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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.

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.31.4 Ūnum petere ac dēprecārī.ūnum: onepetere: to seek, ask forac: "and"dēprecārī: to beg off or entreatTo beg and plead for one thingSupport the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Georgics 1.145Labor omnia vīcit improbus.Labor: labour, toilomnia: all, everythingvīcit: conqueredimprobus: unrelentingUnrelenting labour conquers all. 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.

Seneca, Vit. Beat. 3.3Beāta est ergō vīta conveniēns nātūrae suae.Beāta: happy, flourishingest: isergō: thereforevīta: lifeconveniēns: agreeingnātūrae: to naturesuae: one’s ownHappy, therefore, is a life agreeing to one’s own nature.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.

Juvenal Satires 1.1.79Sī nātūra negat, facit indignātiō versum.Sī: ifnātūra: naturenegat: refusesfacit: makes, doesindignātiō: indignation, outrageversum: a line of verseIf nature denies, outrage makes the verse. 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.