Bede: PROVERBIORUM LIBER

· A
· Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini, qui fecit coelum et terram.
· Allevat Dominus omnes qui corruunt, et erigit omnes elisos
· Apud Dominum gressus hominis dirigitur, et viam eius volet.
· Apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

· A
· Our aid is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
· The Lord alleviates all who fall, and raises up all who are cast down
· With the Lord a man's steps are directed, and He is pleased with his way.
· With the Lord is mercy, and with Him is copious redemption.

· Apprehendite disciplinam, ne quando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via iusta.
· Arcta et angusta via est, quae ducit ad vitam.
· Anima quae peccaverit, ipsa morietur.

· Apprehend discipline, lest at some time the Lord grow angry, and you perish from the just way.
· Strait and narrow is the way which leads to life.
· The soul that has sinned, it itself shall die.

· Anima iusti sedes est sapientiae.
· Audiens sapiens sapientior erit.
· Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos.

· The soul of the just is the seat of wisdom.
· A wise man who listens will be wiser.
· The aversion of the little ones will kill them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

· Argentum electum lingua iusti.
· Amicus stultorum efficietur similis.
· Ambulans recto itinere,et timens Deum, despicitur ab eo qui infami graditur via.

· The tongue of the just is choice silver.
· A friend of fools will be made similar (to them).
· He who walks by the straight path,et who fears God, is despised by him who treads an infamous way.

· Agnum quocunque ierit sequi, specialiter congruit virginitati.
· Avarus non impletur pecunia, et qui amat divitias fructum non capit ex eis.
· Accedens ad servitutem Dei, sta in iustitia et timore Christi, et praepara animam tuam ad tentationem.

· To follow the Lamb wherever he may go is especially congruent to virginity.
· The avaricious man is not filled with money, and he who loves riches does not take fruit from them.
· Approaching the servitude of God, stand in justice and in fear of Christ, and prepare your soul for temptation.

· Ante ruinam exaltatur cor,et ante gloriam humiliatur.
· Alter alterius onera portate, et sic adimplebitis legem.
· Animalis homo non percipit ea quae sunt spiritus Dei.

· Before ruin the heart is exalted, and before glory it is humbled.
· Bear one another’s burdens, and thus you will fulfill the law.
· The natural man does not perceive the things that are of the Spirit of God.

· Abel esse renuit, quem Cain malitia non exercet.
· Amor Dei nunquam est otiusus.
· Abiiciens disciplinam,cito sentiet ruinam.

· He refuses to be Abel, whom Cain’s malice does not exercise.
· The Love of God is never idle.
· Casting off discipline,he will quickly feel ruin.

· Amicus in necessitate probatur.
· Amor saeculi contemptus est Dei.
· Amor saeculi thesaurizat morti.

· A friend is proved in necessity.
· The love of the age is contempt of God.
· The love of the age treasures up for death.

· Alia percussio est qua peccator quilibet corrigitur, alia qua condemnatur.
· Ad magna gaudia perveniri non potest, nisi per magnus labores.
· Ad mortem properat, qui cito de quoquam iudicat.

· There is one kind of chastisement by which any sinner is corrected, another by which he is condemned.
· Great joys cannot be attained, unless through great labors.
· He hastens to death who judges anyone quickly.

· Amare filiorum, timere est servorum.
· Apud homines cor ex verbis, apud Deum vero verba pensantur ex corde.
· Aqua nobis in vinum vertitur, quando sacra historia in spiritualem nobis intelligentiam commutatur.

· To love is of sons; to fear is of servants.
· Among men the heart is weighed from words; but with God, indeed, words are weighed from the heart.
· Water is turned into wine for us, when sacred history is transmuted for us into spiritual intelligence.

· Avarus proprie causa est miseriae, ingerens sibi sitim avaritiae.
· Amicum res secundae parant, adversae probant.
· Avarus nihil recte facit, nisi quod moritur.

· The miser is properly the cause of misery, thrusting upon himself the thirst of avarice.
· Prosperous affairs procure a friend; adverse ones prove him.
· The miser does nothing rightly, except that he dies.

· Avaro tam deest quod habet, quam quod non habet.
· Avaritia semper odiosos, largitas claros facit.
· Avaritia desideratis opibus non exstinguitur, sed augetur.

· To the avaricious man, what he has is as lacking to him as what he does not have.
· Avarice always makes men odious, largess makes them illustrious.
· Avarice is not extinguished by the desired riches, but is augmented.

· Ante conversionem praecedit turba peccatorum,post conversionem sequitur turba tentationum.
· Alterius virtutis ope virtus indiget omnis.
· Amare recta non poteris, nisi pro Christo humilieris.
· Ad humilitatem non potes pervenire, nisi magna utrusque hominis contritione.
· Ardua fides robustos exigit annos.

· Before conversion a crowd of sins goes before; after conversion a crowd of temptations follows.
· Every virtue needs the aid of another virtue.
· You will not be able to love the right things, unless you humble yourself for Christ.
· You cannot attain to humility, unless by great contrition of both the inner man and the outer man.
· Arduous faith requires robust years.

· Affectus carnis nisi mentis iure demantur, unumquemque hominem ducunt ad perditionem.
· Ardua res nimium famulari post dominatum.
· A Domino cuncta bona sunt omnino petenda.

· The affections of the flesh, unless they are removed by the mind’s right, lead each man to perdition.
· An arduous thing, to serve excessively after dominion.
· From the Lord all good things are altogether to be sought.

· Actio virtutum constat perfectio morum.
· Ante Dei vultum nil pravi constat inultum.
· Apertius et melius per opera quam per verba insinuatur via vitae.

· The action of virtues consists in the perfection of morals.
· Before the face of God, nothing perverse stands unavenged.
· More openly and better the way of life is insinuated by works than by words.

· Ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri coegit.

· Ambition has compelled many mortals to become false.

· B
· Beati quorum remissae sunt iniquitates,et quorum tecta sunt peccata.
· Benedictus Dominus DeusIsrael, quifacit mirabilia solus.
· Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem, in die mala liberabit eum Deus.

· B
· Blessed are those whose iniquities have been remitted, and whose sins have been covered.
· Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone works marvels.
· Blessed is he who understands concerning the needy and the pauper; on the evil day God will liberate him.

· Beatus qui tenebit et allidet parvulos suosad petram.
· Brachia peccatorum conterentur, confirmat autem iustosDeus.
· Bonus pastor animam suam dat pro ovibus suis.
· Beati qui esuriunt et sitiunt iustitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur.

· Blessed is he who will hold and will dash his little ones against the rock.
· The arms of sinners will be crushed, but God makes firm the just.
· The Good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
· Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they themselves will be satisfied.

· Benedictus vir qui confidit in Domino,et erit Dominus fiducia eius.
· Beatus vir qui inventus est sine macula, et qui post aurum non ambulat, nec speravit in pecunia et thesauris.
· Beatus homo qui semper est pavidus, qui vero mentis est durae, corruet in malum.

· Blessed is the man who confides in the Lord,and the Lord will be his confidence.
· Blessed is the man who is found immaculate, and who does not walk after gold, nor has hoped in money and treasures.
· Blessed is the man who is always fearful, but he who is hard‑minded will fall into evil.

· Bene consurgit diluculo, qui bona quaerit.
· Bonum est viro cum portaverit iugum ab adolescentia sua.
· Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animae quaerenti illum.

· Well does he rise at daybreak, who seeks good things.
· It is good for a man when he has borne a yoke from his adolescence.
· Good is the Lord to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.

· Brevis omnis malitia super malitiam mulieris.
· Beatus qui habet partem in resurrectione prima.
· Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem, quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet coronam vitae.
· Bene loqui et male vivere, nihil est aliud nisi seipsum damnare.

· Every wickedness is brief compared to the wickedness of a woman.
· Blessed is he who has a part in the first resurrection.
· Blessed is the man who endures temptation, since, when he has been proved, he will receive the crown of life.
· To speak well and to live badly is nothing else but to damn oneself.

· Bonum intellectum habet, qui quod recte intelligit, facit.
· Beneficium qui dare nescit, iniuste petit.
· Bonorum mens quo duriora pro veritate tolerat,eo certius aeternitatis praemia sperat.

· He has good understanding, who does what he rightly understands.
· He who does not know how to give a benefaction asks unjustly.
· The mind of the good, the more it endures harsher things for truth, by so much the more surely it hopes for the rewards of eternity.

· Beatius est dare quam accipere.
· Bonum si facere nequeas, non tamen culpes, vel prohibeas.
· Bona conscientia in tenebris splendorem proprium tenet.

· It is more blessed to give than to receive.
· If you cannot do good, nevertheless do not blame or prohibit.
· A good conscience in darkness keeps its proper splendor.

· Brevitas vitae praesentis pensanda est ab universis.
· Bellum optimum agitur, cum spiritus carni adversatur.
· Bellator fortis qui se poterit superare.
· Bis gratum tribuit, qui quod debet cito reddit.

· The brevity of the present life is to be weighed by all.
· The best war is waged, when the spirit is adverse to the flesh.
· A strong warrior is he who will be able to overcome himself.
· He renders it twice welcome, who quickly returns what he owes.

· Blandus mansuetis sis, districtusque superbis.
· Bestia crudelis est, cor pravae mulieris.
· Bibere et manducare nulli concessum est ad gulam explendam, sed ad famem sitimque restringendam.

· Be benign to the meek, and strict to the proud.
· The heart of a depraved woman is a cruel beast.
· It is conceded to no one to drink and to eat for gluttony to be filled, but for hunger and thirst to be restrained.

· Bonus non est, quem malorum improbitas non probavit.

· He is not a good man, whom the improbity of the wicked has not proved.

· C
· Charitas non estab ullo extorquenda, sed cum beneficiis exquirenda.
· Charitas patiens est, benignaest.
· Charitas operit multitudinem peccatorum.

· C
· Charity is not to be extorted from anyone, but to be sought with benefactions.
· Charity is patient, it is kind.
· Charity covers a multitude of sins.

· Charos nemo suos Christo praeponere debet.
· Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum eius annuntiat firmamentum.
· Cum electo electus eris, et cum perverso perverteris.

· No one ought to put his dear ones before Christ.
· The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament announces the works of his hands.
· With the elect you will be elect, and with the perverse you will be perverted.

· Cor contritum et humiliatum Deus non despiciet.
· Considerat peccator iustum, et quaerit mortificare eum.
· Calix in manu Domini vini meri plenus misto.
· Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.

· A contrite and humbled heart God will not despise.
· The sinner considers the just man, and seeks to mortify him.
· The chalice in the hand of the Lord, of pure wine, full of mixture.
· Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.

· Cum dederit dilectus suis somnum, ecce haereditas Domini.
· Custodit Deus omnes diligentes se, et omnes peccatores disperdet.
· Cum facis eleemosynam, nesciat sinistra tua quid faciat dextra tua.

· When He has given sleep to His beloved ones, behold the inheritance of the Lord.
· God guards all who love Him, and all sinners He will destroy.
· When you do alms, let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing.

· Coelum et terra transibunt, verba autem Dei non transibunt.
· Caecussi caeco ducatum praebeat, ambo in foveam cadunt.
· Cogitatio humani cordis prona est in malum ab adolescentia sua.

· Heaven and earth will pass away, but the words of God will not pass away.
· If a blind man should provide guidance to a blind man, both fall into a pit.
· The cogitation of the human heart is prone to evil from its adolescence.

· Curatio cessare facit peccata maxima.
· Cum placuerint Domino viae hominis, inimici quoque eius convertentur ad pacem.
· Cogitationes iustorum iudicia.

· Cure makes the greatest sins cease.
· When the ways of a man have pleased the Lord, even his enemies will be turned to peace.
· The cogitations of the just are judgments.

· Cor regis in manu Dei, ubicunque voluerit inclinat illud.
· Considera opera Dei, quod nemo possit eum corrigere, quem ille despexerit.
· Circulus aureus in naribus suis, mulier pulchra et fatua.

· The heart of the king is in the hand of God; wherever he will, he inclines it.
· Consider the works of God, for no one can correct him whom he has despised.
· A golden ring in her nostrils, a beautiful and foolish woman.

· Cor hominis disponit viam suam, sed Domini est dirigere gressus eius.
· Cor sapientium ubi tristitia est, et cor stultorum ubi laetitia.
· Cor quod novit amaritudinem animae suae, in gaudio eius non miscebitur extraneus.

· The heart of man disposes his way, but it is the Lord’s to direct his steps.
· The heart of the wise is where sadness is, and the heart of fools where joy is.
· The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul; into its joy no stranger will be mixed.

· Converteread Dominum, et relinque peccatatua.
· Cani sunt sensus hominis, et aetas senectutis vita immaculata.
· Cui multum datur, multum ab eo exigitur.

· Be converted to the Lord, and leave your sins.
· Gray hairs are a man’s sense, and an immaculate life is the age of old age.
· To whom much is given, much is required from him.

· Confortamini in Domino, et in potentia virtus eius.
· Corde creditur ad iustitiam, ore autem confessio fit ad salutem.
· Caro concupiscit adversus spiritum, spiritus autem adversus carnem.

· Be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of his power.
· With the heart one believes unto righteousness, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
· The flesh lusts against the spirit, but the spirit against the flesh.

· Corpus quod corrumpitur aggravat animam, et deprimit sensum multa cogitantem.
· Corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala.
· Confitemini alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini.

· The body which is corrupted aggravates the soul, and depresses the sense pondering many things.
· Evil conversations corrupt good morals.
· Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another that you may be saved.

· Cum Deus omnia facere possit, malum tamen quia nihil est, facere non potest.
· Credens Deum omnia posse praestare, petita citius meretur obtinere.
· Contra Deum consilium nec magnum nec minimum.

· Although God can do all things, yet he cannot do evil, because it is nothing.
· Believing that God can grant all things, one merits to obtain the things asked more quickly.
· Against God there is no counsel, neither great nor small.

· Causa quae non praevidetur, non permittit quemquam ad meliora proficere.
· Coactum servitium Deus non quaerit.
· Custos castitatis est virtus humililatis.
· Cito in crimina maiora corruit, qui parva pro nihilo ducit.

