Incerta hæc si tu postules ratione certa facere, nihilo plus agas, quam si des operam ut cum ratione insanias He is deserving of praise who considers not what he may do, but what it becomes him to do (Seneca) Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet It is a father’s duty to accustom his son to act rightly of his own free will rather than from fear of the consequences (Terence) Hoc patrium est, potius consuefacere filium sua sponte recte facere, quam alieno metu I am glad that the one whom I must have loved from duty, whatever he might have been, is the same one whom I can love from inclination (Trebonius, according to Tullium) Gratulor quod eum quem necesse erat diligere, qualiscunque esset, talem habemus, ut libenter quoque diligamus It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune to build one up is a difficult and arduous task (Livy) There are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain (Plautus)īravery and endurance make a man a Roman (Livy)įacile esse momento, quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnæ fortunæ facere et parare eam difficile atque arduum esse Gain made at the expense of reputation must be reckoned as lossĮmas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est quod non opus est, asse carum estīuy not what you want, but what you need what you do not want is costly at a penny (Cato the Elder)Įst etiam, ubi profecto damnum præstet facere, quam lucrum (Motto of Tottenham Hotspur)ĭamnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing (Quintilian) It is better to receive than to do an injury (Cicero) It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice ![]() It is necessary that the one who seeks gain should incur expense (Plautus) ![]() Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quærit lucrum EUdict dictionary: Latin - English Results for: necesse est facere sumptum, qui quærit lucrum Latin
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