Archives For November 30, 1999

Virtus, non copia vincint (Courage, not multitude, wins.)

Roman Proverb

in omnibus te ipsum praebe exemplum bonorum operum in doctrina integritatem gravitatem verbum sanum inreprehensibilem ut is qui ex adverso est vereatur nihil habens malum dicere de nobis (In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity, The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.)

Titus 2:7-8 (Latin Vulgate) 

Dulce et decorum est pro patri mori (It is sweet and honorable to die for your country)

Horace, Carmina III, 2, 13

Corruptissma republica plumirae leges. (In the most corrupt republic, the laws are most numerous.)

Tacitus, Annales III,27

Prefer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim

Ovid – Be patient and tough; this pain will serve you one day