Nonne praestat emori per virtutem, quam amittere miseram
Is it not better to die by valor, then to lose a wretched
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atque inhonestam vitam per dedecus, ubi fueris ludibrio
and dishonorable life by disgrace, when you may have been a laughing stock
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alienae superbiae? Verum enimvero, pro fidem deum atque
to other's pride? But Truly, such faith of gods and
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hominum, victoria est nobis in manu; aetas viget animus
men, victory is to us inhand; (our) age flourishes, mind
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valet: contra omnia consenuerunt illis annis atque divitiis.
prevales: on the other hand all (things) have grown old to them in years and in riches.
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Est opus tantummodo incepto, res expediet caetera. Etenim
Its need only for a beginning, things will prepare the rest. For
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quis mortalium, cui est virile ingenium, potest tolerara
who of mortals, to whom is a manly disposition, can endure
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divitias superare illis, quas profundunt in extruendo mari,
riches to abound to them, which they squander in building the sea;
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et montibus coaequandis familiarem rem deesse nobis etiam ad
and mountains to be leveled, Private things to be wanting to us even to (for)
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necessaria. Illos continuare binas domos aut amplius;
necessary matters. (Who can endure) Those to extend two houses or more;
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ullum familiarem larem nusquam nobis?
any private household god no where to us? (While we have nowhere a home of our own)
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Cum emunt tabulas, signa, toreumata diruunt
When they buy pictures, statues, chased vessels (plate), pull down
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nova, aedificant alia:
new, (buildings) build others
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