Seneca on leisure
Ep. 82.3Ōtium sine litterīs mors est et hominis vīvī sepultūraŌtium: leisureSine: withoutLitterīs: letters, literary learningMors: deathEst: isEt: andHominis: of a manVīvī: livingSepultūra: burial, en...
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Seneca on being truly free
Ep. 26.10Quī morī didicit, servīre dēdidicit.Quī: whoMorī: to dieDidicit: has learnedServīre: to serve, to be enslaved Dēdidicit: has unlearnedHe who has learned to die has unlearned to be enslaved.Su...
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Martial on a life well-lived
Epigram LXXNōn est vīvere, sed valēre vīta estNōn: notEst: isVīvere: to liveSed: butValēre: to thrive, to flourishVīta: lifeEst: isNot to live, but to flourish, is life. Support the show, buy the book...
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Cicero on living well
Tusculan disputations Book 5.5Est autem ūnus diēs bene et ex praeceptīs tuīs āctus peccantī inmortālitātī antepōnendus.Est: isautem: but, forūnus: onediēs: daybene: well, goodet: andex: according topr...
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Virgil on your allotted time
Aeneid 10.467Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae.Stat: stands, stands fixedsua: his owncuique: for eachdiēs: daybreve: shortet: andinrēparābile: irrecoverabletempus: t...
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Seneca on the way
The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way.Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas.It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true freedom.Ph...
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Virgil on fated vengeance
Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger.Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultorMay someone arise, an avenger, out of our bonesExoriare: may you ariseAliquis: someoneNostris: our (abl. pl.)Ex ossibus: f...
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