Cicero on the mind

Seneca, Epistulae Morales 107.11Dūcunt volentem fāta, nōlentem trahunt.Dūcunt: they leadvolentem: the willing fāta: the fatesnōlentem: the unwillingtrahunt: they dragThe fates lead the willing, the unwilling they drag.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years. Available at your local Amazon store.

Cicero, De Officiis 1.101Duplex est enim vīs animōrum atque nātūra.duplex: twofold.est: isenim: forvīs: strength, force, poweranimōrum: of minds atque: andnātūra: natureFor the strength and nature of the mind are twofold.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

C. VELLEI PATERCULI HISTORIAE ROMANAE LIBRI DUOAD M. VINCIUVM COS. LIBER PRIOR (3)Tum Graecia maximīs concussa est mōtibus.Tum: thenGraecia: Greecemaximīs: by the greatestconcussa est: was shakenmōtibus: earthquakes (in context)Then Greece was shaken by the greatest earthquakes.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 70Aliquandō ut vincat, lūdit assiduē āleam.aliquandō: at some time, at last.ut: so thatvincat: let him winlūdit: he playsassiduē: constantlyāleam: dice, the game of diceHe plays dice constantly so that he may win at some junctureSupport the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Publilius Syrus, Sententiae 216Fortūna obesse nullī contenta est semel.Fortūna: chance, fortune; also the goddess.obesse nulli: to harm no onecontenta: contentest: issemel: onceFortune is content to harm no one just onceSupport the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Virgil, Aeneid 3.395 (Helenus to Aeneas)Fāta viam invenient.fāta: fates viam: way, road.invenient: they will findThe fates will find a way.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Suetonius, Dīvus Augustus 25sat celeriter fierī quidquid fīat satis bene.sat: enough or sufficientlyceleriter: quickly fierī: to be made quidquid fīat: whatever is donesatis: enough or sufficientlybene: well, good Whatever is done well enough is done quickly enough.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.6.8 (§43) Ideō maiōrēs fertilissimum in agrō oculum dominī esse dīxērunt.ideō: for this reason, thereforemaiōrēs: the greater or elder ones, ancestorsfertilissimum: most fertile or productivein agrō: in the fieldoculum: eyedominī: of the master or owneresse: to bedīxērunt: they saidFor this reason, the ancestors said that the eye of the master is the most fertile thing in the field.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Cicero, Dē Amīcitiā 91 Monēre et monērī proprium est vērae amīcitiae.Monēre: to advise or warnet: andmonērī: to be advised or warnedproprium: characteristic of, peculiar toest: isvērae: of trueamīcitiae: of friendshipTo advise and to be advised is characteristic of true friendship.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Pacuvius, Armorum iudiciumQuoted in Suetonius, Divus Iulius 84.2Mēn servāsse, ut essent quī mē perderent?mēn (mēne): was it meservāsse to have saved or preserved ut: such thatessent: they might be or there should bequī: whomē: me perderent: they may bring ruinDid I save them, only for them to bring me to ruin? Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.