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Man With Lyre

J. C. Leyendecker

Innocent bean syndrome: You can never do wrong and got no agency. You will be infantilized on every occasion and are treated as a quirk.

A few days ago, I got introduced to Latin. I mean, the language in itself. And I have to say…I Am Freaking In Love With This Beauty. 

The first thing that came up when I searched for it were some beautiful Latin phrases. I just couldn’t help my mouth falling open in awe as I read through list after list. 

Here are some of the phrases, in case you wanted to know because I couldn’t help just love this thing and I know you’ll love it too: 

ad astra per aspera

to the stars through difficulties (this was the very first phrase and I gasped)

alis volat propriis

he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est

the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love

ars longa, vita brevis

art is long, life is short

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit

the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses (I mean WHAT?!)

dum spiro spero

while I breathe, I hope (the rhythm of this phrase.)

ut incepit fidelis sic permanet

as loyal as she began, so she remains 

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit

he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble (Just WOW. This just reminded me of a verse in Urdu poetry, though the verse is totally opposite of this phrase but idk why it came to mind at the moment.)

ense petit placidamsub libertate quietem

with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty (my absolute fav! if I ever write a book, gonna add this one)

exigo a me non ut optimus par simsed ut malis melior

I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

trahimir omnes laudis studio

we are led on by our eagerness for praise

sub rosa

under the rose 

experiential docet

experience teaches

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet

he who feared he would not succeed sat still

si vis pacem, para bellum

if you want peace, prepare for war

in libras libertas

in books, freedom

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam

everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now (i can’t explain this, but my blood started boiling after reading this one.)

mens regnum bona possidet

an honest heart is a kingdom in itself

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat

when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears (never found a more relatable phrase)

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit

often, it is not advantageous to know what will be

helluo librorum

a glutton for books (bookworm) (now this sounds ICONIC and you can’t change my mind)

mirabile dictu

wonderful to say

poeta nascitur, non fit

the poet is born, not made (do you have to say something more melancholic than this?)

littera scripta manet

the written letter lasts

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part

qui dedit beneficium taceat; narrat qui accepit

let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it

P.S.: Please add to this list, I’ll love to know more of such phrases and the history behind them.