March 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est."

 March 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est."

"Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est."

"But not what you need, but what is absolutely necessary: what you do not need, that is expensive at any price [literally at one as, the Roman coin of least value]."

~ Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, quoted by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in Epistulae, XCIV, 28

a.d. XV Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI

March 6th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris, omnia opera sero facies."

 March 6th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris, omnia opera sero facies."

"Res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris, omnia opera sero facies."

"Thus it is with country life (or "with farming"): if you do one thing late, you do all your tasks late." 

~ Marcus Porcius Cato Maior (Cato the Elder; 234 - 149 B.C.E.), De Agri Cultura V.7

Pridie Nonas Martias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI 

December 26th Latin of the Day - "Fures privatorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt; fures publici in auro atque in purpura."

 Fures privatorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt; fures publici in auro atque in purpura.

"Thieves who steal from private individuals spend their life in bond and shackles; thieves who steal from the public treasury, in gold and purple."

~ Cato the Elder, 234 - 149 B.C.E.