LATIN WISDOM (Proverbs from around the World Book 3)
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Publisher
Mind Games Publications
ISBN / ASIN
B00HLGDA6C
ISBN-13
978B00HLGDA64
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#402,109
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United States 🇺🇸
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LATIN WISDOM - BASIS OF CIVILISATION
The Roman people were smart, pragmatic and systematic in their thinking and actions. While interested in science and culture, Romans were also great at organisation, practical psychology, and of course warfare. It was not by coincidence that they built up a huge multi-nation empire and maintained it for centuries.
Latin proverbs and quotations offer an intriguing glimpse of the Roman mind-set, as well as Romans’ common preoccupations and aspirations. Many are concerned with the virtues and vices, education, art and social relations. There are also acute insights into human psychology, as true today as they were two thousand years ago. Romans’ keen interest in the law – an area where they were unrivalled pioneers – speaks for itself.
These proverbs are part of the rich heritage they left for us. Here is a small sample:
Happy is he who owes nothing.
Flatterers are the worst type of enemies.
Set a definite limit to your desire. (Horace)
Liars need to have good memories.
Who has given once, will give again.
Small things occupy small minds.
He who has begun has the work half done. (Horace)
It is easy to be generous with another person’s goods.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hurry back. (Horace)
What is natural is not dirty.
The laws depend not on being read, but on being understood.
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free.
There is much more here, many insights which will reward reading and pondering, and these collections are ideal reading matter for those short intervals when you have no time or inclination for a long book. Enjoy!
The Roman people were smart, pragmatic and systematic in their thinking and actions. While interested in science and culture, Romans were also great at organisation, practical psychology, and of course warfare. It was not by coincidence that they built up a huge multi-nation empire and maintained it for centuries.
Latin proverbs and quotations offer an intriguing glimpse of the Roman mind-set, as well as Romans’ common preoccupations and aspirations. Many are concerned with the virtues and vices, education, art and social relations. There are also acute insights into human psychology, as true today as they were two thousand years ago. Romans’ keen interest in the law – an area where they were unrivalled pioneers – speaks for itself.
These proverbs are part of the rich heritage they left for us. Here is a small sample:
Happy is he who owes nothing.
Flatterers are the worst type of enemies.
Set a definite limit to your desire. (Horace)
Liars need to have good memories.
Who has given once, will give again.
Small things occupy small minds.
He who has begun has the work half done. (Horace)
It is easy to be generous with another person’s goods.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hurry back. (Horace)
What is natural is not dirty.
The laws depend not on being read, but on being understood.
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free.
There is much more here, many insights which will reward reading and pondering, and these collections are ideal reading matter for those short intervals when you have no time or inclination for a long book. Enjoy!
