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I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate… For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. .
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter T.
nature does nothing in vain: Cf. Aristotle: "οὐθὲν γάρ, ὡς φαμέν, μάτην ἡ φύσις ποιεῖ" (Politics I 2, 1253a9) and Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason and of necessity." natura non contristatur: nature is not saddened: That is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate.
it is a good shepherd's [job] to shear his flock, not to flay them: Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, as a warning against taxing the populace excessively. bono malum superate: overcome evil with good: Motto of Westonbirt School bonum commune communitatis: common good of the community: Or "general welfare".
it is a good shepherd's [job] to shear his flock, not to flay them: Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, as a warning against taxing the populace excessively. bono malum superate: overcome evil with good: Motto of Westonbirt School bonum commune communitatis: common good of the community: Or "general welfare".
The full Latin sentence is usually abbreviated into the phrase (De) Mortuis nihil nisi bonum, "Of the dead, [say] nothing but good."; whereas free translations from the Latin function as the English aphorisms: "Speak no ill of the dead," "Of the dead, speak no evil," and "Do not speak ill of the dead."
the only good language is a dead language: Example of dog Latin humor. sola scriptura: by scripture alone: The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant idea that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the Pope or tradition. sola nobilitat virtus: virtue alone ennobles
nothing [is] truer than truth: Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School: vero possumus: yes, we can: A variation of the campaign slogan of then-Senator Barack Obama, which was superimposed on a variation of the Great Seal of the United States during the US presidential campaign of 2008. [7] versus (vs) or (v.) towards: Literally, "in the ...