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in the sage-green air, I walked until I was softer

— Ada Limón, "Only the Faintest Blue"

Non faciunt meliorem equum aurei freni.

A golden bit does not make a horse better.

Seneca, Epistulae ad Lucilium, 41, 6

#seneca #latin tag

Io scrivo... e... e ogni lettera ch'io traccio m'avvisa che la vita siegue con pari rapidità la mia penna.

I write... and... and every letter I trace reminds me that life follows with equal speed as my pen.

Ugo Foscolo, Sesto tomo dell'Io, 58.

#italian tag #ugo foscolo #sesto tomo dell'io

Έχεῖ μέσα άκαρτερεῖτε

τήν άφεύγατε φθορά·

Νά, σᾶς φθάνει. Αωκοριθῆτε

'σ τῆς νυκτός τή σκοτινιά.

Expect the last inevitable ruin in there. There it comes. Answer in the darkness of the night.

Διονύσης Σολομός, Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν, 42.

#greek tag #dionysus solomos

Quod me ad vitam vocas, unum efficis ut a me manus abstineam, alterum non potes ut me non nostri consili vitaeque paeniteat.

As you implore me to stay alive, you get one thing: that I hold my hand back from hurting myself, yet you won't get the other, that I won't regret deciding to live.

Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, III, 7

#marcus tullius cicero #cicero #latin tag #among my favs

Chi non conosce la storia giornaliera della propria patria s'avvicina di buon grado alla schiavitù.

Who does not know the daily history of their own country, gets easily close to slavery.

Ugo Foscolo, Manifesto, Il genio democratico

#publishing this as my country has not voted for a referendum for job rights because it's stupid #italian tag #ugo foscolo

Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.

A man is either insane, or he writes verses.

Horace, Sermones, II, VII

#latin tag #horace #satire #sermones

Ho veduto che tutti fanno da medici nelle altrui malattie.

I've seen that all play doctors with other's sicknesses.

Ugo Foscolo, Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis

#italian tag #jacopo ortis #ugo foscolo

Sapias, vina liques, et spatio brevi

spem longam reseces.

Be wise, pour the wine, and cut out of a short time a long hope.

Horace, Carmina, I, 11, v. 6-7

#horace #epicurean #latin tag

Amore, aiuta lo tuo fedele.

Love, help your devotee.

Dante Alighieri, Vita nova, XII, 2

#one of my favs.#dante alighieri #vita nova #italian tag

[...] nam tui Catulli

plenus sacculus est aranearum.

Your Catullus' purse is full of cobwebs.

Catullus, carmen XIII

#I never said they were going to be serious quotes.#latin tag #catullus

Ανάθεμα την ώρα,

κατάρα τη στιγμή

σκοτώσαν οι φασίστες

το γελαστό παιδί

Damned be the time / damned be the moment / in which the fascists / have killed the laughing boy.

Μίκης Θεοδωράκης, Μαρία Φαραντούρη, Το γελαστό παιδί

#greek tag #mikis theodorakis #maria pharantouri #the laughing boy #το γελαστό παιδί

La bugiarda speranza ti già intanto per mano, e l'ameno viale dove t'innoltri mette forse a un sentiero più disastroso.

Liar Hope has already taken you by the hand, and the pleasant boulevard you're venturing into might become a more ruinous path.

Ugo Foscolo, Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis

#I never realised how difficult it is to translate Foscolo #italian tag #ugo foscolo #jacopo ortis

Mi bisognava uscir lungamente d'Italia, per conoscer ed apprezzar gl'Italiani.

I needed to be very far from Italy to get to know and appreciate Italians.

Vittorio Alfieri, Vita scritta da esso, Gioventù

#italian tag #vittorio alfieri

Ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunambula flores.

The same cradles will make sweet flowers sprout for you.

Vergil, Bucolicae, IV, 23

#latin tag #vergil #bucolicae

Ό θανών δ'έπιλάθεται άλγέων.

But the dead forget the pain.

Euripides, Trojan women, v. 606

#greek tag #euripides #trojan women

S'io tornassi, troverei casa nostra vedova del suo splendore.

If I came back, I would find our home widow of its splendour.

Ugo Foscolo, Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis

#ugo foscolo #jacopo ortis #italian tag

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