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Ep. 26.10Quī morī didicit, servīre dēdidicit.Quī: whoMorī: to dieDidicit: has learnedServīre: to serve, to be enslaved Dēdidicit: has unlearnedHe who has learned to die has unlearned to be enslaved.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Epigram LXXNōn est vīvere, sed valēre vīta estNōn: notEst: isVīvere: to liveSed: butValēre: to thrive, to flourishVīta: lifeEst: isNot to live, but to flourish, is life. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Tusculan disputations Book 5.5Est autem ūnus diēs bene et ex praeceptīs tuīs āctus peccantī inmortālitātī antepōnendus.Est: isautem: but, forūnus: onediēs: daybene: well, goodet: andex: according topraeceptīs: precepts, teachingstuīs: yourāctus: spent, conductedpeccantī: sinninginmortālitātī: immortalityantepōnendus: must be preferredFor one day lived well and according to your precepts must be preferred to an immortality spent sinning.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Aeneid 10.467Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae.Stat: stands, stands fixedsua: his owncuique: for eachdiēs: daybreve: shortet: andinrēparābile: irrecoverabletempus: timeomnibus: for allest: isvītae: of lifeTo each his day stands fixed; brief and irrecoverable for all is the time of life.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

De ira 2.22.3Dandum semper est tempus; vēritātem diēs aperit.Dandum: must be givensemper: alwaysest: istempus: timevēritātem: truthdiēs: dayaperit: opens, revealsTime must always be given, for the day reveals the truth. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.