Chapter 2: Sententiae Antiquae
Immodica ira creat insaniam.
Excessive anger creates insanity.
Fama et sententia volant.
Fame and rumor fly.
Da veniam puellae, amabo te.
Give favor to the girl, please.
Salve, O patria!
Hail, O fatherland!
Me saevis catenis onerat.
He burdens me with cruel chains.
Multam pecuniam deportat.
He carries off much money.
Me philosophiae do.
I give myself to philosophy.
Nulla avaritia sine poena est.
No avarice is without punishment.
Et fortunam et vitam antiquae patriae saepe laudas sed recusas.
Often you praise both the fortune and the life of the ancient country, but you reject it.
Philosophia est ars vitae.
Philosophy is the art of life.
Sanam formam vitae conservate.
Preserve a sane form of life.
Rotam fortunae non timent.
They do not fear the wheel of fortune.
Quid cogitas?--debemus iram vitare.
What do you think? We ought to avoid anger.
Me vitare turbam iubes.
You bid me to avoid the crowd.
Clementia tua multas vitas servat.
Your clemency preserves many lives.
