen way of life. Et hoc volo. I want this, and also to 

 learn something more. 



194. Alia Tiberio. Tiberius lived a different kind of life. 

 Sylla potuit. Sulla could — I shall not be able to. 



195. Omnium guce dixerat. A man who took care to draw attention to 



everything he had said and done. 

 Audacter calumniare. Throw mud boldly, some of it always sticks. 

 Audacter te vendita. Be loud in recommending yourself, some of what 



you sav always sticks. 



196. Cave ne insuetus. Be careful not to appear unfamiliar with important 



matters, even though this trifle is big enough to amuse you. 

 Sape latet. Vice often lurks in close proximity to virtue. 



197. Idem manebat. He remained the same, but it was not right that he 



should. 

 Versatile ingenium. An adaptable genius. 



198. Fatis accede. Bow to the fates and to the gods. 



Et quemadmodum. And just as it is accepted that the general com- 

 mands the army, so also is it agreed that the state itself should be 

 managed by prudent men; that what they think right should be 

 carried out, and that they should not be obliged merely to follow the 

 course of events. 



Qualis est via. As is the way of a ship in the sea. 



199. Dissimulatio errores. Dissimulation produces errors which ensnare 



the dissimulator himself. 

 Alter non recusal. The other does not refuse, but even demands that 



he be called what he is — a tyrant. 

 Ita parentis. It was right that he should thus succeed to his father's 



honours. 

 Occultior, non melior. More dissembling, not better. 

 Ore probo. Honest in speech, shameless in thought. 



200. Et cum artibus. A combination of her husband's wiles and the 



hypocrisy of her son. 

 Hcec omnia. He made a great business of all this. 



201. Quod nunc. Let us attend to present business. 



Sed fugit. But meanwhile irrecoverable time flies by. 



202. H<zc oportet. These ought ye to have done and not to leave the other 



undone. 

 Et ama. Love as a future enemy, and hate like a future lover. 



203. BoncB Artes. Good arts. 



Cadant amid. Let our friends fall, provided our enemies perish. 

 Ego si quid. If fire breaks out among my goods I will extinguish it 

 not with water but with ruin. 



204. QucB vobis. What kind of reward matching your merits can I think of 



to pay you ? The first and fairest heaven itself will award you, and 

 your own hearts. 

 Atque affigit. And he implanted in the soil a particle of the divine 

 breath. 



205. Primum qu<zrite regnum. Seek ye first the goods of the mind; the rest 



will either be present or will not perish. 

 Te colui. I have worshipped thee, Virtue, as a being; but thou art an 



empty name. 

 Totamque infusa. And Mind, which flows through the whole mass [of 



the universe], mingles with that vast body. 



206. Et in conspectu. And before the throne there was as it were a sea of 



glass like unto crystal. 

 208. St nunquam fallit imago. If the image never fails. 



