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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Sic ait atque animum pictura pascit inani.<br />

‘Look, there’s Priam! Even here prowess has its due rewards, there are tears shed for things<br />

even here and mortality touches the heart. Abandon your fears; I tell you, this fame will stand us<br />

somehow in good stead.’ So he spoke, and fed his thoughts on the unreal painting.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 1, l. 461<br />

Di tibi, si qua pios respectant numina, si quid<br />

Usquam iustitiae est et mens sibi conscia recti,<br />

Praemia digna ferant.<br />

Surely as the divine powers take note <strong>of</strong> the dutiful, surely as there is any justice anywhere and<br />

a mind recognizing in itself what is right, may the gods bring you your earned rewards.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 1, l. 603<br />

Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco.<br />

No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 1, l. 630<br />

Infandum, regina, iubes renovare dolorem.<br />

A grief too much to be told, O queen, you bid me renew.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 3<br />

Quaeque ipse miserrima vidi<br />

Et quorum pars magna fui.<br />

And the most miserable things which I myself saw and <strong>of</strong> which I was a major part.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 5<br />

Equo ne credite, Teucri.<br />

Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.<br />

Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 48<br />

Crimine ab uno<br />

Disce omnis.<br />

From the one crime recognize them all as culprits.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 65<br />

Tacitae per amica silentia lunae.<br />

Through the friendly silence <strong>of</strong> the soundless moonlight.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 255<br />

Tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris Incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.<br />

It was the time when first sleep begins for weary mortals and by the gift <strong>of</strong> the gods creeps<br />

over them most welcomely.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 2, l. 268<br />

Quantum mutatus ab illo<br />

Hectore qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli.

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