Latin
Quotations I

Id est
That is, . . .
The phrase behind the common abbreviation "ie"

Illegitimi non carborundum
Don't let the bastards wear you down
Mock Latin motto of "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

Impossibilium nulla obligatio est
There is no obligation to do the impossible
Celsius, Digesta 1/3:17

In pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello
As in peace the wise man prepares for war
Horace, Satires 2/2:111
compare the similar saying by Vegetius at Si vis

In se magna ruunt
Great things collapse of their own weight
Lucan, Pharsalia 1:81
a very Dauist view of history; held by Szma Tan

Indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus
I too am annoyed whenever good Homer nods off
Horace, Ars Poetica 358

Iniuriae qui addideris contumeliam
You who have added insult to injury
Phaedrus, Fables 5/3:5
the insult is added by the man himself, in attempting to swat the stinging fly

Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia
To poverty many things are lacking; to avarice, everything
Publilius Syrus

Integer vitae, scelerisque purus
He who is whole of life, and free of all wrongdoing
Horace, Carmina 1/22:1
there is a wry touch in the original which is ignored in later eulogistic quotations

Inter arma enim silent leges
The laws are silent as between combatants
Cicero, Oratio Pro Annio Milone 4
for a more popular form, see at Silent

Intus et in cute
Inwardly, under the skin [without reservation, intimately]
Persius, Satire 3:30
adopted as the superscription for the Confessions of Rousseau
quoted by William Hazlett in "On Reading Old Books"

Invenias etiam disiecti membra poetae
You would still recognize the limbs, however dismembered, of a poet
Horace, Satires 1/4:62
if you put together some fragments of Ennius; compare at Disiecti
for some fragments of Ennius, see at Amicus, Unus, Volito

Inveniet quod quisque velit
Each shall find what he desires
attributed to Prudentius

Iucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum
Pleasant is the memory of past troubles
Cicero, De Finibus 2/32:105

 

 

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