February 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Accipere quam facere inuriam praestat."
"Accipere quam facere iniuriam praestat."
"It is better to receive an injury than to inflict one." (Remember, as previously noted, Latin iniuria has a wide semantic range, as does English "injury" - its root implies "injustice" rather than physical harm).
~ based on a passage in Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tusculuan Disputations, v.56
a.d. XII Kalendas Martias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
No comments:
Post a Comment