Archives For November 30, 1999

Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis, in errore perseverare (Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one)

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippica XII

Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt (Destiny carries the willing man; and drags the unwilling)

Seneca, Epistulae Morales XVIII

iustificati igitur ex fide pacem habeamus ad Deum per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum (Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ)

Romans 5:1 (Latin Vulgate)

Ignoranti, quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est (For those who don’t know which port they are headed to, no wind is favorable.)

Seneca

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

Roman Proverb

3. in carne enim ambulantes non secundum carnem militamus 4. nam arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum consilia destruentes (3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to God, unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels,)

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (Latin Vulgate)

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

Glória in excélsis Deo
et in terra pax homínibus bonae voluntátis.
Laudámus te,
benedícimus te,
adorámus te,
glorificámus te,
grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam

Latin liturgy, Mass: Gloria