The Europa Barbarorum Quotes Project

[Maion Maroneios]

I know a quote of Paulus Aemilius, the victor of the battle of Pydna:
"Μηδεν εωρακεναι φoβερωτερον και δεινοτερον φαλλαγγος μακεδονικης..."
"Meden eorakenai phoberoteron kai deinoteron phalangos Makedonikes..."
"Never before have I seen anything more fearsome and terrible than the Macedonian phalanx..."

A little treat for Roman-haters and Makedonian-fans

Maion

[Belisarius II]

You could use the two quotes I have on my Sig.

"Rident stlidi verba Latina." "Fools laugh at the Latin language." - Ovid

"Possunt quia posse videntur." "They can because they think they can." - Virgil

These are more short Roman proverbs:

"Salus populi suprema lex." "The safety of the people is the highest law." - Cicero

"Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit." "There has not been any great talent without an element of madness." - Seneca

"Dis aliter visum." "It seemed otherwise to the Gods." - Virgil

"Absens heres non erit." "The absent person will not be an heir." - Unknown

"A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper." "A bour is often held by a not large dog." - Ovid

"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim." "Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you." - Ovid

"Mendacem oportet esse memorem." "A liar must be good at remembering." - Quintilian

"Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes." "it is foolish to fear that which you can not avoid." - Publilius Syrus

"Per varios usus artem experientia fecit." "By different kinds of practice experience has brought skill." - Manilius

"Qui non proficit, deficit." "The one who does not advance falls behind." - Unknown

"Ipsa scientia potestas est." "Knowlegde itself is power." - Bacon

"Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit." "The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn." - Horace

"Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit." "Credulous hope supports our life and always says that tomorrow will be better." - Tibullus

"Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet." "A timid dog barks more violentlt than it bites." - Curtius Rufus

I hope these can be at any all useful.

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They will be useful if you can produce the sources that these quotes came from. Good stuff though.

[Belisarius II]

First Year Latin By Charles Jenny Jr., Eric C. Baade, and Thomas K. Burgess.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and Needham Heights, Massachusetts.
Year Published: 1990

Is this enough information? I can find out more if more information is needed.

[Mediolanicus]

The original sources would be more useful.

You know, like "Cicero, in Catalinam I,1" or something like that...

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See the first page of this thread for the sort of details the EB II team is looking for.

[Smeel]

oudysseos, would there be any chance of including quotes from the norse Legendary sagas, the Fornaldarsagas? They where written during the 13th century(like those celtic quotes you wrote about), and some of them are about very ancient episodes, like the germanic wars against the Huns, and the such. I've already read some of them, and they certainly have their share of blood, guts, magic swords, elves, dwarves, and fair maidens

If they aren't 100% out of the question, I could try digging up some. the original language would be old norse/old icelandic.

from the Hervararsaga

"Maðr þóttumst ek
mennskr til þessa,
áðr ek sali yðra
sækja hafðak;
seldu mér ór haugi
þann, er hatar brynjur,
hlífum hættan
Hjálmars bana."

“I did think I was mortal,
among the living,
till down I came
to your dead men's hall;
hand me from your howe, then,
what hates armour,
the hazard of shields
Hjalmar's bane.”

Hervor demanding the magic sword Tyrfing from her dead father, Angantyr
Hervararsaga, cap 5.

I Don't understand old norse, so please don't shoot me if the translation is wrong

[Alsatia]

Got sources for some of the aforementioned quotes.

"Male parta, male dilabuntur."
"What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered."
- Cicero, Philippicoe II 27

No translation found


"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable."
- Cicero, Des Republica III 34

Not sure about below

"Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial."
- Pericles, Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War

[Alsatia]

I'm too late then.

[oudysseos]

No, Alsatia, not at all! For one thing there is no limit to the number of quotes: if you come up with a really good one I'll add it in. For another this is all work in progress: I'll do an update at some point. And the EB1 quotes is just a by-product: the real point of all this was to improve the sourcing for the EB2 quotes. I have made some good progress here but it's not finished by a long shot: my goal is to have more new quotes than repeats from EB1. So your contributions are still very much appreciated.

[Alsatia]

Ok. I'm relieved. Here's a few

In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit
"In extreme danger fear feels no pity"
- Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, VII, 26


Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
"Men gladly believe what they wish"
- Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, III, 18


"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it"
- Pericles, Not found