· A cause which is not foreseen does not permit anyone to make progress toward better things.
· God does not seek coerced servitude.
· The guardian of chastity is the virtue of humility.
· He quickly falls into greater crimes, who counts small things as nothing.

· Caput est discordiae, quaeex communibus propriastudet facere.
· Continentia non corporis, sed animi est virtus.
· Consilio opus est facto.

· The head of discord is that which strives to make private out of what is common.
· Continence is a virtue not of the body, but of the mind.
· Counsel is needed for the deed.

· Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur.
· Commoda quaeque cum habentur, parva videntur; cum vero defuerint, apparent quanta fuerunt.
· Carnis virginitas quamvis sit coelica virtus, nonprodest cuiquam sine mentis virginitate.

· By concord small things grow; by discord the greatest fall apart.
· Each advantage, when it is possessed, seems small; but when it is lacking, it becomes apparent how great it was.
· Virginity of the flesh, although it is a celestial virtue, profits no one without virginity of the mind.

· Consuetudo mala vix aut nunquam superatur.
· Coelum non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.
· Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.

· An evil custom is scarcely or never overcome.
· They change the sky, not the mind, who run across the sea.
· The love of money grows, as much as money itself grows.

· Confer opem miseris quamcunque vales, et egenis.
· Copia virtutum constat corpus velut unum.
· Crimen aequale committunt, et is qui alicui detrahit, et qui detrahentem libenter audit.
· Cum dolore abscindenda sunt, quae leviter sanari non possunt.

· Bestow aid upon the wretched, and upon the needy, as far as you are able.
· A multitude of virtues consists as if one body.
· They commit an equal crime, both he who detracts from someone, and he who gladly listens to the detractor.
· Those things which cannot be lightly healed must be cut off with pain.

· Cuius quisque facit opera, eius vocatur filius.
· Cui gratum sit vocari filiusDei, venereturDeumutpatrem, faciens eius voluntatem.
· Captivitas est maxima, ubi animae captivae ducuntur.

· Whose works each one does, of him he is called a son.
· To whom it is pleasing to be called a son of God, let him venerate God as a father, doing His will.
· The greatest captivity is where captive souls are led away.

· Cadens apertos oculos habet, qui recte quidem loqui scit, sed recte vivere contemnit.
· Cupiens agnoscere quanta Dei gratia sit circa se, inspiciat alios;et quantiscunque plus habere se senserit in sospitate, vel intelligentia, vel in possessione alicuius rei, tantis sciat se esse ditiorem in gratia Dei.
· Communis morbus communiter est abigendus.

· The falling man has open eyes, who indeed knows to speak rightly, but scorns to live rightly.
· One desiring to recognize how great the grace of God is around himself, let him look upon others;and by whatever amounts he has perceived himself to have more in safety, or intelligence, or in the possession of any thing, by so much let him know himself to be richer in the grace of God.
· A common disease is to be driven away communally.

· Corrige te primum, qui rector sis aliorum.
· Conveniens quid sit perpendere convenit omni.
· Compatitur nulli qui non sibi scit misereri.

· Correct yourself first, you who would be rector of others.
· It befits everyone to perpend what is convenient/fitting.
· He has compassion for no one who does not know how to have mercy on himself.

· Cum caput aegrotat, corpus simul omne laborat.

· When the head is sick, the whole body suffers together.

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· Dominus de coelo prospicit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens aut requirens Deum.
· Dominus interrogat iustum et impiuim; qui autem diligit iniquitatem, odit animam suam.
· Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus virtute multa.

· D
· The Lord looks forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there is one understanding or seeking God.
· The Lord examines the just and the impious; but he who loves iniquity hates his own soul.
· The Lord will give the word to those evangelizing with much power.

· Dominus virtutem populo suo dabit. Dominus benedicit populo suo in pace.
· Dominus scit cogitationes hominum, quoniam vanaesunt.

· The Lord will give strength to his people. The Lord blesses his people in peace.
· The Lord knows the cogitations of men, for they are vain.

· Dulcis et rectus Dominus, propter hoc legem dabit delinquentibus in via.
· Deus iudex iustus, fortis et patiens.
· Dominus virtutum ipse est rex gloriae.
· Deus manifeste veniet, et non silebit.

· Sweet and upright is the Lord; for this reason he will give a law to delinquents on the way.
· God, a just judge, strong and patient.
· The Lord of hosts, he himself is the king of glory.
· God will come manifestly, and he will not be silent.

· Divites egueruntet esurierunt, inquirentes autem Dominum non minuentur omni bono.
· Delectare in Domino, et dabit tibi petitiones cordis tui.
· Declina a malo, et fac bonum.

· The rich have been in need and have hungered, but those inquiring after the Lord will not be diminished of any good.
· Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will grant you the petitions of your heart.
· Decline from evil, and do good.

· Date et dabitur vobis.
· Dimittite, et dimittetur vobis.
· Deus non est mortuorum, sed viventium.

· Give, and it will be given to you.
· Forgive, and it will be forgiven to you.
· God is not of the dead, but of the living.

· Dignus est operarius mercede sua.
· Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et proximum tuum sicut te ipsum.
· Deus fidelis et absque ulla iniquitate.

· The worker is worthy of his wage.
· You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and your neighbor as yourself.
· God is faithful and without any iniquity.

· Dominus pauperem facit et ditat, humiliate et sublimat.
· Dominus mortificat, vivificat, deducit ad inferos, et reducit.
· Deum time, et mandata eius observa, hoc est omnis homo.

· The Lord makes poor and enriches, humbles and exalts.
· The Lord puts to death, makes alive, leads down to the underworld, and brings back.
· Fear God, and observe his commandments; this is the whole man.

· Disciplinam Domini ne abiicias, nec deficias cum ab eo corriperis.
· Diligite iustitiam, qui iudicatis terram.
· Divitiae salutis sapientia et scientia.

· Do not cast away the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are corrected by him.
· Love justice, you who judge the earth.
· The riches of salvation: wisdom and knowledge.

· Doctrina viri per patientiam noscitur.
· Deus superbis resistit, humilibus autem dat gratiam.
· Deus charitas est, et qui manet in charitate, in Deo manet, et Deus in eo.
· Deum nemo vidit unquam.

· The doctrine of a man is known through patience.
· God resists the proud, however to the humble he gives grace.
· God is charity, and he who abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.
· No one has ever seen God.

· Dilectio proximi malum non operatur.
· Dies Domini sicut fur in nocte ita veniet.
· Diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum.

· Love of the neighbor works no evil.
· The Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
· For those who love God, all things cooperate for good.

· Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum ad omnes, maxime autem ad domesticos fidei.
· Deum quaerens, gaudium quaerit.
· Discretio est mater virtutum.

· While we have time, let us work the good toward all, but especially toward the household of faith.
· Seeking God, one seeks joy.
· Discretion is the mother of virtues.

· Disciplina vel misericordia multum destituitur, si una sine altera teneatur.
· Difficile corrigitur nequitia, quam concipit quis in pueritia.
· Deo nihil mali est imputandum, quandoquidem ipso malo utitur ad bonum.

· Discipline or mercy is much diminished, if one be held without the other.
· Wickedness which someone conceives in childhood is corrected with difficulty.
· Nothing evil is to be imputed to God, since he uses evil itself for good.

· Difficile est cuiquam agnoscere sanitatis gratiam, nisi per infirmitatis disciplinam.
· Deliciae et epularum varietas fomenta sunt luxuriae.
· Dolentem non potest consolari, qui non concordat dolori.

· It is difficult for anyone to recognize the grace of health, unless through the discipline of infirmity.
· Delights and the variety of feasts are fomentations of luxury.
· He who does not accord with the grief cannot console the one grieving.

· Duplici reatu constringitur, qui et in seipso prava committit,et alios pravitate sua corrumpit.
· Diu iacens in peccatis, diu quoque si converti voluerit, diabolicae tentationis molestias sustinebit.
· Deus ideo dicitur creans mala, quia et pro peccatis nostris immittit flagella.

· He is bound by a double charge who both commits depraved things in himself, and corrupts others by his depravity.
· Long lying in sins, he will also, if he should wish to be converted, long endure the vexations of diabolic temptation.
· God is therefore said to be creating evils, because he also sends scourges on account of our sins.

· Divinus sermo sicut mysteriis prudentes exercet, ita superficie simplices refovet.
· Deo magis placet, qui sibi puras quam qui plenas manus praebet.
· Difficilius arrogantia quam auro et gemmis caremus.

· The divine discourse, just as it exercises the prudent by mysteries, so it refreshes the simple by the surface.
· He pleases God more who proffers to Him pure rather than full hands.
· It is more difficult for us to be without arrogance than to be without gold and gems.

· Duplicis peccati reatus est, et non esse sanctus quod crederis, et simulare quod sanctus sis.
· Dum iniusti saeviunt, iusti purgantur.
· Difficillimum est hominem seipsum vincere.

· The guilt of a twofold sin is both not to be holy as you are believed, and to simulate that you are holy.
· While the unjust rage, the just are purged.
· It is most difficult for a man to conquer himself.

· Diuturna quies vitiis alimenta ministrat.
· Dapsilis et largus cunctis placet mortalibus.
· Dimidium facti perfectum dicere noli.

· Prolonged repose supplies nourishment to vices.
· Lavish and generous bounty pleases all mortals.
· Do not call half of the deed perfect.

· Discere semper habet, qui Christum vult imitari.
· Doctrinae verba paucis prosunt sine factis.
· De rebus dubiis noli contendere verbis.

· He who wishes to imitate Christ always has to learn.
· The words of doctrine profit few without deeds.
· About dubious matters do not contend with words.

· Discordes revoca, fautor merentibus insta.
· Divitiae verae sunt virtutum bona quaeque.
· Dives dicendus cui parvus suppetit usus.

· Recall those at discord; as a favorer, press on for the meriting.
· True riches are the goods of the virtues, each and every one.
· He is to be called rich, to whom a small need suffices.

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· Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super coelos gloria eius.
· ExspectaDominum, viriliter age, et confertetur cor tuum, et sustine Dominum.
· Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum.

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· The Lord is exalted above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
· Wait for the Lord, act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, and wait for the Lord.
· Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together as one.

· Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur.
· Estote prudentes sicut serpentes, et simplices sicut columbae.
· Estote misericordes, sicut et Pater vester misericors est.

· Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
· Be prudent as serpents, and simple as doves.
· Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

· Ex verbis tuis iustificaberis, et ex verbis tuis condemnaberis.
· Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis.
· Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum liberare ne cesses.

· From your words you will be justified, and from your words you will be condemned.
· The same measure with which you have measured shall be measured back to you.
· Rescue those who are being led to death, and do not cease to liberate those who are being dragged to destruction.

· Exsecratio peccatori cultura Dei.
· Egestas et ignominia ei qui deserit disciplinam, qui autem acquiescit arguenti, glorificabitur.
· Est via quae videtur homini iusta,novissima autem eius deducunt ad mortem.

· An execration to the sinner is the cult/worship of God.
· Poverty and ignominy to him who deserts discipline; but he who acquiesces to one reproving will be glorified.
· There is a way which seems just to a man,novissima however of it lead down to death.

· Equus paratur ad bellum, sed a Domino victoria datur.
· Exstudiis suis agnoscitur puer.
· Est confusio adducens peccatum,et est confusion adducens gloriam.

· The horse is prepared for war, but victory is given by the Lord.
· By his studies a boy is recognized.
· There is confusion leading to sin,and there is confusion leading to glory.

· Esto fidelis usque ad mortem,et dabo tibi coronam vitae, dicit Deus omnipotens.
· Emendemus in melius, quod ignoranter peccavimus.
· Ebrietas et crapula omni Christiano est detestanda.

· Be faithful unto death,and I will give you the crown of life, says almighty God.
· Let us amend for the better what we have sinned ignorantly.
· Ebriety and crapulence are to be detested by every Christian.

· Escarum copia carnem incendit ad desideria noxia.
· Eleemosynam illam Deus exsecratur, quae ex rapina praebetur.
· Erubescere malum sapientiae est, erubescere vero bonum fatuitatis.

· An abundance of meats inflames the flesh toward noxious desires.
· God execrates that alms which is proffered from rapine.
· To be ashamed of evil is wisdom; to be ashamed, however, of good is fatuity.

· Errat facillime, quinon curat quo rectiuspergat.
· Egens aeque est is qui non satis habet, et is cui copia nulla sufficit.
· Eadem velle et eadem nolle,ea demum firma amicitia est.

· He errs most easily, who does not care how he may proceed more rightly.
· Equally needy is he who does not have enough, and he to whom no abundance suffices.
· To want the same and to not want the same,that indeed is firm friendship.

· Eo tempore quisque incipit malus esse, quo potest bonus fieri.
· Ex alieno periculo sapiens se corrigit et emendat.
· Effectum precibus tribuit pro vita precantis.

· At that time each person begins to be bad, when he can become good.
· From another’s peril the wise man corrects and emends himself.
· He grants effect to prayers for the life of the one praying.

· Egregius doctor faciens bona quae docet ipse.
· Eloquium sanctum pretiosum fit super aurum.
· Esse Deo proprium cunctis est iure sciendum.

· An outstanding doctor is one who does the good which he himself teaches.
· Holy eloquence becomes more precious than gold.
· That being is proper to God is by right to be known by all.

· Expers doctrinae tenebras patietur ubique.
· Electi pauci, multi sunt vero vocati.
· Est quasi vas vacuum, cui cura deest animarum.

· Devoid of doctrine, he will suffer darkness everywhere.
· The elect are few; many indeed are called.
· He is as if an empty vessel, a vacuum, to whom care of souls is lacking.

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· Fidelis Dominus in omnibus verbis suis,et sanctus in omnibus operibus suis.
· Firmamentum est Dominus timentibus eum.
· Flumen Dei repletum est aquis.

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· Faithful is the Lord in all his words,and holy in all his works.
· The Lord is a firmament to those fearing him.
· The river of God is replete with waters.

· Filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare, et dare animam suam redemptionem pro multis.
· Filii huius saeculi prudentiores filiis lucisin generatione sua sunt.
· Facite vobis amicosde mammona iniquitatis, utcum defeceritis, recipiant vos inaeterna tabernacula.

