But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow. [Lat. , Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est. ]
A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr. , Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, de ses valets, et tout le monde. ]
I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love -Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis
Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat. , Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum. ]
Haste is slow. [Lat. , Festinatio tarda est. ]
The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
La femme marie e est un esclave qu'il faut savoir mettre sur un tro" n e. A married woman is a slave whom one must put on a throne.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.
Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.
It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile
It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education. [Lat. , Virtus, etiamsi quosdam impetus a natura sumit, tamen perficienda doctrina est. ]
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est
Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le complique. Truth is too simple; it must always be arrived at in a complicated manner.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat. , Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat. ]
Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est
Axiome: la haine du bourgeois est le commencement de la vertu. Axiom: Hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom.
Antiquite. en tout ce qui s'y rapporte: Est poncif, embe" tant! etc. Antiquity. And everything to do with it, cliche d and boring.
Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat. , Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est. ]
L'amour n'est pas seulement un sentiment, il est un art aussi. Love is not only a feeling; it is also an art.
