Richard A. LaFleur > Quotes

“of the true, humanistic spirit of the ancient Latin and Greek literatures and the fresh attention to literary”
― Richard A. Lafleur, Wheelock's Latin

“as the descendants of the Normans finally amalgamated with the English natives, the Anglo-Saxon language reasserted itself; but in its poverty it had to borrow hundreds of French words (literary, intellectual, and cultural) before it could become the language of literature.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Wheelock's Latin

“this development produced what is called Middle English, known especially from Chaucer,”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Wheelock's Latin

“Ingrta sunt beneficia quibus comes est metus. (Publilius Sent.: ingrtus, -a, -um, ungrateful, thankless; unwelcome, displeasing; “ingrate,” “ingratitude.”—comes, comitis, m./ f., companion; “concomitant,” “count,” i.e., a nobleman’s title.)”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Pecnia na regimen est rrum omnium. (Publilius Sent.:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Nunc autem manet fids, sps, crits—tria haec; maior autem hs est crits. (1 Corinthians 13.13:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Nl homin certum est. (Ovid”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Numquam snantur dfrmis vulnera fmae. (Cato Dist. Appendix 5:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Hom semper aliud, fortna aliud cgitat.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Nllum homin est perpetuum bonum.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadma.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Sed quis custdiet ipss custds? (Juvenal Sat. 6.347–48:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“c est vulgus: ex vritte pauca, ex opnine multa aestimat. (Cicero Rosc.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Modus omnibus rbus. (Plautus Poen. 238: sc. est.)”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“gs, inquit, bonae ex mals mribus procreantur. (Macrobius”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Umbram suam metuit.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“The usual -am ending signals the dir. obj., as does the word order, which is standard for Latin: SOV, subj.-obj.-verb (vs. English, which is an SVO language); final -m was often muted in speech, and sometimes therefore dropped in writing.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Inveniet viam aut faciet.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Two Talented Gladiators RVSTICVS MALIVS XII C XI M • TERNTIVS III C III Rsticus Malius XII, c(ornae) XI; M(rcus) Terntius III, c(ornae) III.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“15. Lbers rud. (lber as adj. means free, but in the m. pl. it can also = children.—rudi, rudre, rudv, rudtum, to instruct, train, educate; a wonderful etymology, meaning lit. to get someone ex/ out of being rudis/ rough, crude, unpolished—so, gentle reader, learn Latin, cease to be “rude,” become “erudite,” and rejoice in your “erudition”!)”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“SERVA FIDEM”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Quid est enim fids nisi crdere quod nn vids? (Augustine Evang. Iohan.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Laudant illa, sed ista legunt.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Mribus antqus rs stat Rmna virsque. (Ennius Ann. 467.)”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Aud alteram partem. (Augustine Man. 14.22: pars, partis, f., part, share; party, side, position [in a dispute]; “partisan.”)”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Vrits numquam perit.”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Et sambulver in medi umbrae mortis, nn timb mala, quoniam t mcum es. (Psalms 22.4:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Arbor bona frcts bons facit; mala autem arbor frcts mals facit. (Matthew 7.17:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Cognsctis vrittem et vrits lberbit vs. (John 8.32:”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

“Nquitia ipsa poena su est. (Publilius”
― Richard A. LaFleur, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks