Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat. , Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus. ]
Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot. " (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word. )
The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr. , Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite. ]
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat. , Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt. ]
Coeur qui soupire n'a pas ce qu'il desire. The heart that sighs does not have what it desires.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat. , Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam. ]
La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid
Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat. , Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur. ]
Tout ce qui est anachronique est obsce' ne. Everything anachronistic is obscene.
At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga.
Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat. , Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant. ]
If thou wishest to put an end to love, attend to business (love yields to employment); then thou wilt be safe. [Lat. , Qui finem quaeris amoris, (Cedit amor rebus) res age; tutus eris. ]
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat. , Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam Posse volunt. ]
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat. , Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, Facti crimen habet. ]
Premie' re approximation: j'e cris pour de truire, en les de crivant avec pre cision, des monstres nocturnes qui menacent d'envahir ma vie e veille e. First general point: I write to destroy, by describing exactly the nocturnal monsters that threaten to invade my waking life.
Il n'y a que deux sortes d'hommes: les uns justes, qui se croient pe cheurs; les autres pe cheurs, qui se croient justes. There are only two types of people: the virtuous who believe themselves to be sinners and the sinners who believe themselves to be virtuous.
The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music which one hears for one's good as one approaches it. [Fr. , La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixee qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez. ]
Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr. , Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance. ]
Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.
