No one can decently refuse love for virtue.
Virtuti amorem nemo honeste denegat.
Sent. 653
Publilius Syrus
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Whether you’re wise by nature or just in expression makes a big difference.
Vultu an natura sapiens sis, multum interest.
Sent. 652
It is the mark of a good man not to know how to suffer wrong.
Viri boni est nescire iniuriam pati.
Sent. 651
Silent pleasure is more fear than joy.
Voluptas tacita metus est mage quam gaudium.
Sent. 650
A ruler must keep both good and bad outcomes in view.
Utrumque casum aspicere debet, qui imperat.
Sent. 649
What you can’t win by virtue, you may win by charm.
Virtute quod non possis, blanditia auferas.
Sent. 648
Virtue’s very look carries part of the victory.
Virtutis vultus partem habet victoriae.
Sent. 647
Hard work rejoices when it sees the spoils of virtue.
Virtutis spolia cum videt, gaudet labor.
Sent. 646
Enduring an old wrong invites a new one.
Veterem ferendo iniuriam invites novam.
Sent. 645
The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
Ubi coepit pauper divitem imitari, perit.
Sent. 644