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English	Latin
a man should be religious, not superstitious (quoted by Aulus Gellius)	religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas
friends, I have lost a day (Emperor Titus, as quoted by Suetonius)	amici, diem perdidi
I remember what I would not, and I cannot forget what I would (Themistocles, as quoted by Cicero)	memini etiam quæ nolo, oblivisci non possum quæ volo
I wish I never knew how to write (Emperor Nero, as quoted by Suetonius, upon signing his own death warrant)	vellem nescire literas
I would not die, but I care not to be dead (variant of Epicharmos, as quoted by Cicero)	emori nolo, sed me esse mortuum nihil curo
in a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought (Tiberias, as quoted by Suetonius)	in civitate libera linguam mentemque liberas esse debere (jactabat)
In the passage just quoted	Loco citato (lc)
In the work just quoted	Opere citato (op. cit.)
let the die be cast (Julius Cæsar, as quoted by Suetonius)	iacta alea esto (also, jacta alea esto)
let the die be cast (Julius Cæsar, as quoted by Suetonius)	jacta alea esto (or, iacta alea esto)
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes (Virgil’s epitaph)	Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces
Mantua, alas!, too near the unhappy Cremona (quoted by Jonathan Swift upon seeing a woman accidentally sweep a violin off a table with her dress)	Mantua, væ!, miseræ nimium vicina Cremonæ
no one underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than they ought (Julius Cæsar, as quoted by Sallust)	neque cuiquam mortalium injuriæ suæ parvæ videntur; multi eas gravius æquo habuere
of all things knowable and certain others (i.e., to have a great deal of knowledge; a “know it all”) (quoted by Mirandola)	de omni re scibili et quibusdam aliis
prosperity comes through vigilance, energy, and wise counsel (Cato, as quoted by Sallust)	vigilando, agundo, bene consulundo prospera omnia cedunt

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