Results for: no cunning against Chance
English Latin
fortune, luck, fate, chancefortuna
from God, not fortune (or chance)Deo, non fortuna
how comes it, Mæcenas, that no person is contented with his course in life, whether selected by choice, or thrown in his way by chance, but that all praise those who follow a different pursuit? (Horace)quid fit, Mæcenas, ut nemos, quam sibi sortem seu ratio dederit, seu sors objecerit, illa contentus vivat, laudet divera sequentes?
how does it happen, Mæcenas, that no one lives content with the lot that either reason has chosen for him or chance has thrown in his way; but that he praises the fortune of those who follow other pursuits? (Horace)qui fit, Mæcenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa contentus vivat; laudet diversa sequentes?
how often things occur by mere chance, for which we dared not even to hope (Terence)quam sæpe forte temere eveniunt, quæ non audeas optare
I use my cunning and my teeth simultaneouslysimul astu et dentibus utor
it is given to me by chanceest mihi sorte datum
knowledge that is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom (Cicero)scientia quæ est remota a justitia, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda
no one was ever wise by chance (Seneca)nulli sapere casu obtigit
not by chance nor by fatenec sorte, nec fato
skilful / cunningcallidus
the bed in which a wife lies is always the scene of quarrels and mutual recriminations; there is very little chance of sleep there (Juvenal)semper habet lites alternaque jurgia lectus, in quo nupta jacet; minimum dormitur in illo
there is scope for chance everywhere; let your hook be always ready. In the eddies where you least expect it, there will be a fish (Ovid)casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus. Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit
this is the great fault of wine, it first trips up the feet; it is a cunning wrestler (Plautus)magnum hoc vitium vino est, pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu ’st
 

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