· The Son of Man did not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his soul as a redemption for many.
· The sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of light in their own generation.
· Make for yourselves friends from the mammon of iniquity, so that when you fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.

· Facilius est camelum per foramen acus intrare, quam divitem intrare in regnum Dei.
· Fur non venit nisi ut furetur et mactetet perdat.
· Frange esurienti panem tuum, et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam.

· It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
· The thief comes not except to steal and to slaughter and to destroy.
· Break your bread for the hungry, and bring the needy and the wanderers into your house.

· Frustra iacitur rete ante oculospennatorum.
· Favus stillans labia meretricis, et nitidiu soleo guttur eius, novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium.
· Fallax gratia et vana est pulchritudo, mulier timens Deum, ipsa laudabitur.

· In vain is the net cast before the eyes of the winged.
· A dripping honeycomb are the lips of a prostitute, and her throat is more lustrous than oil; but her latter end is bitter as wormwood.
· Deceptive is grace and beauty is vain; a woman fearing God, she shall be praised.

· Flagellat Deus omnem filium quem recipit.
· Feneratur Domino, qui miseretur pauperis.
· Fugit impius nemine persequente, iustus autem quasi leo confidens absque terrore erit.

· God scourges every son whom he receives.
· He who has mercy on the poor lends to the Lord.
· The impious flees with no one pursuing, but the just man, confident like a lion, will be without terror.

· Fiducia magna erit coram Deo eleemosyna omnibus facientibus eam.
· Fundamentum aliud nemo potest ponere,praeter id quod positum est, quod est Christus Iesus.
· Fidelis sermo et omni acceptione dignus, quod Christus Iesus venit in hunc mundum peccatores salvos facere.

· Almsgiving will be great confidence before God for all who do it.
· Another foundation no one can lay, ponere,praeter that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.
· A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners.

· Fides sperandarum substantia est rerum, argumentum non apparentium.
· Fides sine operibus mortua est.
· Fornicatores et adulteros iudicabit Deus.

· Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
· Faith without works is dead.
· Fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

· Frater si fratrem adiuvat, ambo consolabuntur.
· Febris corporis calor, febris vero animiest avaritia et libido.
· Fortissimum ieiunium est panis et aqua.

· If a brother helps a brother, both will be consoled.
· Fever is the heat of the body; but the fever of the soul is avarice and libido.
· The strongest fast is bread and water.

· Flagellum Dei tunc diluit culpam, cum mutaverit vitam.
· Fraudem Deo facere videtur, qui, proposito spiritualis vitae relicto, ad saeculum revertitur.
· Futura providere specialiter pertinet ad illos quibus cura commissa est super alios.

· The scourge of God then washes away guilt, when one has changed his life.
· He seems to commit fraud against God who, the purpose of spiritual life having been abandoned, returns to the world.
· To provide for future things pertains especially to those to whom care over others has been committed.

· Frigus et fames simplici vestitu ciboque expelli potest.
· Fidelibus nox in diem mutatur, infidelibus autem ipsa etiam lux tenebrosa efficitur.
· Formam mulieris non animus prius quam corporis oculus concupiscit.

· Cold and hunger can be expelled by simple clothing and food.
· For the faithful, night is changed into day; but for the infidels, even the light itself is made dark.
· The form of a woman is desired not by the mind sooner than by the eye of the body.

· Frequenter superantur prosperitate, qui superari non poterant adversitate.
· Fortitudo iustorum est carnem vincere, delectationem vitae praesentis exstinguere.
· Fortitudo reproborum est transitoria sine cessatione diligere, contra flagella Conditoris insensibiliter perdurare.

· Often they are overcome by prosperity, who could not be overcome by adversity.
· The fortitude of the just is to conquer the flesh, to extinguish the delectation of the present life.
· The fortitude of the reprobate is to love transitory things without cessation, to endure insensibly against the scourges of the Creator.

· Formidari diabolus non debet, qui nihil nisi permissus valet.
· Frustra niti, nec aliud se fatigando, nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est.
· Frustra pro salute corporis laboratur, nisi salus animae obtineatur.

· The devil ought not to be feared, who has no power except what is permitted.
· To strive in vain, and by wearying oneself to seek nothing else but hatred, is extreme dementia.
· In vain is labor expended for the health of the body, unless the salvation of the soul is obtained.

· Facilius saeculos quam nosmetipsos abnegamus.
· Fidelius et gratius obsequium est, quod amore magis quam metu geritur.
· Ferreas mentes libido domat.

· We more easily renounce the world than our very selves.
· More faithful and more pleasing is the obedience that is carried out from love rather than from fear.
· Lust tames iron minds.

· Flammae inexstinguibili quandoque tradetur, qui hic avaritiae et malitiae suae incendia exstinguere neglexit.
· Facilis venia huic est danda, qui non peccat exindustria.
· Fortior est qui cupiditates quam qui hostes subiicit.

· He who here neglected to extinguish the fires of his avarice and malice will someday be delivered to the inextinguishable flame.
· Easy pardon is to be given to him who does not sin deliberately.
· He is stronger who subjugates desires than he who subjugates enemies.

· Ferox atque inquietus linguam semper litigiis exercens cani comparatur.
· Fornicamur a Domino, quando adulterinis cogitationibus ab eius amore casto deviamus.
· Foedis immundisque libidinibus deditus, sordidae suis voluptatem imitatur.

· Ferocious and restless, always exercising his tongue in litigations, is compared to a dog.
· We fornicate away from the Lord, whenever by adulterous thoughts we deviate from his chaste love.
· Given over to foul and unclean lusts, he imitates the sordid pleasure of swine.

· Facile offendit qui non optimis, sed pessimis placere cupit.
· Fortia gesta tuae ne demonstres cito vitae.
· Felix qui requiem poterit captare perennem.

· He easily offends who desires to please not the best, but the worst.
· Do not demonstrate too quickly the brave deeds of your life.
· Happy is he who can capture perennial rest.

· Felices oculi qui cernunt gaudia coeli.
· Ferrea mens dictis crebro superatur iniquis.
· Fructibus ex propriis arbor cognoscitur omnis.

· Happy the eyes that discern the joys of heaven.
· An iron mind is frequently overcome by iniquitous words.
· Every tree is recognized by its own fruits.

· Finis praecepti constat dilectio Christi.

· The end of the precept consists in the love of Christ.

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· Gustate et videte quoniam suavis est Dominus: beatus vir qui sperat in eo.
· Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei.
· Gratiam et gloriam dabit Dominus.
· Generatio rectorum benedicetur.

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· Taste and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man who hopes in him.
· Glorious things have been said of you, city of God.
· The Lord will give grace and glory.
· The generation of the upright will be blessed.

· Gaudium erit in coelo super uno peccatore poenitentiam agente, quam super nonaginta novem iustis, qui non indigent poenitentia.
· Grave estsaxum et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
· Gloria patris filius sapiens est.

· There will be joy in heaven over one sinner doing penitence, rather than over ninety-nine just persons who have no need of penitence.
· A stone is heavy and sand burdensome, but the wrath of a fool is heavier than both.
· The glory of a father is a wise son.

· Gloria et honor et pax omni operanti bonum, Iudaeo primum et Graeco.
· Gloria nostra haec est, testimonium conscientiae nostrae.
· Gemina dilectio homines facit proximos Deo.

· Glory and honor and peace to everyone doing good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.
· This is our glory: the testimony of our conscience.
· Twofold charity makes men near to God.

· Grandis offensa nolle placare quem offenderis.
· Grandis Ecclesiae destructio neglecta coenobiorum provisio.
· Gestucorporis habitus demonstratur mentis.

· A great offense is to be unwilling to placate him whom you have offended.
· A great destruction of the Church is the neglected provision of the coenobia.
· By the gesture of the body, the habit/disposition of the mind is demonstrated.

· Gladius utraque parte acutus est verbum Dei, penetrans animam et corpus.
· Gravissimum inimicitiae genus, labiis benedicere, et corde maledicere.
· Gloriari et superbire pro temporibus commodis, indicium est animi insipientis.

· The word of God is a sword sharp on both sides, penetrating soul and body.
· The gravest kind of enmity: to bless with the lips and to curse with the heart.
· To glory and to be proud because of favorable times is an indication of an unwise mind.

· Gloriosius est iniuriam tacendo tolerare quam respondendo vindicare.
· Gaudia integra nusquam sunt in terra.
· Gulae et luxuriae deditus comparatur iumentis insipientibus.

· It is more glorious to tolerate an injury by being silent than to vindicate it by responding.
· Entire joys are nowhere on earth.
· One devoted to gluttony and luxury is compared to insipient beasts of burden.

· Gratis a Deo data, gratis etiam sunt hominibus danda.
· Gravis animus dubiam non habet sententiam.
· Grave est peccatum, unde aliquis peccandi sumit exemplum.

· Things given gratis by God ought also to be given gratis to men.
· A grave mind does not have a doubtful judgment.
· Grave is the sin whence someone takes an example for sinning.

· Generalia commoda nemo facere debet sibi propria.
· Grata Deo dona fert, qui frangit mala vota.
· Gaudens in Domino gustat suavissima mella.

· No one ought to make the general advantages his own private property.
· He brings gifts pleasing to God, who breaks wicked vows.
· He who rejoices in the Lord tastes the sweetest honey.

· Grande scelus grandi studio debet superari.
· Gloria mundana nullis est prorsus amanda.
· Gratia sola Dei quos vult facit alta mereri.

· A grand crime ought to be overcome by grand zeal.
· Worldly glory is absolutely to be loved by none.
· The sole grace of God makes those whom it wills to merit lofty things.

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· Homo sicut fenum, dies eius tanquam flos agri.
· Homo cum in honore esset, comparatus est iumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis.
· Homo vanitati similis factus est, dies eius sicut umbra praetereunt.

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· Man is like hay/grass; his days are as the flower of the field.
· When man was in honor, he was compared to unwise beasts of burden, and he was made similar to them.
· Man has been made like vanity; his days pass like a shadow.

· Habe fiduciam in Domino ex toto corde tuo.
· Homo videt in facie, Deus autem intuetur cor.
· Haereditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.

· Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart.
· Man sees by the face, but God gazes upon the heart.
· An inheritance to which one hastens in the beginning will lack benediction in the end.

· Honora Dominum de tua substantia, et de primitiis frugum tuarum da pauperibus.
· Humiliamini sub potenti manu Dei, ut vos exaltet in tempore visitationis.
· Hilarem datorem diligit Deus.

· Honor the Lord from your substance, and from the first-fruits of your fruits give to the poor.
· Be humbled under the potent hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.
· God loves a cheerful giver.

· Hora est iam nos de somno surgere.
· Homo nascitur ad laborem, avis ad volatum.
· Haereticum hominem post unam et secundam correptionem devita.

· It is now the hour for us to rise from sleep.
· Man is born for labor, the bird for flight.
· Avoid a heretical man after a first and a second correction.

· Horrendum est incidere in manus Dei.
· Humanum est peccare, diabolicum vero est perseverare.
· Hoc studio converti quisque debet ad bona, quo operatus est mala.

· It is horrendous to fall into the hands of God.
· It is human to sin; but it is diabolic to persevere.
· With the same zeal each person ought to be converted to good things, with which he has wrought evils.

· Haerebat iugiter in malis, conversus faciat idem in bonis.
· Honestas et sobrietas in cunctis rebus sunt appetendae.
· Honor Deo exhibitus exhibentes aeterna gloria dignos facit.

· He was adhering continually in evils; being converted, let him do the same in good things.
· Honesty and sobriety in all things are to be sought after.
· Honor exhibited to God makes those exhibiting it worthy of eternal glory.

· Honorem et imperium si vis habere, dabo tibi magnum, impera tibi.
· Honorare parentes, ad omnes pertinet homines.
· Humilibus et fidelibus divinae legis mysteria patent, superbis autem et infidelibus latent.

· If you wish to have honor and command, I will give you a great one: command yourself.
· To honor parents pertains to all human beings.
· To the humble and faithful the mysteries of the divine law are patent, but to the proud and the faithless they are latent.

· Hoc est funditus a malo recedere, ex amore Dei iam nolle peccare.
· Homines plusquam Deum timere, non est religionis Christianae.
· Haeres et propinquus est spiritualis amicus.

· This is to withdraw utterly from evil, now to be unwilling to sin out of love of God.
· To fear men more than God is not of the Christian religion.
· A spiritual friend is an heir and kinsman.

· Hactenus extremi fiunt saepissime primi.
· Hos quos laesisti, citius placare memento.
· Horrida bella gerit, qui pacis foedera spernit.

· Thus far, the last very often become the first.
· Remember to placate more quickly those whom you have harmed.
· He wages horrid wars, who spurns the treaties of peace.

· Hostem fer Dominum, sed et in se dilige charum.
· Heu! quam rara fides reperitur nunc apud omnes.

· Endure the Lord as an enemy, but also love him as dear for himself.
· Alas! how rare is faith now found among all.

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· Initium sapientiae timor Domini.
· Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum.
· In circuitu impii ambulant.

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· The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.
· Good intellect to all who practice it.
· The impious walk round about.

· In Deo faciemus virtutem, et ipse ad nihilum deducet inimicos nostros.
· Immittit angelos Domini in circuitu timentium eum, et eripiet eos.
· In memoria aeterna erit iustus, ab auditione mala non timebit.

· In God we shall perform valor, and he himself will bring our enemies to nothing.
· He sends the angels of the Lord around those who fear him, and he will deliver them.
· In eternal memory the just man will be; he will not fear an evil report.

· In patientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras.
· Impius cum in profundum peccatorum venerit, contemnet.
· In malevolam animam non introibit sapientia, nec habitabit in corpore subdito peccatis.

· In your patience you will possess your souls.
· The impious, when he has come into the depth of sins, will contemn.
· Into a malevolent soul wisdom will not enter, nor will it dwell in a body subject to sins.

· Invidia diaboli mors intravit in orbem terrarum.
· Infernus et perditio coram Domino, quanto magis corda filiorum hominum.
· Inter superbos semper iurgia sunt, qui autem cuncta agunt consilio, reguntur sapientia.

