{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/bulf/bulf42.htm","path":"cla/bulf/bulf42.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/bulf/bulf42.htm","text":"Sacred-texts\u00a0\n Classical Paganism\u00a0\n Legends & Sagas\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 1\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MATERIEM superabat opus.- Ovid.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The workmanship surpassed the material.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 2.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Facies non omnibus una,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum.- Ovid.\n Their faces were not all alike, nor yet unlike, but such as those of\n sisters ought to be.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 3.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Medio tutissimus ibis.- Ovid.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You will go most safely in the middle.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 4.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hic situs est Phaeton, currus auriga paterni,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis.- Ovid.\n Here lies Phaeton, the driver of his father's chariot, which if he\n failed to manage, yet he fell in a great undertaking.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 5.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imponere Pelio Ossam.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To pile Ossa upon Pelion.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 6.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 7.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tempus eget.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Not such aid nor such defenders does the time require.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 8.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He runs on Scylla, wishing to avoid Charybdis.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 9.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sequitur patrem, non passibus aequis.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He follows his father with unequal steps.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 10.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.- Virgil.\n A horrible monster, misshapen, vast, whose only eye had been put out.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No.11.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In heavenly minds can such resentments dwell?\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 12.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Haud ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.- Virgil.\n Not unacquainted with distress, I have learned to succour the\n unfortunate.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 13.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tros, Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Whether Trojan or Tyrian shall make no difference to me.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 14.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.- Virgil.\n Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 15.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Facilis descensus Averni;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hoc opus, hic labor est.- Virgil.\n The descent to Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands open\n night and day; but to retrace one's steps and return to the upper air,\n that is the toil, that the difficulty.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 16.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Uno avulso non deficit alter.- Virgil.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When one is torn away another succeeds.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 17.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.- Virgil.\n Then struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a four-footed\n trampling.\n \n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. 18.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sternitur infelix alieno vulnere, coelumque\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adspicit et moriens dulces reminiseitur Argos.- Virgil.\n He falls, unhappy, by a wound intended for another; looks up to\n the skies, and dying remembers sweet Argos.\n \n \n \nTHE END","title":"Proverbial Expressions","type":"page"}