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| Fortune helps the strong. |
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| Polyphemus erat monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens. |
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| Polyphemus was a horrendous, formless, huge monster. |
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| Quam celeris et acris est mens. |
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| How swift and sharp is the mind! |
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| Varium et mutabile semper femina. |
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| Woman is always a fickle and changeable thing. |
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| Facile est epigrammata belle scribere, sed librum scribere difficile est. |
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| To write epigrams beautifully is easy, but to write a book is difficult. |
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| Ira furor brevis est; animum rege. |
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| Anger is brief madness; rule the spirit. |
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| Ars poetica est non omnia dicere. |
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| The art of poetry is to not say all things. |
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| Nihil est ab omni parte beatum. |
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| Nothing is happy from all parts. |
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| Liber meus homines prudenti consilio alit. |
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| My book nourishes humans with prudent counsel. |
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| Mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est. |
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| The mother of all good arts is wisdom. |
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| Clementia regem salvum facit; |
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| Nam amor omnium civium est inexpugnabile munimentum regis. |
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| For the love of all citizens is the impregnable defense of a king. |
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| Vita est brevis; ars, longa. |
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| Life is short; art is long. |
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| Breve tempus aetatis autem satis longum est ad bene vivendum. |
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| The period of life is brief, however it is long enough for living well. |
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| Vivet et vivet per omnium saeculorum memoriam. |
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| He lives and lives through the memory of all ages. |
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| Difficilis facilis, iucundus acerbus - es idem: |
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| Difficult easy, pleasant harsh - you are the same: |
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| Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te. |
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| I can neither live with you or without you. |
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E/L: Fresno State
Smittcamp Family Honors College
Fall 2013 |
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Universitas Fresnesis
Collegium Honorum Familiae Smittcampensis
Autumnus MMXIII |
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| Salve, bone amice, cui filium meum heri commisi. |
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| Hello, good friend, to whom I entrusted my son to yesterday. |
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| Dionysius, de quo ante dixi, a Graecia ad Siciliam per tempestatem navigabat. |
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| Dionysisus, about whom I spoke before, was sailing from Greece to Sicily through a storm. |
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| Multi cives aut ea pericula quae imminent non vident aut ea quae fident neglegunt. |
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| Either many citizens do not see these dangers which are imminent, or they neglect those which they do see. |
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| He who gives quickly, gives quickly. |
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| Qui coepit dimidium facti habet. Incipe! |
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| He who has begun has half an accomplishment. Begin! |
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| Levis est fortuna: id cito reposcit quod dedit. |
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| Fickle is fortune; it quickly demands back that which it gave. |
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| Fortuna eum stultum facit quem nimium amat. |
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| Fortune makes him whom she loves too much, stupid. |
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| Non solum fortuna ipsa est caeca sed etiam eos caecos facit quos semper adiuvat. |
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| Not only is fortune herself blind, but she also makes those whom she always saves blind. |
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| Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria. |
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| He who conquers himself in victory, conquers twice. |
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| Simulatio delet veritatem, sine qua nomen amicitiae valere non potest. |
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| Insincerity erases truth, without which the name of friendship is not able to be strong. |
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| Virtutem enim illius viri amavi, quae cum corpore non periit. |
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| Truly I loved that man's virtue, which did not perish with his body. |
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| Turbam vita. Cum his vive qui te meliorem facere possunt; |
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| Avoid the crowd. Live with these men who can make you better. |
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| Illos admitte quos tu potes facere meliores. |
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| Admit those men whom you can make better. |
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| Cornua cervum a periculis defendunt. |
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| Horns protect a stag from dangers. |
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| Oedipus duobus oculis se privavit. |
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| Oedipus deprived himself of his two eyes. |
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| Themistocles bello Persico Graeciam servitute liberavit. |
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| Themistocles freed Greece from servitude in the Persian war. |
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| Demosthenes multos versus uno spiritu pronuntiabat. |
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| Demosthenes used to pronounce many verses in one breath. |
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| Iste communi sensu caret. |
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| That man of yours is without common sense. |
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| Senectus nos privat omnibus voluptatibus neque longe abest a morte. |
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| Old-age deprives us of all pleasures and is not far away from death. |
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| Nullus accusator caret culpa; omnes peccavimus. |
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| No accuser is without blame; we all have sinned. |
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| Nulla pars vitae vacare officio potest. |
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| No part of life can be free from duty. |
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| Prima virtus est vitio carere. |
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| The first virtue is to be without vice. |
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| Vir scelere vacuus non eget iaculis neque arcu. |
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| A man free from evil does not need javelins or a bow. |