· By the envy of the devil, death entered into the world.
· Hell and perdition are before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the sons of men.
· Among the proud there are always quarrels, but those who do everything with counsel are governed by wisdom.

In omnibus operibus tuis memorare novissima,et in aeternum non peccabis.
· In fine hominis denudatio operum eius.
· In die bonorum ne immemor sis malorum.

In all your works remember the last things,and you will never sin.
· At the end of a man, the denudation of his works.
· In the day of good things do not be unmindful of evils.

· Initium omnis peccati superbia.
· In desideriis est omnis otiosus.
· In multiloquio non deerit peccatum.

· The beginning of every sin is pride.
· In desires is every idle person.
· In much-speaking sin will not be lacking.

· In omni loco oculi Domini contemplantur bonos et malos.
· In omnibus exhibeamus nosmetipsos sicut Dei ministros.
· In hoc ipso peccat homo, quod peccare vellet, si inulte potuisset.

· In every place the eyes of the Lord contemplate the good and the bad.
· In all things let us exhibit ourselves as ministers of God.
· In this very thing man sins, that he would will to sin, if he could with impunity.

· Intenta supplicatio dormirecor mundumvetat.
· Invocandus est Deus iugiter,ut voluntatem simul et facultatem bene agendi nobis praestare dignetur.
· Ideo omnes diabolicae tentationis molestias pati permittimur, ut omnibus easdem molestias patientibus compati et condolere sciamus.

· Earnest supplication forbids a clean heart to sleep.
· God is to be invoked continually, that he may deign to grant to us both the will and the faculty for doing good.
· Therefore we are all permitted to suffer the annoyances of diabolic temptation, that we may know how to sympathize and condole with all who are suffering the same annoyances.

· Iter longum agentes maiori providentia indigent quam prope proficiscentes.
· Ita et monachi iugiter Deo servientes magis egent provideri quam caeteri libere viventes.
· Infinito labori finitus quantuscunque sit comparari nequit.

· Those doing a long journey need greater providence than those setting out nearby.
· Thus also monks continually serving God need more to be provided for than the rest living freely.
· To infinite labor, a finite one, however great it be, cannot be compared.

· Invisibilia Dei per ea quae facta sunt intellecta conspiciuntur.
· Infirma mundi elegit Deus ut confundat fortia.
· Initium bonorum confessio est malorum.

· The invisible things of God are beheld, understood through the things which have been made.
· God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the strong.
· The beginning of good things is the confession of evils.

· Incassum caro affligitur, si mens voluptatibus non reluciatur.
· Innocentia vera est, quae nec sibi nec aliis nocet.
· Iracundus cum irasci desierit, tunc sibimet maxime irascitur.

· In vain the flesh is afflicted, if the mind is not re-illuminated away from pleasures.
· True innocence is that which harms neither itself nor others.
· The irascible man, when he has ceased to be angry, then is most angry with himself.

· Iracundus etiamsi mortuum suscitet, nulli placet.
· Infeliciores sunt mali cum cupita perfecerint, quam si ea quae cupiunt implere non possent.
· Infeliciores sunt qui faciunt, quam qui patiuntur iniuriam.

· The irascible man, even if he should raise a dead man, pleases no one.
· The wicked are more unfortunate when they have accomplished the things they desired than if they were not able to fulfill the things they desire.
· More unfortunate are those who do an injury than those who suffer an injury.

· Ignis concupiscentiae carnalis quanto diutius ardere permittitur, tanto difficilius exstinguitur.
· Ingratus unus multis miseris nocet.
· Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.

· The fire of carnal concupiscence, the longer it is permitted to burn, the more difficult it is to extinguish.
· One ungrateful man harms many of the wretched.
· He gives a benefit twice to the needy, who gives quickly.

· Inopiae parva, avaritiae desunt omnia.
· Inimicos diligere grave quidem est praeceptum, sed grande praemium.
· Improvidus miles fortem se in pace gloriatur.

· To poverty, few things are lacking; to avarice, everything is lacking.
· To love enemies is indeed a weighty precept, but a great reward.
· The improvident soldier boasts himself brave in peace.

· Illis dimittuntur minima, qui maiora districte fleverunt peccata.
· In malis sperare bona, nemo nisi innocens solet.
· Inmultis frustra laborat, qui sua magis quam se ipsum Deo offerre studet.

· The lesser faults are remitted to those who have strictly bewailed greater sins.
· To hope for good amid evils, no one is wont save the innocent.
· He labors in many things in vain, who strives to offer his belongings rather than himself to God.

· In vanum laborat, qui caecum honorat.
· Iniuriam magnam Creatori facit, qui creaturam ullam plusquam illum diligit.
· Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.

· He labors in vain, who honors a blind man.
· He does great injury to the Creator, who loves any creature more than Him.
· Collected money either commands or serves each person.

· Invidus alterius marcescit rebus opimis.
· Impedit ira animum ne possit cernere verum.
· Impia quaeque studens, nequit in Christo fore prudens.

· The envious man withers at another’s opulent goods.
· Anger impedes the mind, so that it cannot discern the verity.
· One intent on impious things cannot be prudent in Christ.

· Invidiae plenum super omnes constat egenus.
· Indurare Dei nihil aliud est, nisi non misereri.
· Incrassata caro gustat coelestia raro.

· It is agreed that the needy man is, beyond all others, full of envy.
· For God to harden is nothing else than not to have mercy.
· The incrassated flesh tastes celestial things rarely.

· Interepulas difficile servatur castitas.
· Infirmi pene omnes se quidem ab aliis tolerari volunt, ipsivero alios tolerare renuunt.
· Infirmitas carnis si patienter sustineatur,est quasi purgatorius ignis.

· Amid banquets chastity is hard to preserve.
· Almost all the weak indeed want themselves to be tolerated by others, but they themselves refuse to tolerate others.
· The infirmity of the flesh, if it be borne patiently,is as a purgatorial fire.

· Illos exspectat gloria, qui laboriosa gerunt certamina.

· Glory awaits those who wage laborious contests.

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· Iuxta est Dominus bis qui tribulato sunt corde, et humiles spiritu salvabit.
· Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipsete enutriet.
· Iudicia Domini vera iustificata in semetipsa.

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· The Lord is near to those who are afflicted in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit.
· Cast your care upon the Lord, and he himself will sustain you.
· The judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.

· Iustus ut palma florebit, ut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur.
· Iustus es, Domine, et rectum iudicium tuum.
· Iustorum semita quasi lux splendens procedit,etcrescit usque ad perfectam diem.

· The just will flourish like the palm; like the cedar of Lebanon he will be multiplied.
· You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.
· The path of the just proceeds like a shining light, and grows unto the perfect day.

· Iudicium durissimum in his qui praesunt fiet.
· Iustus ex fide vivit.
· Iusti vocabulum non amittit, qui per poenitentiam semper resurgit.

· The most severe judgment will be upon those who are in authority.
· The just man lives by faith.
· The name of "just" is not lost by the one who through penitence always rises again.

· Ieiunium non est perfecta virtus, sed multarum virtutum fundamentum.
· Iustitia humana tam fragilis est, ut potius remissione peccatorum constet, quam perfectione virtutum.
· Iugiter attendendum quanta Dei gratia sit nobiscum.

· Fasting is not a perfect virtue, but the foundation of many virtues.
· Human justice is so fragile that it stands rather by the remission of sins than by the perfection of virtues.
· We must continually attend to how great the grace of God is with us.

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· Laetetur cor quaerentium Dominum.
· LexDomini immaculata, convertens animas.
· Laetabitur iustus in Domino, et sperabit in Domino, et laudabuntur omnes recti corde.

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· Let the heart of those seeking the Lord rejoice.
· The Law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls.
· The just man will rejoice in the Lord, and will hope in the Lord, and all the upright in heart will be praised.

· Lux orta est iusto, et rectis corde laetitia.
· Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificentes, hic factus est in caput anguli.
· Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis, beatus es et bene tibi erit.

· Light has arisen for the just, and gladness for the upright in heart.
· The stone which the builders rejected, this has been made into the head of the corner.
· For you shall eat the labors of your hands; blessed are you, and it will be well for you.

· Lata et spatiosa via est quae ducit ad mortem.
· Luceat lux vestra coram hominibus, ut videant opera vestra bona, et glorificent Patrem vestrum, qui in coelis est.
· Lex per Moysen data est gratia et veritas per Iesum Christum facta est.

· Wide and spacious is the way which leads to death.
· Let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
· The Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

· Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Deum.
· Leo rugiens et rursus esuriens princeps impius super populum pauperem.
· Lingua sapientium ornat scientiam.

· Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God.
· As a roaring lion, and in turn hungry, so is an impious prince over a poor people.
· The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge.

· Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata est ad tempus statutum.
· Lingua placabilis lignum vitae.
· Littera occidit, spiritus autem vivificat.

· The lamp, held in contempt among the cogitations of the rich, is prepared for the appointed time.
· A placable tongue is a tree of life.
· The letter kills, but the spirit vivifies.

· Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum.
· Loquimini veritatem unusquisque cum proximo suo, quoniam sumus invicem membra.
· Lingua si non restringitur, nequaquam ubi cecidit iacet, sed semper ad deteriora labitur.

· Let an alien praise you, and not your mouth.
· Speak the verity, each with his neighbor, since we are members one of another.
· The tongue, if it is not restricted, by no means lies where it has fallen, but always lapses to worse things.

· Lupus adveniens indicat quo animo quilibet pastor super gregis, custodiam stabat.
· Lucerna corporis est oculus, lux autem mentis sapientia spiritualis.
· Lacrymae veniam non postulant, sed merentur.

· The wolf, arriving, indicates with what spirit each shepherd stood over the custody of the flock.
· The lamp of the body is the eye, but the light of the mind is spiritual wisdom.
· Tears do not petition for pardon, but merit it.

· Laudis humanae avidus, divinae retributionisrespuit munus.
· Labor improbusomnia vincit.
· Laeta magis quam tristia quosdam hominescorrumpunt.

· Avid for human praise, he rejects the gift of divine recompense.
· Relentless labor conquers all things.
· Joys more than sorrows corrupt certain men.

· Labor assiduus carnales deprimit aestus.
· Liber est dicendus, in quo nullum regnat vitium.
· Longo usu discendum est, quid cuique loqui vel tacere conveniat.

· Assiduous labor subdues carnal ardors.
· He is to be called free, in whom no vice reigns.
· By long use it must be learned what it is fitting for each person to say or to keep silent.

· Lucrum turpe ut dispendium fugito.
· Levis atque inconstans nihil avibus differt.
· Licet multis vita tua placeat, tibi placere non debet.

· Shun base gain as a loss.
· The light and inconstant person differs in nothing from birds.
· Though your life may please many, it ought not to please yourself.

· Lucrum sine damno alterius fieri non potest.
· Libidinis impetus abstinentiae expellit virtus.
· Latentem superbiam nil magis non comprimit, quam culpa patens.

· Lucre cannot be made without another’s loss.
· The virtue of abstinence expels the impetus of lust.
· Nothing more suppresses hidden pride than patent guilt.

· Lascivus iuvenis eget ut crebro moneatur.
· Leges antiquas ne transgrediendo resolvas.
· Laudat rite Deum, qui vere diligit illum.

· A lascivious youth needs to be admonished often.
· Do not, by transgressing, unloose the ancient laws.
· He duly lauds God who truly loves Him.

· Laude manet dignus, qui nititur esse benignus.
· Lumbos praecingit, qui carnis vota restringit.
· Languor insolitus insolitum etiam quaerit medicinae genus.

· He remains worthy of praise, who strives to be benign.
· He girds his loins, who restrains the carnal desires.
· An unusual languor also seeks an unusual kind of medicine.

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· Magnus Dominus noster, et magna virtus eius, et sapientiae eius non est numerus.
· Mirabilis Deusin sanctis suis.
· Magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis, et magnitudinis eius non est finis.

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· Great is our Lord, and great is his power, and of his wisdom there is no number.
· Wonderful is God in his saints.
· Great is the Lord and greatly laudable, and of his greatness there is no end.

· Misericordia Domini plenaest terra.
· Magna opera Domini, exquisita in omnes voluntates eius.
· Misericordia Domini ab aeterno, et usque in aeternum super timentes eum.

· The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
· Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite according to all his wills.
· The mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and unto eternity upon those who fear him.

· Mutuabitur peccator, et non solvet; iustus autem miseretur, et tribuet.
· Misericordiamet veritatem diligit Deus.
· Multae tribulationes iustorum, et de omnibus his liberabit eos Dominus.

· The sinner will borrow and will not repay; but the just man is merciful and will give.
· God loves mercy and truth.
· Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and from all these the Lord will deliver them.

· Multa flagella peccatoris, sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.
· Miseratoret misericors Deus, patiens et multummisericors.
· Mors peccatorum pessima; et qui oderunt iustum, delinquent.

· Many scourges for the sinner, but mercy will surround the one hoping in the Lord.
· A compassionate and merciful God, patient and very merciful.
· The death of sinners is very bad; and those who hate the just man will transgress.

· Melius est modicum iusto super divitias peccatorum multas.
· Maiorem charitatem nemo habet, quam ut animam suam ponat quis pro amicis suis.
· Mercenarius videt lupum venientem, et dimittit oves, et fugit.

· Better is a little for the just man than the many riches of sinners.
· Greater charity no one has, than that someone lay down his soul for his friends.
· The hireling sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees.

· Melior est obedientia quam victimae.
· Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis, quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.
· Melior est patiens viro forti, et qui dominatur animo suo, expugnatore urbium.

· Obedience is better than sacrifices.
· Better are the wounds of one who loves than the fraudulent kisses of one who hates.
· Better is the patient man than the strong man; and he who rules his spirit, than a conqueror of cities.

· Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio, quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio.
· Musica in luctu, importuna narratio.
· Melior est iniquitas viri quam benefaciens mulier.

· Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
· Music in mourning, an inopportune narration.
· Better is the iniquity of a man than a beneficent woman.

· Melius est humiliari cum mitibus, quam dividere spolia cum superbis.
· Melius est ire ad domum luctus, quam ad domum convivii.
· Melius est a sapiente corripi, quam stultorum adulatione decipi.

