esse quam videri bonus malebat; ita quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illum sequebatur | EUdict | Latin>English

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esse quam videri bonus malebat; ita quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illum sequebatur	he chose to be good rather than to seem good; and so, the less he strove for fame, the closer it followed after him (Sallust)
a diis quidem immortalibus quæ potest homini major esse pœna, furore atque dementia?	what greater punishment can the immortal gods inflict upon man than madness or insanity? (Cicero)
A posse ad esse	From possibility to actuality
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam	It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
accipere quam facere præstat injuriam	it is better to receive than to do an injury (Cicero)
acer et vehemens bonus orator	a good orator is pointed and impassioned (Cicero)
Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG)	For the greater glory of God
ad majorem Dei gloriam (A.M.D.G.)	to the greater glory of God (motto of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits)
adde quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes emollit mores nec sinit esse feros	add the fact that to have studied faithfully the liberal arts softens behavior, not allowing it to be savage (Ovid)
adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu	it is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing (Quintilian)
Adeo ne hominem immutare ex amor, ut non cognoscas eundem esse	Is it possible that a man can be so changed by love, that you could not recognize him to be the same? --- Terence [Publius Terentius Afer]
adeone homines immutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas eundem esse?	that a person should be so changed by love, as not to be known again as the same person? (Terence)
adolescentem verecundum esse decet	it becomes a young man to be modest (Plautus)
Aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur	It is said that for a sick man, there is hope as long as there is life
agere considerate pluris est quam cogitare prudenter	it is of more consequence to act considerately than to think sagely (Cicero)

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