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Topic: Roman quotes

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25 NOV 2010 at 6:30pm

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I am looking for some ideas for Roman quotes that pertain mainly to trust/betrayal.           I've been learning a lot about that in my life recently and want to find a good quote to help express how it is to have trust broken.  I said Roman quotes specifically because I was always interested in Roman history.           Does anyone have suggestions?  I'm also thinking of possibly making it tattoo.           Thanks

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25 NOV 2010 at 6:49pm

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"Sieze this honkus", spoken by Gregory Hines in the movie History of the World by Mel Brooks.

It is better to die by a swords quick thrust than to be impaled for a lifetime upon the sharp tongue of a woman.-Grimjack


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25 NOV 2010 at 6:58pm

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beware the ides of march

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25 NOV 2010 at 7:36pm

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"At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman”  Ovid

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25 NOV 2010 at 8:07pm

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I've been learning a lot about that in my life recently and want to find a good quote to help express how it is to have trust broken.
Well, the canonical example is Julius Caesar to his old friend and rival as he joined the crowd of assassins.  "Et tu, Brute?"  "You too, Brutus?"  (literally "and you")

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25 NOV 2010 at 8:42pm

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Originally Posted By printshop
        "At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman”  Ovid    
        So true!

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25 NOV 2010 at 8:52pm

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Robear got the best one I think...

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25 NOV 2010 at 10:30pm

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Robear that sounds interesting.  But what exactly does "Et tu, Brute?"  "You too, Brutus?"  translate to?  Is that what Ceasar said?

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26 NOV 2010 at 2:55am

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Just to point out, a lot of Latin phrases out there aren't actually Roman, but were written hundreds of years later by completely different people.

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26 NOV 2010 at 5:20am

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Considering the other thread running right now about SotS, how about: "Repensum Est Canicula"

Wit Ye further, or how...?

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26 NOV 2010 at 6:04am

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Robear that sounds interesting.  But what exactly does "Et tu, Brute?"  "You too, Brutus?"  translate to?  Is that what Ceasar said?
Supposedly, yes.  Here's one explanation:
In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was murdered by a group of senators. They were led by Marcus Brutus, who had previously been a close friend of Caesar. There's no substantiated evidence to show that Julius Caesar spoke those words. They come to us via Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar which, like many of his history plays, tends to massage historical record somewhat for dramatic effect. In the play Caesar begins to resist the attack but resigns himself to his fate when he sees that his friend is amongst the plotters:
Caesar: Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? Casca: Speak, hands, for me! [They stab Caesar.] Caesar: Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar! [Dies.] Cinna: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/128900.html If you have not read Julius Caesar, it's worth it. Wikipedia has a little more on the historical claims for Caesar's last words.
The phrase evidently follows in the tradition of the Roman historian Suetonius, who reports that others have claimed Caesar's last words were the Greek phrase "?α? s? t?????;"[4] (transliterated as "Kai su, teknon?": "You too, my child?" in English or "Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi" in Latin). Caesar is known to have spoken excellent Greek and there would be nothing strange in this. Suetonius himself claims Caesar said nothing as he died.[5] Plutarch also reports that Caesar said nothing and merely pulled his toga over his head when he saw Brutus among the conspirators.[6]


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26 NOV 2010 at 11:10am

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Risus abundat in ore stultorum -> Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolish

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26 NOV 2010 at 3:11pm

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"Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!" (Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die, salute you!) As spoken by gladiators before the fight. I have often considered this as a tatoo for some strange reason with gladius below it. Now I know I am 40+

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26 NOV 2010 at 5:38pm

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I think this guy has trust issues:         Vegetius:  "Si vis pacem, para bellum"         If you want peace, prepare for war.
"I am a thirty second bomb. I am a thirty second bomb. Twenty-nine, twenty-eight..."   Robert A. Heinlein  [U]Starship Troopers[/U] 1959

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26 NOV 2010 at 7:20pm

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This one is rather good:           quae nocent docent: "things that hurt teach."                 Use the pain to learn a lesson, and not repeat what cause the original pain.                       Cheers, Thor
Sic vis pacem, para bellum If you want peace, prepare for war Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas

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