· It is better to be humbled with the meek than to divide the spoils with the proud.
· It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting.
· It is better to be corrected by the wise than to be deceived by the adulation of fools.

· Memoria iusti cum laudibus, et nomen impiorum putrescet.
· Memento Creatoris tui in diebus iuventutis tuae.
· Militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercenarii dies eius.

· The memory of the just is with praises, and the name of the impious will putrefy.
· Remember your Creator in the days of your youth.
· Warfare is the life of man upon the earth, and his days are like the days of a mercenary.

· Mors et vita in manibus linguae.
· Multum valet deprecatio iusti assidua.
· Modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit.

· Death and life are in the hands of the tongue.
· The assiduous supplication of a just man avails much.
· A little leaven corrupts the whole mass.

· Mundus transit, et concupiscentia eius; qui autem facit voluntatem Dei, manet in aeternum.
· Melius est non habere quod tribuas, quam impudenter petere quod des.
· Melius est bene vinci, quam male vincere.

· The world passes away, and its concupiscence; but he who does the will of God abides into eternity.
· It is better not to have what you may bestow than shamelessly to seek what you may give.
· It is better to be well defeated than to win badly.

· Melius est prius facere quod evenit, quam postea mali facti poenitearis.
· Mendacium non est, cum de rebus insensibilibus quasi de sensibilibus mystice loquimur.
· Mirandum simul et dolendum, quod plures, quasi religiosi, a cibis quibusdam abstinentes,mox quasi scelerati pessima quaeque agere omni modo student.

· It is better first to do what turns out, than afterwards to repent of an evil deed.
· It is not a lie, when we speak mystically about insensible things as if about sensible things.
· It is at once to be wondered at and to be lamented, that many, as if religious, abstaining from certain foods,mox as if criminals, strive in every way to do all sorts of the worst things.

· Mirandum dolendumque nihilominus et illud, quod plurimi simulantes se pro peccatorum venia visitare sancta et procul posita loca, cum fuerint reversi multo peiores fiunt quam antea.
· Mores et studia rectorum et subiectorum qualitate inspiciuntur.
· Maiora criminaet tarde credenda sunt cum audiuntur,et citius punienda cum veraciter agnoscuntur.

· It is to be wondered at and lamented nonetheless also this: that very many, pretending themselves to visit holy and far-placed places for the pardon of sins, when they have returned become much worse than before.
· The morals and studies of rulers and of subjects are inspected in respect of quality.
· Greater crimescriminaet are to be believed slowly when they are heard,audiuntur,et to be punished more swiftly when they are truly acknowledged.

· Melius est rusticitatem habere sanctam, quam eloquentiam peccatricem.
· Mollisel dissolutus non vir, sed mulier est dicendus.
· Mulier dans operam virtuti, vir potest dici.

· It is better to have holy rusticity than sinful eloquence.
· One who is soft and dissolute ought to be called not a man, but a woman.
· A woman applying herself to virtue can be called a man.

· Melius est facere divortium cum homine, quam cum Deo.
· Manus pauperis, gazophylacium Christi est.
· Male Sabbatum celebrat, qui a bonis operibus vacat.

· It is better to make a divorce with a man than with God.
· The hand of the poor man is the treasury of Christ.
· He celebrates the Sabbath badly who is idle from good works.

· Magna pars intelligentiae scire quid nescias.
· Magna securitas est cordis, aliena non appetere.
· Militis cuiuslibet fortitudo non agnoscitur, nisi in bello.

· A great part of intelligence is to know what you do not know.
· Great security of heart is not to crave what is another’s.
· The fortitude of any soldier is not acknowledged, except in war.

· Mala mors putanda non est, quam bona vita praecessit.
· Malus ubi se simulat bonum, ibi est pessimus.
· Male imperando summum imperium amittitur.

· A death is not to be deemed evil which a good life has preceded.
· Where the bad man simulates himself as good, there he is worst.
· By commanding badly, the supreme command is lost.

· Mala conscientia nusquam requiescit secura.
· Mortuus huic mundo nil scit nisi vivere Christo.
· Magnum certamen iuvenilem vincere carnem.

· An evil conscience nowhere rests secure.
· One dead to this world knows naught save to live for Christ.
· A great contest it is to conquer the youthful flesh.

· Maxima fit pestis, cum pastor erit puerilis.
· Mens levis ac fragilis cito perfert scandala carnis.
· Mens assueta malis, vix eripietur ab illis.

· The greatest pestilence arises when the pastor is puerile.
· A light and fragile mind quickly bears carnal scandals.
· A mind accustomed to evils will scarcely be snatched away from them.

· Mors et perditio dicenda est caeca libido.
· Maxime quaerendum quod semper erit retinendum.

· Blind libido must be called death and perdition.
· Most of all, one must seek what will always be retained.

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· Novit Dominus viam iustorum, et iter impiorum peribit.
· Noli aemulari in eo qui prosperatur in via sua, in homine faciente iniustitias.
· Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus, quibus non est intellectus.

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· The Lord knows the way of the just, and the path of the impious will perish.
· Do not be jealous of him who prospers in his way, of the man doing injustices.
· Do not become like the horse and the mule, in whom there is no intellect.

· Nolite sperarein iniquitate,et rapinosnolite concupiscere.
· Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
· Non salvatur rex per multam virtutem.

· Do not hope in iniquity, and do not desire rapine.
· Unless the Lord guards the city, the one who guards it keeps watch in vain.
· A king is not saved by great might.

· Nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum, in quibus non est salus.
· Nemo bonus nisi solusDeus.
· Non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo quod procedit de ore Dei.

· Do not confide in princes, in sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
· No one is good except aloneGod.
· Not by bread alone does man live, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.

· Non est opus sanis medicus, sed male habentibus.
· Nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non potest introire in regnum Dei.
· Nemo potest duobus dominis servire.

· A physician is not needed by the healthy, but by those who are ill.
· Unless one has been reborn of water and Spirit, they cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
· No one can serve two masters.

· Non potest arbor bona fructus malos facere, neque arbor mala fructus bonos facere.
· Necesse est ut veniant scandala, vae autem homini illi per quem scandalum venit.
· Non est discipulus super magistrum.

· A good tree cannot make bad fruits, nor can a bad tree make good fruits.
· It is necessary that scandals come, but woe to that man through whom the scandal comes.
· A disciple is not above the master.

· Nihil opertum quod non reveletur, et occultum quod non sciatur.
· Nemo mittens manum suam ad aratrum, et aspiciens retro, aptus est regno Dei.
· Ne tardes converti ad Dominum.

· Nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and nothing hidden that shall not be known.
· No one putting his hand to the plow, and looking back, is apt for the kingdom of God.
· Do not delay to be converted to the Lord.

· Non est speciosa laus in ore peccatoris.
· Noli negligere disciplinam Domini, et ne fatigeris cum ab eo argueris.
· Noli arguere derisorem,ne oderit te; argue sapientem, et diliget te.
· Non est homo iustus super terram, qui facit bonum, et non peccet.

· Praise is not becoming in the mouth of a sinner.
· Do not neglect the discipline of the Lord, and do not grow weary when you are reproved by him.
· Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
· There is no just man upon the earth who does good and does not sin.

· Novit iustus animas iumentorum suorum, viscera autem impiorum crudelia.
· Non agnoscitur in bonis amicus, nec absconditur in malis inimicus.
· Nec coram caeco ponas offendiculum.

· The just man knows the lives of his beasts of burden; but the very entrails of the impious are cruel.
· A friend is not recognized in good times, nor is an enemy hidden in bad times.
· Nor set a stumbling-block before the blind.

· Non vult Deus mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat.
· Nihil in terra fit sine causa.
· Novit Dominus qui sunt eius.

· God does not will the death of the sinner, but that he be converted and live.
· Nothing on earth happens without a cause.
· The Lord knows those who are his.

· Non solum rei sunt qui faciunt mala, sed qui consentiunt facientibus.
· Nemo coronabitur, nisi qui legitime certaverit.
· Noli vinci a malo, sed vince in bono malum.

· Not only are guilty those who do evils, but also those who consent to the ones doing them.
· No one will be crowned, unless he shall have contended legitimately.
· Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

· Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quae in mundo sunt.
· Nolite mirari si odit vos mundus.
· Nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius tantummodo.

· Do not love the world, nor the things that are in the world.
· Do not marvel if the world hates you.
· Let no one seek what is his own, but only what is another’s.

· Non diligamus verbo neque lingua, sed opere et veritate.
· Non est personarum acceptor Deus, sed in omni gente qui timet Deum, et operatur iustitiam, acceptus est illi.
· Nihil infelicius felicitate peccantium.

· Let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth.
· God is not a respecter of persons, but in every nation he who fears God and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
· Nothing is more unhappy than the felicity of sinners.

· Nitens cutis sordidum demonstrat animum.
· Non est secura laetitia in divinis paginis multa cognoscere, sed cognita custodire.
· Nosse et posse bona prius incognita atquei impossibilia, demonstrat gratiae supernae dona.

· Shining skin shows a sordid mind.
· There is no secure joy in the divine pages to know many things, but to guard what has been known.
· To know and to be able to do goods previously unknown and impossible demonstrates the gifts of supernal grace.

· Nil est tam facile quod non fiat difficile, si invitus facias.
· Nemoin alium priusquam in se ipsum peccat.
· Nunquam Deus mentem deserit, quae peccata sua veraciter agnoscit.

· Nothing is so easy that it does not become difficult, if you do it unwillingly.
· No one sins against another before he sins against himself.
· God never deserts the mind that truly acknowledges its own sins.

· Nescit pene quid labor sit, qui nunquam circa spirituales nequitias certare studuit.
· Negligentia et otiositas hominem trahunt ad interitum.
· Nisi quis in fide et spe fundatus fuerit, ad charitatis verae cultum non ascendit.

· He hardly knows what labor is, who never strove to contend against spiritual iniquities.
· Negligence and idleness draw a man to ruin.
· Unless someone has been founded in faith and hope, he does not ascend to the cultivation of true charity.

· Nulli vel male vel bene contingit propter se solum, sed ut simul alii corrigantur aut consolentur per illum.
· Nequitia diaboli qualis in Iob fuisse legitur, talis in omnes homines erit, si tantum permittatur.
· Nemo in Ecclesia amplius nocet, quam qui perverse agens regimen tenet.

· It befalls no one either ill or well on account of himself alone, but so that at the same time others may be corrected or consoled through him.
· The wickedness of the devil, such as is read to have been in Job, will be such in all human beings, if only it be permitted.
· No one in the Church harms more than he who, acting perversely, holds the governance.

· Non multitudo peccatorum, sed impietas hominem ducit ad desperationem.
· Non est in hominis potestate vita illius.
· Nil cuiquam proderit aestimari sanctus, cum non sit.

· Not the multitude of sins, but impiety leads a man to desperation.
· The life of a man is not in his power.
· Nothing will profit anyone to be esteemed holy, when he is not.

· Nil petas quod negaturus es.
· Nimisdolenda praesumptio, quod ea mala facere praesumunt Christiani, quae exsecrantur pagani.
· Nam Christiani Dei sui sanctorumque suorum destruunt monasteria, pagani autem sua venerantur idola.
· Non vivas aliter in solitudine, aliter in foro.

· Ask for nothing that you are going to refuse.
· A most-to-be-lamented presumption: that Christians presume to do those evils which pagans execrate.
· For Christians destroy the monasteries of their God and of their saints, but pagans venerate their idols.
· Do not live one way in solitude, another in the forum.

· Nil scire vel curare, hoc est mortuum vivere.
· Negat sibi ipse, quid quod difficile est petit.
· Nulli imponas quod ipse pati non possis.

· To know nothing or to care for nothing—this is to live as dead.
· He denies himself; and yet he seeks what is difficult.
· Impose on no one what you yourself cannot endure.

· Nemo periculosius peccat quam qui peccata defendit.
· Nemo nobilis nisi quem nobilitat virtus.
· Nisi quis timorem amoremque Dei ante se iugiter ponat, cito in aliquod peccatum labitur.

· No one sins more perilously than he who defends sins.
· No one is noble except him whom virtue ennobles.
· Unless someone places the fear and love of God continually before himself, he quickly lapses into some sin.

· Nemo se satis metiri praevalet, nisi alterum consideret.
· Nil magnum est in rebus humanis nisi animus magna despiciens.
· Non homo non aurum poterunt dare quaeque beatum, sed virtute Dei consistit vita beati.

· No one is able to measure himself sufficiently, unless he considers another.
· Nothing is great in human affairs except a mind despising great things.
· Neither man nor gold will be able to give what makes one blessed, but the life of the blessed consists by the power of God.

· Nil peccant oculi, si mens velit his dominari.
· Non poterit dici quam multa sit ars inimici.
· Nil credas actum, cum quidquam restat agendum.

· The eyes do not sin, if the mind is willing to dominate them.
· It cannot be said how manifold the enemy’s art is.
· Believe nothing done, when anything remains to be done.

· Nil prodest didicisse bonum, nisi feceris illud.
· Ne tardare velis, si quem convertere possis.
· Non est multa sciens laudandus, sed bene vivens.

· It profits nothing to have learned the good, unless you do it.
· Do not wish to delay, if you can convert anyone.
· Not the one knowing many things is to be praised, but the one living well.

· Nisus stultorum par semper amat sociorum.

· The nisus of fools always loves peers for companions.

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· Oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius in preces corum.
· Osiusti meditabitur sapientiam, et lingua eius loquetur iudicium.
· Observabit peccator iustum, et stridebit super eum dentibus suis.

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· The eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers.
· The mouth of the just will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak judgment.
· The sinner will observe the just, and will gnash over him with his teeth.

· Omnia quaecunque voluit Dominus fecit in coelo et in terra, in mari et in omnibus abyssis.
· Omne regnum in seipso divisum desolabitur.
· Omnis plantatio quam non plantabit Pater coelestis, eradicabitur.

· The Lord has done all things whatsoever he willed in heaven and on earth, in the sea and in all abysses.
· Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolated.
· Every plantation which the heavenly Father will not plant will be eradicated.

· Omnis qui facit peccatum, servus est peccati.
· Omnis qui petit accipit, et qui quaerit invenit,etpulsanti aperietur.
· Omnis qui se exaltat humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat exaltabitur.

