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Kindness.

Este procul lites, et amarae proelia linguae ;
Dulcibus est verbis mollis alendus amor.

Pretended friendship.

Tuta frequensque via est per amici fallere nomen ; Tuta frequensque licet 1 sit via, crimen habet.

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Fire.

Nutritur vento, vento restinguitur ignis :
Lenis alit flammas, grandior aura necat.

Garrulity.

Ecce! Anus in mediis residens annosa puellis
Sacra facit Tacitae,2 vix tamen ipsa tacet.

Sleep.

Surge, quid est Somnus gelidae nisi mortis imago ? 3 Longa quiescendi tempora Fata dabunt.

1 Licet. 66 Although." This is a force of "licet," easily resulting from the primary one of "it is permitted." One may permit logically, or grant that the path is a safe one; yet still it involves the charge of bad morality, which is a meaning very closely equivalent to "although the path," etc. In this sense the subjunctive mood is always required.

2 Tacitae. Tacita was the goddess who averted evil words. The aged beldam, while engaged in the rites connected with the worship of this goddess, audibly mutters various charms.

3 Mortis imago.-So Verg. Aen. vi. 278: "Tum consanguineus lethi sopor;" and Shelley's

"How wonderful is Death,

Death, and his brother Sleep!"

Rest.

Quod caret alternâ requie, durabile non est ;
Haec reparat vires, fessaque membra novat.

Conscience.

Conscia mens1 ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra Pectora pro facto spemve metumve suo.

Silence.

Exigua est virtus praestare silentia rebus ;
At contrà gravis est culpa tacenda loqui.

Augustus Caesar.

Caesaris hæc virtus, et gloria Caesaris haec est;
Illâ, quâ vicit, condidit 2 arma manu.

Suitability.

Laeta fere laetus cecini, cano tristia tristis:
Conveniens operi tempus utrumque suo est.

1 Conscia mens.
For the ter-
rors of a guilty conscience, cf.
Juv. xiii. 193:-

"Quos diri conscia facti Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

Occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum;"

and Shakespeare's remark, "Tis

conscience doth make cowards of us all."

2 Condidit. "Sheathed." "Condere" is used for storing away anything no longer required for use. Hence "Condere ossa the phrase for placing the ashes of the dead in the funereal

urn.

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The Fabian family.

Una dies Fabios ad bellum miserat1 omnes;
Ad bellum missos perdidit una dies.

The magnitude of the Roman Empire. Gentibus est aliis tellus data limite certo; Romanae spatium est urbis et orbis idem.

The excellence of a good character.

Certus amor morum est: formam populabitur aetas;
Et placitus rugis vultus aratus erit.

Sufficit, et longum probitas perdurat in aevum ;
Perque suos annos 2 hinc bene pendet amor.

Elysium.

Hic choreae cantusque vigent, passimque vagantes
Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves.
Fert casiam non culta seges, totosque per agros
Floret odoratis terra benigna rosis.

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1 Miserat. The Fabian house at Rome undertook themselves (B.C. 475) to carry on the war against the Veientes. They erected a fort at the river Cremera, but after two years successful warfare, were all destroyed.

2 Perque suos annos. "Through

Tib.

the years which should be his,
the years he may fairly claim as
his own." Carew says-
"But a smooth and stedfast mind,

Gentle thoughts and calm desires,
Heart with equal love combined,
Kindle never dying fires."

3 Non culta, etc. These two words are strictly connected," a

Anger deforms the fairest face.

Pertinet ad faciem rabidos compescere mores;
Candida pax 1 homines, trux decet ira feras.
Ora tument irâ, nigrescunt sanguine venae,
Lumina Gorgoneo saevius angue micant.

Fortune.

Passibus ambiguis Fortuna volubilis errat,
Et manet in nullo certa tenaxque loco:
Sed modo laeta manet, vultus modo sumit acerbos;
Et tantum constans in levitate suâ est.

Gratitude is due for small favours.

Parva quidem fateor pro magnis munera reddi,
Cum pro concessâ verba salute damus.

Sed qui, quàm potuit, dat maxima, gratus abunde

est;

Et finem pietas contigit illa suum.

crop, due to no culture, produces casia:" the fruits of the earth spring forth spontaneously. So Verg. Eclog. iv. 40: "Non rastros patietur humus, non vinea falcem."

Candida pax. "Fair visaged peace;" for "candida " is used of a lady with fair skin as opposed to a brunette (fusca), as in Propert. iii. 17, 41: " Vidistis pleno tene

ram candore puellam Vidistis fusco." Or, it may be "whiterobed" (compare Pope's Whiterobed Innocence). Candidates for office were so termed (candidati) by reason of the white dress they wore. Below, "Gorgoneo angue," refers to the snakes wreathing the heads of Medusa and her sister Gor

gons.

Care.

Non est in medico semper, relevetur ut aeger;
Interdum doctâ plus valet arte malum.
Cura quoque interdum nullâ medicabilis arte;
Aut, ut sit, longâ est extenuanda morâ.

Autumn.

Saepe sub Autumnum, cum formosissimus annus,
Plenaque purpureo subrubet uva mero,

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Cum modo frigoribus premimur, modo solvimur aestu,

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Aëre non certo corpora languor habet.

Poets.

Nec nos ambitio, nec nos amor urget habendi ;
Contempto colitur lectus et umbra foro:
Scilicet ingenium placidâ mollitur ab arte,
Et studio mores convenienter eunt.

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