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| Magni tumultus urbem eo tempore miscebant. |
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| Great uprisings were disturbing the city at that time. |
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| Litterae senatui populoque Allobrogum manibus coniuratorum ipsorum erant scriptae. |
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| A letter had been written to the senate and the people of the Allobroges by the hands of the conspirators themselves. |
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| Vale puella - iam Catullus obdurat. |
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| Farewell girl - Catullus is now firm. |
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| Scelesta, vae te! Quae tibi manet vita? |
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| Wicked girl, woe to you! What life remains for you? |
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| Quis nunc te adibit? Cui videberis bella? |
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| Who will visit you now? To whom will you seem beautiful? |
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| Quem nunc amabis? Cuius esse diceris? |
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| Who will you love now? Whose will you be said to be? |
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| Quem basiabis? Cui labella mordebis? |
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| Who will you kiss? Whose lips will you bite? |
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| At tu, Catulle, destinatus obdura. |
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| But you, Catullus, resolved be firm. |
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| Habemus senatus consultum contra te, Catilina, vehemens et grave; |
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| We have a decree of the senate against you, Cataline, violent and serious; |
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| Acre iudicium habemus, et vires et consilium civitas nostra habet. |
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| We have harsh judgement, and our state has courage and a plan. |
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| Discede nunc ex hac urbe cum mala manu sceleratorum; |
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| Leave now from this city with the band of evil criminals; |
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| Magno metu me liberabis, si omnes istos coniuratos tecum educes. |
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| You will free me from great fear if you lead out all those conspirators of yours with you. |
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| Nisi nunc discedes, te cito eiciemus. |
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| If you do not leave now, we will quickly throw you out. |
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| Nihil in civitate nostra te delectare potest. |
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| Nothing in our state can delight you. |
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| Deinde curre ad Manlium, istum amicum malum; |
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| Then run to Manlius, that evil friend of yours; |
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| Incipe nunc; gere bellum in civitatem! |
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| Now begin; wage war on the state! |
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| Brevi tempore te omnesque tuos, hostes patriae, vincemus, et omnes vos poenas graves semper dabitis. |
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| In a short time we will conquer you and all your men, enemies of the fatherland, and all you will forever pay a serious penalty. |
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| Possunt quia posse videntur. |
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| The are able because they seem to be able. |
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| Etiam fortes viri subitis periculis saepe terrentur. |
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| Even strong men are often frightened by sudden dangers. |
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| Tua consilia sunt clara nobis; teneris scientia horum civium omnium. |
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| Your plans are clear to us; you are held fast by the knowledge of all of these citizens. |
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| Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest. |
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| Bad is the plan that is not able to be changed. |
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| It is right to be taught by the enemy. |
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| Eo tempore erant circenses ludi, quo geneere levi spectaculi numquam teneor. |
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| At that time there were contests in the circus, the type of trivial spectable by which I am never held. |
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| Haec est nunc vita mea: admitto et saluto bonos viros qui ad me veniunt; diende aut scribo aut lego; post haec omne tempus corpori datur. |
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| This is my life now: I greet and admit good men who come to me; then I either write or read; after these things all the time is given to the body. |
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| Nihil igitur mors est, quoniam natura animi habetur mortalis. |
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| Therefore death is nothing, since the nature of spirit is considered to be mortal. |
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| Amor misceri cum timore non ptest. |
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| Love is not able to be mixed with fear. |
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| Numquam enim temeritas cum sapientia commiscetur. |
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| Truly, rashness is never mixed with wisdom. |
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| Diligemus eum qui pecunia non movetur. |
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| We will love him who is not moved by money. |
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| Laudatur ab his; culpatur ab illis. |
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| He is praised by these men; blamed by those. |
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| Probitas laudatur - et alget. |
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| Honesty is praised - and neglect. (?????) |
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| Quae est natura animi? Est mortalis. |
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| What is the nature of the soul? It is mortal. |
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| Illa argumenta visa sunt et gravia et certa. |
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| Those arguments have seemed both serious and certain. |
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| Quid nos facere contra isos et scelera eorum debemus. |
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| What ought we do against those men and their crimes? |
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| Quid ego egi? In quod periculum iactus sum? |
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| What have I done? Into what danger have I been thrown? |
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| O di immortales! In qua urbe vivimus? Quam civitatem habemus? Quae scelera videmus? |
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| O immortal gods! In what city do we live? What city-state do we have? What sins do we see? |
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| Qui sunt boni cives nisi ei qui beneficia patriae memoria tenent? |
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| Who are good citizens except those who hold the benefits in their memory? |
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| Alia, quae pecunia parantur ab eo stulto parata sunt; at mores eius reos amicos parare non potuerunt. |
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| Other things, which are obtained by money, have been obtained by the foolish man; but his morals were not able to provide true friends. |
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