· Everyone who does sin is a servant of sin.
· Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to the one knocking it will be opened.
· Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

· Omnis arbor quae non facit fructum bonum, excidetur et in ignem mittetur.
· Omni habenti dabitur, ab eo autem quinon habet et quod habet auferetur ab eo.
· Omne peccatum et blasphemia remittetur hominibus, spiritus autem blasphemia non remittetur.
· Orate ne fuga vestra fiat hieme vel Sabbato.

· Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and sent into the fire.
· To everyone who has, it will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
· Every sin and blasphemy will be remitted to men, but blasphemy of the Spirit will not be remitted.
· Pray that your flight may not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.

· Omnia possibilia sunt credenti.
· Omni tempore benedic Deum, et pete ab eo ut vias tuas dirigat.
· Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia exipso vita procedit.

· All things are possible to the one who believes.
· At every time bless God, and ask from him that he may direct your ways.
· With all vigilance keep your heart, for from it life proceeds.

· Omni negotio tempus est, et opportunitas.
· Omnia fac cum consilio, et post factum non poenitebis.
· Omnis sapientia a Domino Deo est, et cum illo fuit semper.

· For every business there is a time, and an opportunity.
· Do everything with counsel, and after the fact you will not repent.
· All wisdom is from the Lord God, and was with him always.

· Odium suscitat rixas, et universa delicta operit charitas.
· Omnia operatur unus atque idem spiritus, dividens singulis prout vult.
· Omne quodcunque facilis in verbo aut in opere, omnia in nomine Domini Iesu, gratias agents Deo et Patri per ipsum.

· Hatred stirs up quarrels, and charity covers all offenses.
· One and the same Spirit works all things, distributing to each as he wills.
· Whatever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father through him.

· Omnes unanimes in oratione estote, compatientes, fraternitatis amatores, misericordes, modesti, humiles.
· Omnegaudiumexistimate cum in tentationes varias incideritis.
· Omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est.

· Be all unanimous in prayer, compassionate, lovers of brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble.
· Consider it all joy when you fall into various temptations.
· Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer.

· Obedire oportet Deo magis quam hominibus.
· Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum.
· Oculus non vidit, et auris non audivit, nec in cor hominis ascendit quae praeparavit Deus diligentibus se.
· Omnia munda mundis, coinquinatis autem et infidelibus nihil est mundum.

· It is necessary to obey God rather than men.
· Every best gift, and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights.
· Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, nor has it ascended into the heart of man what God has prepared for those who love him.
· All things are clean to the clean, but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean.

· Omnia licent, sed non omnia expediunt.
· Omnis infidelium vita peccatum est.
· Otiositas inimica est animae.

· All things are licit, but not all things are expedient.
· The whole life of the infidels is sin.
· Otiosity is inimical to the soul.

· Omnis dies velut ultimus tractandus est.
· Otiosum verbum est, quod aut ratione iustae necessitatis, aut intentione prae utilitatis caret.
· Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.

· Every day is to be handled as if the last.
· An idle word is one that lacks either the reason of just necessity or an intention for utility.
· Obsequiousness begets friends; truth begets odium.

· Occasiones deesse non possunt perituris.
· Omnino errat, qui per pacem et otium se assequi triumphum putat.
· Omnis divina percussio aut purgatio est vitae praesentis, aut initium poenae sequentis.

· Occasions cannot be lacking to those about to perish.
· He altogether errs, who thinks that through peace and leisure he attains a triumph.
· Every divine stroke is either a purgation of the present life, or the beginning of the punishment that follows.

· Oratione continua superantur vitia.
· Opere melius quam verbis Deus laudatur et praedicatur.
· Oculi petulantes cordis luxuriosi sunt proditores.

· By continuous prayer vices are overcome.
· By work, better than by words, God is lauded and preached.
· Wanton eyes are betrayers of a lustful heart.

· Occultae et iugiter perpetratae culpae merentur, ut reges pastoresque perversi constituantur.
· Omnia fidei argumenta a praeteritis rebus suntassumenda.
· Omne quod est iustum, merito dici valet unum.

· Hidden faults perpetually perpetrated deserve that perverse kings and shepherds be constituted.
· All arguments of faith are to be assumed from past events.
· Everything that is just can deservedly be said to be one.

· Orandum semper, ne seducamur ab hoste.
· Omni praelato subiectus sis quasi Christo.
· quantis curis mens indiget omnibus horis.

· One must pray always, lest we be seduced by the enemy.
· Be subject to every prelate as if to Christ.
· how great cares the mind needs at all hours.

· Osquod mentitur, animam iugulare refertur.

· P
· Propeest Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate.
· Pretiosain conspectu Domini mors sanctorum eius.

· The mouth that lies is said to jugulate the soul.

· P
· The Lord is near to all invoking him in truth.
· Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

· Prohibe linguam tuam a malo,et labia tua ne loquantur dolum.
· Patientia pauperum non peribit in finem.
· Petite, etdabitur vobis; quaerite, et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.

· Prohibit your tongue from evil,and your lips that they not speak guile.
· The patience of the poor will not perish unto the end.
· Ask, andit shall be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

· Perfectus omnis erit, si sit sicut magister eius.
· Potens est Deus de lapidibus suscitare filios Abrahae.
· Percute filium tuum virga, et liberabis animam eius a morte.

· Everyone will be perfect, if he be like his teacher.
· God is able from stones to raise up sons of Abraham.
· Strike your son with a rod, and you will liberate his soul from death.

· Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem, quam centum plagae apud stultum.
· Perversi difficile corriguntur.
· Princeps qui libenter audit verba mendacii, omnes ministros habet impios.

· Correction profits more with the prudent than a hundred blows with a fool.
· The perverse are corrected with difficulty.
· A prince who gladly hears words of mendacity has all his ministers impious.

· Per quae quis peccat, per haec et torquetur.
· Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura, utrumque abominabile est ante Deum.
· Probata virtus corripit insipientes.

· By the things through which one sins, by these also he is tormented.
· Weight and weight, measure and measure, both are abominable before God.
· Proved virtue reproves the foolish.

· Propter peccata populi regnare facit Dominus hypocritam.
· Peccator vel puer centum annorum maledictus erit.
· Pugnabit orbis terrarum contra insensatos.

· On account of the sins of the people the Lord causes a hypocrite to reign.
· The sinner, even a child of a hundred years, will be accursed.
· The world will fight against the insensate.

· Post concupiscentias tuas non eas.
· Probate spiritus, si ex Deo sint.
· Prudentia carnis mors est, prudentia autem spiritus vita et pax.

· Do not go after your concupiscences.
· Prove the spirits, whether they are from God.
· Prudence of the flesh is death, but prudence of the spirit is life and peace.

· Petitis, et non accipitis, eo quod male petatis.
· Plenitudo legis est dilectio.
· Per multas tribulationes oportet nos intrare in regnum Dei.

· You ask, and you do not receive, because you ask amiss.
· The plenitude of the law is love.
· Through many tribulations it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God.

· Peccantes coram omnibus arguantur, ut caeteri metum habeant.
· Positi in deliciis attendere nequeunt quanta sit poena perennis.
· Pax vera est dicenda, cum spiritus et caro conveniunt omni modo.

· Those sinning are to be rebuked before all, so that the rest may have fear.
· Those placed in delights are unable to attend to how great the perennial penalty is.
· True peace is to be called, when the spirit and the flesh agree in every way.

· Pacificus homo filius Dei meretur vocari.
· Parentes in tantum diligendi sunt et honorandi, quantum illi subiecti sunt summo Patri.
· Praelatis ac senioribus suis inobediens meretur aut si ipse praelatus fuerit aliquibus, ab eis eadem patiatur.

· The peaceable man merits to be called a son of God.
· Parents are to be loved and honored to the extent that they are subject to the supreme Father.
· One disobedient to his prelates and his elders merits it; or, if he himself has been a prelate to some, let him suffer the same from them.

· Pastor quilibet fugit, cum subiectis solatium subtrahit, aut iniustitiam videns non contradicit.
· Par supplicium subibunt, qui pariter peccaverunt.
· Poenitentia vera est et perpetrata mala plangere, et plangenda non perpetrare.

· Any pastor flees, when he withdraws solace from his subjects, or, seeing injustice, does not contradict.
· Equal punishment will be undergone by those who have sinned equally.
· True penitence is both to lament the evils perpetrated, and not to perpetrate those that ought to be lamented.

· Publica culpa, publica etiam indiget poenitentia.
· Poenas gravissimas quandoque sunt passuri, qui non pro sceleribus suis renunnt parva flagella pati.
· Plenus venter facile disputat de ieiuniis.

· A public fault likewise needs public penitence.
· They will sometimes undergo the most grievous penalties, who refuse to suffer small flagellations for their crimes.
· A full belly easily disputes about fasts.

· Perfectum odium est, quod nec iustitia nec ratione caret.
· Peccatum peccato adiicitur, cum id quod nequiter gestum est nequiter etiam defenditur.
· Probatio bonae voluntatis, nolle peccare cum possis.

· Perfect hatred is that which is lacking neither justice nor reason.
· Sin is added to sin, when that which has been wickedly done is also wickedly defended.
· The proof of good will is to be unwilling to sin when you are able.

· Providendum est cunctis pro Dei amore licita relinquentibus, ne tepide viventes ad illicita corruant.
· Pro qualilate audientium formari debet sermo doctorum.
· Pravis moribus semper gravis est vita bonorum.

· Provision must be made for all who, for the love of God, leave lawful things, lest, living tepidly, they collapse into unlawful things.
· According to the quality of the hearers the discourse of the learned ought to be formed.
· To those of depraved morals, the life of the good is always grievous.

· Peccata quaedam animam polluunt, quaedam vero exstinguunt.
· Priusquam promittas delibera, ne post promissa minime expleta mendax dicaris.
· Periculum nunquam sine periculo vincitur.

· Some sins pollute the soul, but some indeed extinguish it.
· Before you promise, deliberate, lest after promises not at all fulfilled you be called a liar.
· Peril is never overcome without peril.

· Prudentia rerum exitus metitur.
· Plus sunt laudandi benefacientes quam benedicentes.
· Pecunia tunc fit pretiosa, cum pro Dei amore translata in alios desinit possideri.

· Prudence measures the outcomes of things.
· Those who do good are more to be praised than those who speak well.
· Money then becomes precious, when, transferred to others for the love of God, it ceases to be possessed.

· Plurimi infamiam, pauci vero verentur reatus conscientiam.
· Pacem cum hominibus habeas, bellum cum vitiis.
· Pecuniae imperare oportet, non servire.

· Most fear infamy; but few indeed fear the conscience of guilt.
· Have peace with human beings, war with vices.
· One ought to command money, not serve it.

· Paupertas animae maior quam corporis exstat.
· Peccans quotidie studeat mox se reparare.
· Perfectus miles pensat saepissime vires.

· The poverty of the soul stands out as greater than that of the body.
· He who sins daily should strive soon to repair himself.
· The perfect soldier most often weighs his strengths.

· Perversae menti sua culpa est maxima poena.
· Praeceps ad risum, praeceps quoque fertur ad iram.
· Promptus vel facilis ad risus schemata ne sis.

· For a perverse mind, its own guilt is the greatest penalty.
· He who is headlong toward laughter is borne headlong likewise toward anger.
· Do not be prompt or facile toward the schemata of laughter.

· Pluribus intentus minor est ad singula sensus.
· Praesens vita brevis, sed vita futura perennis.

· Intent on many things, the sense is lesser toward each single thing.
· The present life is brief, but the future life is perennial.

· Q
· Quam bonus Israel Deus his qui recto sunt corde.
· Quaerite Dominum, et confirmamini; quaerite faciem eius semper.
· Quaerite Dominum,et vivet anima vestra.

· Q
· How good is God to Israel, to those who are straight of heart.
· Seek the Lord, and be confirmed; seek his face always.
· Seek the Lord,and your soul shall live.

· Qui timetis Dominum, laudate eum.
· Qui diligitis Dominum, odite malum.
· Quomodo miseretur pater filiorum, misertus est Dominus timentibus se, quoniam ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum.

· You who fear the Lord, praise him.
· You who love the Lord, hate evil.
· As a father has mercy on his sons, the Lord has had mercy on those who fear him, for he himself has known our frame.

· Qui non accepit in vano animam suam, nec iuravit in dolo proximo suo, hic accipiet benedictionem a Domino.
· Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, et humilia respicit in coelo et in terra?
· Qui seminant in lacrymis, in exsultatione metent.

· He who has not taken up his soul in vain, nor has sworn in guile to his neighbor, this one will receive benediction from the Lord.
· Who is like the Lord our God, who inhabits the heights, and regards the lowly in heaven and on earth?
· Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.

· Quaerite primum regnum Dei, et iustitiam eius, et haec omnia adiicientur vobis.
· Qui perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit.
· Quae impossibilia sunt apud homines, possibilia sunt apud Deum.

· Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
· He who perseveres unto the end, this one will be saved.
· Things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

· Qui est ex Deo, verba Dei audit.
· Quid prodest homini, si universum mundum lucretur, animae vero suae detrimentum patiatur?
· Quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua?

· He who is of God hears the words of God.
· What does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, yet suffer detriment to his own soul?
· What exchange will a man give for his soul?

· Qui dixerit fratri suo Fatue, reus erit gehennae ignis.
· Qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam aeternam custodit eam.
· Quod Deus coniunxit homo non separet.

· Whoever shall say to his brother “Fool,” will be liable to the Gehenna of fire.
· Whoever hates his life in this world keeps it for eternal life.
· What God has joined together, let not man separate.

· Qui infidelis est in minimo, et in maiori infidelis est.
· Quasi scelus idololatriae est, Deo nolle acquiescere.
· Quaerite Dominum dum inveniri potest, invocate eum dum prope est.

· He who is unfaithful in the least is also unfaithful in the greater.
· It is as a crime of idolatry to be unwilling to acquiesce to God.
· Seek the Lord while he can be found, invoke him while he is near.

· Qui sequitur iustitiam, diligitur a Domino.
· Qui abscondit scelera sua, non dirigetur; qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur.
· Qui diligit disciplinam, diligit et sapientiam.

