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The name of a dining club in ancient Athens ridiculing Athenian tradition and the gods. Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν. Kakoû kórakos kakòn ōión. "From a bad crow, a bad egg" I.e. like father, like son. Κακὸς ἀνὴρ μακρόβιος. Kakòs anḕr makróbios. "A bad man lives long." καλλίστῃ kallístēi
The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master urgent." (Avot 2:15). A light-hearted version in England, thought to have originated in Shropshire, is the pun "Bars longa, vita brevis" i.e. so many bars (or pubs) to visit, in so short a life.
Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end of some elaboration. summum bonum: the supreme good: Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil"). summum ius, summa iniuria: supreme law, supreme injustice: From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without understanding ...
It was later used as the title of a short poem of Ernest Dowson. vitae corona fides: faith is the crown of life: Motto of Colchester Royal Grammar School. vitai lampada tradunt: they hand on the torch of life: A quotation from the poem of Lucretius, De rerum natura, Book 2, 77-9.
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Mediolanum was an ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy. Melius abundare quam deficere: Better too much than not enough. Also used in elliptical form as melius abundare. meliora: better things: Carrying the connotation of "always better". The motto of the University of Rochester. Meliorare legem meliorare vitam est: To improve the law is to ...
Short family quotes "A man should never neglect his family for business.” — Walt Disney. quote about family "The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden
art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire. arte et labore: by art and by labour: Motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C. arte et marte: by skill and by fighting