Share this page: In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus crescendi posuere modum. Great things come crashing down upon themselves – such is the limit of growth ordained by heaven for success. -- Pharsalia, bk. 1, line 81 Quis iustius induit arma Scire nefas, magno se iudice quisque tuetur: Victrix causa deis placuit, sed victa Catoni. It is not granted to know which man took up arms with more right on his side. Each has the support of a high authority: the victorious cause pleased the gods, but the vanquished one pleased Cato. -- Pharsalia, bk. 1, line 128 Stat magni nominis umbra. The mere shadow of a mighty name he stood. (literally: There stands the shadow of a great man.) -- Of Pompey the Great, in: Pharsalia, bk. 1, line 135 Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset agendum. Thinking nothing done while anything remained to be done. -- Pharsalia, bk. 2, line 657 Coniunx Est mihi, sunt nati: dedimus tot pignora fatis. I have a wife, I have sons: we have given so many hostages to the fates. -- Pharsalia, bk. 6, line 661 Plus est quam vita salusque Quod perit. More was lost than life and safety. -- Pharsalia, bk. 7, line 639 Jupiter est quodcumque vides, quocumque moveris. Jupiter is whatever you see, whichever way you move. -- Pharsalia, bk. 9, line 580 Etiam periere ruinae. Even the ruins have been destroyed. -- Pharsalia, bk. 1, line 969 Share this page:

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