· Whoever follows justice is loved by the Lord.
· Whoever conceals his crimes will not be directed; but whoever has confessed them and has forsaken them will obtain mercy.
· Whoever loves discipline loves wisdom too.

· Qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperis, quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui.
· Qui avertit aurem suam ne audiat legem, oratio eius erit exsecrabilis.
· Quasi tempestas impius pertransit.

· He who offers a sacrifice from the substance of the poor is as one who immolates a son in the sight of his own father.
· He who averts his ear so as not to hear the Law, his prayer will be execrable.
· Like a tempest the impious passes through.

· Quae non congregas in iuventute, quomodoea habere poteris in senectute.
· Qui pronus est ad misericordiam, benedicetur.
· Qui fratri suo parat foveam, ipse incidet in illam.

· What you do not gather in youth, how will you be able to have it in old age?
· He who is prone toward mercy will be blessed.
· He who prepares a pit for his brother, he himself will fall into it.

· Qui modica spernit, paulatim decidet.
· Qui sibi nequam est, cui bonus erit?
· Quodcunque potest manus tua facere, instanter operare, quia nec opus nec ratio nec sapientia erunt apud inferos, quo tu properas.

· He who spurns little things will gradually fall.
· He who is bad to himself— to whom will he be good?
· Whatever your hand is able to do, work at it earnestly, because neither work nor reason nor wisdom will be in the underworld, whither you are hastening.

· Qui parcit virgae, odit filium.
· Qui timent Deum, non erunt incredibiles verbo illius.
· Qui mellis et dissolutus estopere suo, frater est, sua opera dissipantis.

· He who spares the rod hates his son.
· Those who fear God will not be incredulous at his word.
· He who is soft and dissolute in his work is brother to a dissipater of his own works.

· Quod timet impius, veniet supereum.
· Qualis rector est civitatis, talesinhabitantes.
· Qui custoditos suum, custodit et animam suam.

· What the impious fears will come upon him.
· Such as the rector of a city is, such are the inhabitants.
· He who guards his mouth, also guards his soul.

· Qui obdurat aurem suam ad clamorem pauperis, et ipse clamabit, et non exaudietur.
· Quidocet fatuum,quasi qui glutinat testam.
· Qui ad iustitiam erudiuntmultos, quasi stellae inperpetuas aeternitates.

· He who hardens his ear to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out, and he will not be heard.
· He who teaches a fool is like one who glues a potsherd.
· Those who instruct many unto justice, like stars into perpetual eternities.

· Qui in uno offendit, multa bona perdit.
· Quantomagnus es,humilia te in omnibus.
· Qui timet pruinam, veniet supereum nix.

· He who offends in one thing, loses many goods.
· Howgreat you are,humble yourself in all things.
· He who fears hoarfrost, snow will come upon him.

· Qui in stadio currunt,omnes quidem currunt, sedunus accipit bravium.
· Quicunque voluerit amicus esse saeculi huius, inimicus Dei constituitur.
· Qui se existimat stare,videat ne cadat.

· Those who run in the stadium,all indeed run, butone receives the prize.
· Whoever will have willed to be a friend of this age, is constituted an enemy of God.
· He who esteems himself to stand,let him see lest he fall.

· Qui habetaurem, audiat quid spiritus dicat Ecclesiis.
· Qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viae suae, salvabit animam eius a morte.
· Qui non manducat, manducantem non iudicet.

· He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
· Whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his way will save his soul from death.
· He who does not eat, let him not judge the one who eats.

· Qui suorum et maxime domesticorum curam non habet, fidem negavit, et est infideli deterior.
· Quicunquespiritu Dei aguntur, hi filii sunt Dei.
· Qui viderit fratrem suum necessitatem patientem, et clauserit viscera sua, quomodo charitas Dei manet in eo?
· Qui parce seminat, parce et metet.

· He who does not have care of his own, and especially of his household, has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
· Whoever are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
· Whoever sees his brother suffering need, and shuts up his bowels, how does the charity of God abide in him?
· He who sows sparingly, will also reap sparingly.

· Qui gloriatur, in Domino glorietur.
· Quanto altior gradus, tanto profundior casus.
· Quod tibi non vis fieri, aliine feceris.

· Let him who glories, glory in the Lord.
· The higher the grade, the deeper the fall.
· What you do not wish to be done to you, do not do to another.

· Qui ignorat,ignorabitur.
· Qualis sit quilibet pastor, lupus adveniens indicat.
· Qualis apud se quisque lateat, illata contumelia probat.

· Whoever is ignorant,will be ignored.
· What sort any shepherd is, an approaching wolf indicates.
· What sort each person lies hidden within himself, inflicted contumely proves.

· Quam laudem merebimur de pallore ieiunii, si invidia sumus lividi?
· Quid virtutis habet vinum non bibere, et ira atque odio inebriari?
· Quid prodest attenuari corpus abstinentia, si animus intumescat superbia?

· What praise shall we merit from the pallor of fasting, if we are livid with envy?
· What virtue is there in not drinking wine, and in being inebriated with anger and hatred?
· What does it profit that the body be attenuated by abstinence, if the mind swells with pride?

· Quasi in sacculum pertusum res suas ingerit, qui et bona aliqua agit, et tamen nulla pravitatis solitae studia deserit.
· Qui se meminit illicita plurima perpetrasse, debet etiam pro poenitentia a licitis abstinere.
· Quisquis cogitat quid Deo voveat, se ipsum voveat et reddat.

· As into a perforated purse he pours his goods, the one who both does some good deeds, and yet abandons no pursuits of customary depravity.
· He who remembers himself to have perpetrated very many illicit things ought also, for penance, to abstain from things licit.
· Whoever thinks what he should vow to God, let him vow himself and render it.

· Quantumbonum habeat sanitas, ostendit infirmitas.
· Qui succurrere perituro potest, si non succurrat, reus mortis eius erit.
· Qui verbis lenibus potest corrigi, non debet increpatione exasperari.

· How great a good health has, infirmity shows.
· He who can succor one about to perish, if he does not succor, will be guilty of his death.
· He who can be corrected by gentle words ought not to be exasperated by increpation.

· Qui casti perseverantet virgines, angelisDeiefficiuntur aequales.
· Quisquis iugiter tractatut bona aliqua faciat, sine intermissione orat.
· Quaecunque mensuram excedunt, daemonia suggerunt.

· Those who persevere chaste and as virgins are made equal to the angels of God.
· Whoever continually considers so that he may do some good, prays without intermission.
· Whatever things exceed the measure, the demons suggest.

· Quantum quis in humilitate et castitate profecerit, tantum Deo appropinquabit.
· Quod omni modo necesse est pati, patienter sustine.
· Quae facere turpe est, etiam dicere turpe est.

· As much as anyone has progressed in humility and chastity, so much will he draw near to God.
· What in every way it is necessary to suffer, sustain patiently.
· What it is shameful to do, it is also shameful to say.

· Quanto mens fit divisa ad multa opera, fit minor ad singula.
· Quaemodo quisque legit, haec habiturus erit, seu bona, sive mala, semper habebit ea.
· Quousque homini non displicent mala a se facta, regnant in eo vitia.
· Qui nunquam didicit subesse, nulli potest rite praeesse.

· The more the mind is divided to many works, the smaller it becomes for individual ones.
· In whatever manner each one reads, such things he will have; whether good or bad, he will always have them.
· So long as the evils done by himself do not displease a man, vices reign in him.
· He who has never learned to be subject can rightly preside over no one.

· Quid infeliciusquam conspectafelicitate aliorumaffici?
· Quod unusquisque non expertus est in semetipso, difficile credit in alio.
· Quis dives?

· What more infelicitous than to be affected at the sight of others’ felicity?
· What each one has not experienced in himself, he with difficulty believes in another.
· Who is rich?

Qui nil cupit. Et quis pauper? Avarus.

Who desires nothing. And who is poor? The avaricious man.

· Quod satis est cui contingit, nihil amplius optet.
· Quid stulti proprium? Non posse et velle nocere.

· He to whom what is enough befalls, let him opt for nothing more.
· What is the fool’s peculiar property? Not to be able, and yet to be willing, to harm.

· Quod prudentis opus? Cum possit, nolle nocere.
· Quam prope sit littus, in corde maris labyrinthus!

· What is the work of the prudent? Though he is able, to be unwilling to harm.
· How near the shore is; in the heart of the sea, a labyrinth!

· Quantum plus valeas, tantum submitte te Christo.
· Qui tibi dat multum, de te quoque quaerit idipsum.
· Quam bonus est Dominus cunctis quaerentibus illum!

· The more you are strong, the more submit yourself to Christ.
· He who gives you much also seeks from you that selfsame thing.
· How good is the Lord to all who seek him!

· Quam tenebrosus amor quo lucis spernitur auctor!

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· Regnum tuum, Domine, regnum omnium saeculorum.
· Rectos decet laudatio.

· How tenebrous the love by which the author of light is spurned!

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· Your kingdom, O Lord, is the kingdom of all ages.
· Laudation befits the upright.

· Redimet Dominus animas servorum suorum, et non delinquet omnes qui sperant in eo.
· Revela Domino viam tuam, et spera in eum,etipse faciet.
· Recte iudicate, filii hominum.
· Regnum coelorumvim patitur, et violenti rapiunt illud.

· The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants, and none who hope in him will be delinquent.
· Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he himself will do it.
· Judge rightly, sons of men.
· The kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and the violent seize it.

· Risus dolore miscetur,et extrema gaudii luctus occupat.
· Responsio mollis frangit iram.
· Regnantibus impiis ruina hominum erit.

· Laughter is mingled with pain, and at the end of joy lamentation takes possession.
· A soft answer breaks anger.
· When the impious are reigning, there will be the ruin of men.

· Rex qui sedet in solio iudicit dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
· Rexqui iudicatin veritate pauperes, thronus eius in aeternum firmabitur.
· Rex iustus erigit terram, vir avarus destruet eam.

· The king who sits on the judgment throne dissipates all evil by his look.
· The kingwho judgesin truth the poor, his throne will be made firm forever.
· A just king raises the land, an avaricious man will destroy it.

· Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter iniustitias.
· Renovamini spiritu mentis vestrae, et induite novum hominem, qui secundum Deum creatus est in iustitia et sanctitate veritatis.
· Religio munda et immaculata apud Deum patrem haec est: visitare pupillos et viduas in tribulatione eorum.

· The kingdom is transferred from nation to nation on account of injustices.
· Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and clothe yourselves with the new man, who has been created according to God in justice and sanctity of truth.
· Pure and immaculate religion before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation.

· Radix omnium malorum cupiditas.
· Religiosus homo, si cito irascitur, et facile etiam ad poenitentiam movetur.
· Recte iudicare aliena merita non valet, cui conscientia innocentiae propriae nullam iudicii regulam praebet.

· The root of all evils is cupidity.
· A religious man, if he quickly grows angry, is also easily moved to penitence.
· He cannot rightly judge others’ merits, whose conscience of his own innocence offers no rule of judgment.

· Rectius sequuntur agnum coniugati humiles, quam virgines superbientes.
· Robusti corpore nisi Deo, a quo vires habent, devote famulentur, pro hoc poenas patientur.
· Referendum est pietati divinae quidquid homo iumentis amplius habet.

· The humble married follow the Lamb more rightly than virgins being proud.
· The robust in body, unless they devoutly serve God, from whom they have their strength, will for this suffer penalties.
· Whatever man has beyond beasts of burden must be referred to divine piety.

· Regnum Dei tantum valet quantum habes.
· Ruina populi sacerdotes mali.
· Ratio humana quot perversis cogitationibusrenititur, tot coronas coelestes promeretur.

· The Kingdom of God avails as much as you have.
· Evil priests are the ruin of the people.
· Human reason, for as many perverse cogitations as it resists, merits so many celestial crowns.

· Regimen animarum ars est artium.
· Raptores alienarum rerum, ipsi quandoque rapientur ad interitum.
· Repentinus furor nil rationis recipit.

· The regimen of souls is the art of arts.
· Plunderers of others’ goods, they themselves will sometime be rapt away to destruction.
· Sudden fury admits nothing of reason.

· Rebelles divinae pietati tradentur diabolicae potestati.
· Res quaelibet obscura per similitudinemest explananda.
· Remissio et lenitas nimia coram Deo reputatur pro crudelitate magna.

· Rebels against divine piety will be handed over to diabolic power.
· Any obscure matter is to be explained through similitude.
· Remission and excessive lenity before God is reckoned as great cruelty.

· Reprobi ei in hoc saeculo fatigantur desideriis, et in futuro tormentis.
· Rustica lingua viri mansuetum cor retinentis gratior est Domino quam lingua perita superbi.
· Rara fides homini tribuenda est, proh dolor!

· The reprobate—alas!—in this age are wearied by desires, and in the future by torments.
· The rustic tongue of a man retaining a meek heart is more pleasing to the Lord than the skilled tongue of the proud.
· Trust is to be granted to man rarely, alas!

omni.
· Rexpius et iustus studet hoc quod dicitur esse.
· Regis enim nomen monet ut commissa regantur.

in all.
· A pious and just king strives to be that which he is said to be.
· For the very name of king admonishes that the things committed be governed.

· Rebus in adversis ne motus destituaris.

· In adverse circumstances, do not, when moved, be left destitute.

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· Servite Domino in timore, et exultate ei cum tremore.
· Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus.
· Sit gloria Domini in saeculum saeculi.

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· Serve the Lord in fear, and exult to him with trembling.
· The sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit.
· May the glory of the Lord be forever and ever.

· Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
· Salus iustorum a Domino, et protector eorum in tempore tribulationis.
· Suavis Dominus universis,et miserationes eius super omnia opera eius.

· May the name of the Lord be blessed from now and forever.
· The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord, and he is their protector in a time of tribulation.
· The Lord is kind to all,and his mercies are over all his works.

· Spiritus ubi vult spirat, et vocem eius audis, sed non scis unde veniat, et quo vadat.
· Spiritus est Deus, et eos qui adorant eum, in spiritu et veritate oportet adorare.
· Si manus tua vel pes tuus scandalizet te, abscinde illum et proiice abs te.
· Sic Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam.

