LESSON 8

Verb to be - esse
The 1st conjugation verbs
The 2nd conjugation verbs


Maxim 71-80
Promoveatur ut amoveatur.
Let him be promoted to get him out of the way. (N/A)

Contraria contrariis curantur.
The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates)

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. (Ennius, quoted by Cicero.)

Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur.
Good laws are born of bad customs. (Macrobius, Saturnalia)

Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody should be punished for his thoughts. (Corpus Iuris Civilis. Cf. liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes.)

Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love (Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae)

Ave, imperator, morituri te salutant.
Hail, emperor, those who will die salute you. (Suetonius, Vitae Caesarum, Claudius. The fighters' greeting to the emperor before gladiatorial games.)

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.
The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)
 
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.    
A boar is sometimes held by a small dog. (N/A)

Occasio aegre offertur, facile amititur.    
Opportunity is offered with difficulty but lost with ease. (N/A)