Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
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Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
I'm trying to find any quotes about education, and was wondering if anyone could help me with some Latin sayings. This is for a potential school sweatshirt, maybe a little Latin saying or quip for the back of it.
My school is private and pretty small --- 5 students in high school. It is a classical school, so we are learning Latin and Greek and reading a lot of the great books. Boethius, Plato, Homer, Augustine, etc.
So with that bit of information, does anyone know of any great Latin sayings about education or knowledge?
My school is private and pretty small --- 5 students in high school. It is a classical school, so we are learning Latin and Greek and reading a lot of the great books. Boethius, Plato, Homer, Augustine, etc.
So with that bit of information, does anyone know of any great Latin sayings about education or knowledge?
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DIsce aut discede, manet sors tertia caedi.
[Q]uo quisque est sollertior et ingeniosior, hoc docet iracundius et laboriosius; quod enim ipse celeriter arripuit, id cum tarde percipi videt, discruciatur. (Cic. Pro Rosc. Com.)
[Q]uo quisque est sollertior et ingeniosior, hoc docet iracundius et laboriosius; quod enim ipse celeriter arripuit, id cum tarde percipi videt, discruciatur. (Cic. Pro Rosc. Com.)
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
To fill out the hexameter, it should be:
Aut dIsce aut discede; manet sors tertia: caedi.
But neither this nor the second quote seem particularly appropriate for promoting education in a friendly way!
Aut dIsce aut discede; manet sors tertia: caedi.
But neither this nor the second quote seem particularly appropriate for promoting education in a friendly way!
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
Seneca's letters are full of interesting little says on this theme scattered here and there. It would be worth your while to look through them.
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
hi, my first thought was the famous saying by cicero about how all the humanities are tied together (i.e. why learning one thing can help you with another), pro archia 1:
etenim omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent quoddam commune vinclum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.
link: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... hapter%3D1
similar-ish theme in terence, heautontimorumenos, 25:
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.
link: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... Ascene%3D1
cheers, chad
etenim omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent quoddam commune vinclum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.
link: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... hapter%3D1
similar-ish theme in terence, heautontimorumenos, 25:
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.
link: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... Ascene%3D1
cheers, chad
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
Non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine quam turpe nescire.
Cicero: Brutus, XXXVII, 140.
Cicero: Brutus, XXXVII, 140.
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
non multa sed multum
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
Pound quoted from Rudolf Agricola re: education:
"Ut doceat, ut moveat, ut delectet"
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"Ut doceat, ut moveat, ut delectet"
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
Another one is: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. And Magister usus omnium rerum est optimus.
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(found in http://latinviaproverbs.pbworks.com/ )553. Doctrina est fructus dulcis radicis amarae. Learning is the sweet fruit of a bitter root.
(Compare this similar saying: Litterarum radices amarae, fructus dulces, "The roots of scholarship are bitter, its fruits are sweet.")
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Re: Great Latin sayings about education or knowledge
And on a decidedly different note:
... in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio,
et qui addit scientiam, addit et laborem.
Similis sum folio de quo ludunt venti.