Mortalia Quotes 

Deus ille princeps, parens rerum fabricatorque mundi, nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris, quæ quidem mortalia sunt, animalibus, quam dicendi facultate.
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‘En Priamus! Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi, Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.' Sic ait atque animum pictura pascit inani.

virgil

— 'See Priam! aye, praise waits on worth
E'en in this corner of the earth;
E'en here the tear of pity springs,
And hearts are touched by human things.
Dismiss your fear: we sure may claim
To find some safety in our fame.'
He said; and feeds his hungry heart
With shapes of unsubstantial art.
Lines 461–464 (translated by John Conington).

Tags: Priamus, Sunt, hic, praemia, laudi, lacrimae, rerum, mentem, tangunt

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Si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi.

virgil

— If men and mortal arms ye slight,
Know there are gods who watch o'er right.
Lines 542–543 (translated by John Conington).Cf. Dryden's translation:
If our hard fortune no compassion draws,
Nor hospitable rights, nor human laws,
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.

Tags: genus, humanum, temnitis, arma, sperate, deos, memores, fandi, atque

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Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames?

virgil

— Fell lust of gold! abhorred, accurst!
What will not men to slake such thirst?
Lines 56–57 (translated by John Conington); of Polydorus's murder.Cf. Dryden's translation:
O sacred hunger of pernicious gold!
What bands of faith can impious lucre hold?

Cf. also Symmons' translation:
Dire lust of gold! how mighty thy controll
To bend to crime man's impotence of soul!

Tags: pectora, cogis, Auri, sacra, fames

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Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis!

virgil

— Curst Love! what lengths of tyrant scorn
Wreak'st not on those of woman born?
Line 412 (translated by John Conington); referring to the unwise actions undertaken by Dido, actuated by amorous passion.Cf. Dryden's translation:
All-pow'rful Love! what changes canst thou cause
In human hearts, subjected to thy laws!

Tags: Improbe, Amor, pectora, cogis

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Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.

ovid

— The deeds of men never escape the gods.
— Ovid, Tristium, I. 2. 97.

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Sunt lacrymæ rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.


— Tears are due to human misery, and human sufferings touch the mind.
— Virgil, Æneid (29-19 BC), I. 462.

Tags: Sunt, lacrym, rerum, mentem, tangunt

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Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames?


— Fell lust of gold! abhorred, accurst!
What will not men to slake such thirst?
— Virgil, Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book III, lines 56-57 (translated by John Conington).

Tags: pectora, cogis, Auri, sacra, fames

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Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames?


— Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do?
— Virgil, Æneid (29-19 BC), III. 56.

Tags: pectora, cogis, Auri, sacra, fames

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Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora cæcæ, Noctis habent.


— Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men.
— Ovid, Metamorphoses, VI. 472.

Tags: Pro, superi, quantum, pectora, cc, habent

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‘En Priamus! Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi, Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.' Sic ait atque animum pictura pascit inani.


— 'See Priam! aye, praise waits on worth
E'en in this corner of the earth;
E'en here the tear of pity springs,
And hearts are touched by human things.
Dismiss your fear: we sure may claim
To find some safety in our fame.'
He said; and feeds his hungry heart
With shapes of unsubstantial art.
— Lines 461–464 (translated by John Conington).

Tags: Priamus, Sunt, hic, praemia, laudi, lacrimae, rerum, mentem, tangunt

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Si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi.


— Cf. Dryden's translation:
If our hard fortune no compassion draws,
Nor hospitable rights, nor human laws,
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.

Tags: genus, humanum, temnitis, arma, sperate, deos, memores, fandi, atque

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Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames?


— Cf. Dryden's translation:
O sacred hunger of pernicious gold!
What bands of faith can impious lucre hold?

— Cf. also Symmons' translation:
Dire lust of gold! how mighty thy controll
To bend to crime man's impotence of soul!

Tags: pectora, cogis, Auri, sacra, fames

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Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis!


— Cf. Dryden's translation:
All-pow'rful Love! what changes canst thou cause
In human hearts, subjected to thy laws!

Tags: Improbe, Amor, pectora, cogis

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