March 27th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum."
"Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum."
"Anger hinders the mind, so that it is not able to discern the truth." The word impedit literally means to get in the way of the foot, to trip up. Animum, literally "soul," is often used for "mind." Verum is not "truth" in the abstract, but more literally "a true thing," "that which is true."
~ Dionysius Cato (The Distichs of Cato)
a.d. VI Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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