This piece is compiled out of many Latin proverbs, and I'm in two minds as to post my version containing Latin or the complete English one; so I have decided to post the Latin one, so you can either ask me for the translation if you want it, or do some Latin proverb research yourselves. I find it hugely inspiring, this ancient civilization with so many ideas and, in some cases, better ways of life. Times change, but thoughts remain.
Translating What Exists
Tempus
fugit
But veni, vidi,
vici
Yet still ambulatio
memoranda,
As luctor et
emergo and Non omnis moriar
For amat victoria curam
(Although damnant quod non intelligunt)
- But I know that cogito, ergo sum.
I'm not sure if benneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Or whether castiget rigendo mores.
That said, I often
ask "sed quis custodiet ipsos
custodes?"
I am led to believe
that rem nimium benere, in solitudo esse
But instead I know
deep down that usus est magister optimus
So culpae poena par esto.
Or, in other
words; noli
me vocare, ego ti vocabo.
Can you email me the translation please!! I'm not clever enough to read latin although it looks beautiful :) Ell x
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