Quotes From Latin Sources

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1. Who was the Roman Emperor who laid taxes on the use of public 'washrooms', commenting 'Pecunia non olet'? Vespasianus Titus Nero Trajanus

2. What is the correct preposition for this quote: Hannibal ___ portas? extra ad apud propter

3. What did Cicero mean by : 'Cedant arma togae'? The bearers of arms should give precedence to the negotiators of peace. It's better to fight through your lawyer than get involved in a direct fight. When the military rule, the scholars have to shut up. Even the best of soldiers is not worth a good scholar.

4. Which of these quotations is the Latin version of the Greek text on the walls of Apollo's Temple at Delphi, and also a quotation from Socrates ? Nunc est bibendum. Nosce te ipsum. In vino veritas. De mortuis nihil nisi bene.

5. What did Cicero (De officio, 1,5) mean by his often quoted 'Cui bono'? Everybody has a right to his own property. When a crime happened, you always have to look for the one who got some profit from it. There is no quarrel behind which there is not a woman. Too much justice is no good either.

6. 'Tempus edax rerum' is a quote from Ovid. What does it mean? Time heals wounds. Time devours everything. It's better not to hurry. Time will show.

7. What did Horace mean by: 'Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.' (Odes III, 1,1)? I hate the common people and am mightily afraid of them. I hate the common people ,and yet I build triumphal arches for them. I hate the common people and look down on them. I hate the common people and I keep them at a distance.

8. What did Terentius mean by: 'Homo sum; humanum nihil a me alienum puto' ? I am a human but I don't mind meeting aliens I am a man and there is nothing another man can do, I cannot do as well. I am gay but I think there is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing human I don't find in myself too.

9. Which of these renderings comes nearest to the meaning of : Ridendo dicere verum? One fool can put more questions than ten wise people can answer. There is many a true word spoken in jest. You cannot tell jokes and speak about serious matters at same time. Some people always exaggerate when they try to tell the truth.

10. In his 'Ars Poetica' Horace made an effort to analyse his own writer's job. What self-knowledge did he express by this remark : 'Brevis esse laboro. Obscurus fio.'? The more I try to be brief, the more I become obscure. It's getting dark and I still have to finish this job. The job becomes harder when you have to hurry. My writing-job gets easier when I can do it after dark.