Guest Author - Elizabeth Bissette

Ipsa scientia potestas est.
Knowledge is power - Francis Bacon

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
There has never been great ingenuity without a little madness mixed in - Seneca

Excitabat fluctus in simpulo.
He was stirring up a storm in a spoon. - Cicero

Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.
Often the prickly thorn brings a soft rose. - Ovid

Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo.
A giant remains a giant even when he stands in a well. - Seneca

Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit.
He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. - Ovid

Materiam superbat opus.
The material was better than the point. - Ovid

Amor tussisque non celantur.
Neither love nor a cough can be hidden. - Ovid

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.
There is no easy way to reach the stars from the earth. - Seneca

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
You go your way and I'll go mine. - Petrarch

Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi.
Not everyone with an instrument is a musician. - Varro

Quid rides? De te fabula narratur.
What are you laughing at? The joke's on you. - Horace

Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit.
Accident is not art. - Seneca

Fallaces sunt rerum species.
Appearances are deceptive. - Seneca

Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.
It is foolish to fear what you can't avoid. - Publilius Syrus

Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem.
Being better than the worst is not goodness. - Seneca

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
The frightened dog barks more than it bites.- Curtius Rufus

Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium.
It even helps stupid people to try hard. Seneca

Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur.
It is easier to understand the whole piece by piece. - Seneca

Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis melior.
I expect myself not to be equal to the best, but better than the bad. - Seneca

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.
For fear of failure, he did nothing. - Horace

Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit.
Often, knowing the future is a bad thing. Cicero

Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.
People gladly believe what they want to. - Caesar

Mendacem oportet esse memorem.
A liar needs to have a good memory. - Quintilian

Timendi causa est nescire.
Ignorance is the cause of fear. - Seneca

Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum.
Nothing has been done if anything is undone. - Lucan