· The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know whence it comes, and whither it goes.
· God is Spirit, and those who adore him must adore in spirit and in truth.
· If your hand or your foot scandalizes you, cut it off and cast it away from you.
· Thus God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

· Si peccaverit in te frater tuus, vade et corripe eum inter te et ipsum solum.
· Sanctus spiritus disciplinae fugiet fictum,et aufert se a cogitationibus quae sunt sine intellectu.
· Sapientis oculiin capite eius.

· If your brother sins against you, go and reprove him between you and him alone.
· The Holy Spirit of discipline will flee pretense,and will remove itself from cogitations that are without intellect.
· The wise man’s eyes are in his head.

· Sentite de Domino in bonitate, et in simplicitate cordis quaerite illum.
· Stultus verbis non corrigitur.
· Sapiens cor et intelligibile abstinet se a peccatis.

· Think of the Lord in goodness, and in the simplicity of heart seek him.
· A fool is not corrected by words.
· A wise and intelligent heart abstains from sins.

· Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinae fugabit eam.
· Statera dolosa abominatio est apud Deum, et pondus aequum voluntas eius.
· Sapiens ut sol permanet, slultus autem ut luna mutatur.

· Foolishness is bound in the heart of a boy, and the rod of discipline will put it to flight.
· A deceitful balance is an abomination before God, and an equal weight is his will.
· The wise man remains as the sun, but the fool is changed like the moon.

· Semel loquitur Deus, et secundo non repetit.
· Sapientiam omnium antiquorum exquirit sapiens.
· Sapientia absconditaet thesaurus invisus; quae utilitas in utrisque?

· God speaks once, and does not repeat a second time.
· A wise man inquires after the wisdom of all the ancients.
· Hidden wisdom and an unseen treasure; what utility is there in both?

· Sapiens verbis innotescit paucis.
· Septies cadit iustus, et resurget; impii autem corruent in malum.
· Sermo durussuscitatfurorem.

· A wise man is made known by few words.
· Seven times the just man falls, and he will rise; but the impious will collapse into evil.
· A harsh word stirs up fury.

· Somnia extollunt imprudentes.
· Secura mens quasi iuge convivium.
· Secreta regis celare, bonum est; magnalia autem Dei revelare, honorificum est.

· Dreams lift up the imprudent.
· A secure mind is as if a continual banquet.
· To conceal a king’s secrets is good; but to reveal the mighty works of God is honorable.

· Stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam.
· Si diligamus invicem, Deus in nobis manet,etcharitas eius in nobis perfecta est.
· Si quis dixerit quoniam diligo Deum, et fratrem suum oderit, mendax est.

· The fool exalts his voice in laughter.
· If we love one another, God abides in us,andcharity of his in us is perfected.
· If anyone says that I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar.

· Spiritualis homo diiudicat omnia, et ipse a nemine iudicatur.
· Sicutin Adam omnes moriuntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabuntur.
· Sapientia huius mundi stultitia est apud Deum.

· The spiritual man judges all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
· Just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be vivified.
· The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.

· Sine poenitentia sunt dona et vocatio Dei.
· Scientia inflat, charitas aedificat.
· Si vivimus spiritu, spiritu et ambulemus.

· The gifts and the vocation of God are without repentance.
· Knowledge inflates, charity edifies.
· If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit also let us walk.

· Sive vivimus sive morimur, Domini sumus.
· Sic diligendi sunt homines,ut eorum non diligantur errores.
· Speculator astat desuper, qui nos diebus omnibus actusque nostros prospicit.

· Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
· Thus are men to be loved,that their errors are not to be loved.
· The Watchman stands above, who on all days looks out upon us and our acts.

· Scire Dei, approbare est; nescire vero, reprobare.
· Summa apudDeum est nobilitas, clarum essevirtutibus.
· Subiectorumvitia aliquando sunt dissimulanda, sed post haec quia dissimulabantur indicanda.

· For God, to know is to approve; but not to know is to reprobate.
· The highest nobility with God is to be illustrious in virtues.
· The vices of subordinates are sometimes to be dissimulated; but thereafter, because they were dissimulated, they must be indicated.

· Satanae insidias evadere, non est volentis neque currentis, sed miserentis Dei.
· Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei.
· Solitudinem quaerit, qui cum innocentibus vivero cupit.

· To evade the snares of Satan is not of the willing nor of the running, but of the God who shows mercy.
· Dissemblers and the crafty provoke the wrath of God.
· He seeks solitude, who desires to live with the innocent.

· Similitudines rerum variarum ad aedificationem nostram iugiter proponendae sunt.
· Sicut canis revertit ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens stultitiam suam iterat.
· Sicut aqua exstinguit ignem, ita eleemosyna peccatum.

· Similitudes of various things are to be set forth continually for our edification.
· As a dog returns to its vomit, so the imprudent repeats his folly.
· As water extinguishes fire, so alms extinguishes sin.

· Sanctitatis nomen habere sine operibus, nulli prodest.
· Sapiens est, qui factis plus quam verbis alios docet.
· Salus est divitum, subvenire necessitatibus pauperum.

· To have the name of sanctity without works profits no one.
· He is wise who teaches others more by deeds than by words.
· The salvation of the rich is to succor the necessities of the poor.

· Sagittas contumeliae virtus repellit patientiae.
· Scorpiones dici possunt, qui bonis quidem in facie non resistunt, sed mox cum recesserint detrahunt.
· Semetipsum abnegat, qui, relicto carnalis vitae homine, induit spiritualem et novum hominem, id est, Christum.

· The virtue of patience repels the arrows of contumely.
· They can be called scorpions, who indeed do not resist the good to their face, but soon, when they have withdrawn, they detract.
· He denies himself, who, with the man of carnal life left behind, puts on the spiritual and new man, that is, Christ.

· Stultum valde est, si his placere quaerimus, quos non placere Deo scimus.
· Sufficit unicuique sic disputare vel dictare, ut intelligatur.
· Superfluitas tam verborum quam rerum vitanda est.

· It is very foolish, if we seek to please those whom we know do not please God.
· It suffices for each person to dispute or to dictate in such a way as to be understood.
· Superfluity both of words and of things is to be avoided.

· Sicutex variis floribus colliguntur mella, itaexvariis hominibus virtus quaelibet est colligenda.
· Saecularibus litteris intentus, sacrae Scripturae arcana capere non potest.
· Scripturam sacram legens attendere debet quid mystice vel iuxta litteram, quid pro parte vel pro toto dictum sit.

· Just as from various flowers honey is gathered, so from various human beings whatever virtue is to be collected.
· One intent on secular letters cannot grasp the arcana of sacred Scripture.
· Reading sacred Scripture, one ought to attend to what has been said mystically or according to the letter, what has been said for a part or for the whole.

· Scripturae sacrae meditatio mentem retrahit a cogitatu noxio.
· Sicut plurimi cibi nihil prosunt absque sale, ita omnes virtutes absque charitate.
· Sicut fistula absque inspirante nullum reddit sonum, ita et cor hominis absque inspiratione divina nullum recipit bonum.

· The meditation of sacred Scripture draws the mind back from noxious thought.
· Just as very many foods profit nothing without salt, so all virtues without charity.
· As a pipe without one inspiring (breathing into) it yields no sound, so too the heart of man without divine inspiration receives no good.

· Sicut equi cuiuslibet cursus in loco spatioso, ita et hominis voluntas probatur in arbitrio dato.
· Sicut oculi omnium in capite, ita etiam in Christo consistere debet omnis intentio fidelium.
· Sine fine cruciari meretur, qui nullum peccandi finem in corde suo statuit.

· Just as the course of any horse is put to the proof in a spacious place, so too a man's will is proved in the choice given.
· Just as the eyes of all are in the head, so also in Christ must consist every intention of the faithful.
· He deserves to be excruciated without end, who sets no end to sinning in his heart.

· Summi principis ministri in primis sunt providendi.
· Sic aliis ignosce, ut tu tibi peccanti illos ignoscere cupis.
· Sanguis sanguinem tangit,cum peccata peccatis adiiciuntur.

· The ministers of the supreme prince must be provided for first.
· Thus forgive others, as you desire them to forgive you when you are sinning.
· Blood touches blood,when sins are added to sins.

· Superbia sola corrumpit omnia bona.
· Stulta vota frangenda sunt.
· Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago.

· Pride alone corrupts all good things.
· Foolish vows must be broken.
· Without doctrine, life is as if an image of death.

· Si ames dici pater et princeps, nomen cum honore serva, moribus imple.
· Saepius ventis agitatur ingens pinus, et celsae turres graviore casa decidunt.
· Stantibus et lapsis par sollicitudo tenendaest; his ne retro cadant, illis ut concito surgant.

· If you love to be called father and prince, keep the name with honor, fulfill it by morals.
· More often the huge pine is agitated by the winds, and lofty towers fall with a heavier fall.
· For those standing and for those fallen an equal solicitude must be held; for the former, lest they fall backward, for the latter, that they may rise with speed.

· Sermo datur multis, animi sapientia paucis.
· Si nequeas plures, vel te solummodo cures.
· Si quid vovisti Domino, ne reddere tardes.

· Speech is given to many, sapience of mind to few.
· If you cannot more, then at least care for yourself alone.
· If you have vowed anything to the Lord, do not delay to render it.

· Solius est Domini bona de pravis operari.
· Semper avarus eget, hunc nulla pecunia replet.
· Si vis salvari, nil huic praepone saluti.

· It belongs to the Lord alone to work good out of depraved things.
· The avaricious man is always in want; no money fills him.
· If you wish to be saved, put nothing before this salvation.

· Spiritus est vita, mors carnis philosophia.

· The Spirit is life; the death of the flesh is philosophy.

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· Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
· Testimonium Domini fidele, sapientiam praestans parvulis.
· Tibi, Domine, derelictus est pauper, orphano tueris adiutor.

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· A hymn befits you, God, in Zion, and to you a vow will be rendered in Jerusalem.
· The testimony of the Lord is faithful, bestowing wisdom upon the little ones.
· To you, Lord, the poor is left; as helper, you protect the orphan.

· Timete Dominum, omnes sancti eius, quoniam non est inopia timentibus eum.
· Thesaurizate vobis thesauros in coelo, ubi nec aerugo neque tinea demolitur, et ubi fures non effodiunt nec furantur.
· Timor Domini expellit peccatum.

· Fear the Lord, all his saints, for there is no lack for those who fear him.
· Treasure up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor moth demolishes, and where thieves neither dig through nor steal.
· The fear of the Lord expels sin.

· Totum spiritum suum profert stultus, sapiens autem differt et reservat in posterum.
· Tempus omni rei sub coelo.
· Turris fortissima nomen Domini, ad ipsum currit iustus, et exaltabitur.

· The fool brings forth his whole spirit; but the wise man defers and reserves for the time to come.
· A time for every matter under heaven.
· The name of the Lord is a most strong tower; the just man runs to it, and will be exalted.

· Thesaurus desiderabilis requiescit in ore sapientis.
· Timenti Deum, bene erit in extremis.
· Triplex funiculus difficile rumpitur.

· A desirable treasure rests in the mouth of the wise.
· For the one fearing God, it will be well at the last.
· A threefold cord is difficult to break.

· Testis falsus non erit impunitus.
· Timor non est in charitate, sed perfecta charitas foras mittit timorem.
· Turpe est, ut qui nescit tenere moderamina vitae suae, iudex fiat alienae.

· A false witness will not be unpunished.
· Fear is not in charity, but perfect charity casts out fear.
· It is disgraceful that one who does not know how to hold the reins of his own life should become a judge of another’s.

· Tanto subtilius quisque de tenebris iudicat, quanto eum verius claritas lucis illustrat.
· Tentator pervigil hos acrioribus pulsat insidiis, quos maxime viderit abstinere a peccatis.
· Tenax et prodigus nimium, ambo in unum nimietatis confluunt vitium.

· The more subtly each one judges about the darkness, the more truly the clarity of light illuminates him.
· The ever-vigilant Tempter assails with keener insidious ambushes those whom he has most observed to abstain from sins.
· The overly tenacious and the overly prodigal—both flow together into one vice of nimiety.

· Timendus est prae cunctis, cuius potestas est super omnes.
· Tenerae nimis mentes asperioribus formandae sunt studiis.
· Temporatum omne tam Deo quam hominibus est acceptabile.

· He is to be feared before all, whose power is over all.
· Minds too tender are to be formed by harsher studies.
· Everything tempered is acceptable both to God and to men.

· Tormenta quorumdam aliis prosunt ad correctionem.
· Tantum quisque proximum portat, quantum amat.
· Tanto peiora sunt vitia, quanto virtutum specie celantur.

· The torments of some profit others for correction.
· Each one bears his neighbor only as much as he loves.
· Vices are the worse, the more they are hidden under the appearance of virtues.

· Tamdiu quis errat in fide, quousque omnia a Deo inspici et regi diffidit.
· Tecta odia peiora sunt quam aperta.
· Tale genus est vitiorum, ut nisi praeteritum celeri poenitentia deleatur, alia exinde oriantur.

· For so long does one err in faith, as long as he distrusts that all things are inspected and ruled by God.
· Covered hatreds are worse than open ones.
· Such is the genus of vices, that unless what is past be blotted out by swift penitence, others thereafter arise.

· Tales simus intus, quales nos foris ostendimus.
· Tacere qui nescit, nescit et loqui.
· Tacentibus difficile subvenitur, confitentes autem languoris sui qualitatem, facilius recipient sanitatem.

· Let us be such within as we show ourselves without.
· He who does not know to be silent does not know to speak either.
· It is difficult to bring succor to the silent; but those who confess the nature of their infirmity more easily receive health.

· Turpe est doctori, cum culpa redarguit ipsum.
· Tunc te lapsurum formida, cum ruit alter.
· Tutus erit nunquam, qui suspicione laborat.

· It is disgraceful for a teacher, when, in reproving a fault, he condemns himself.
· Then fear that you will lapse, when another falls.
· He will never be safe, who labors under suspicion.

· Tristantur facile, quorum spes exstat in imis.
· Tempestas grandis est indignatio regis.
· Testis veridicus vero regi manet aptus.

· They grow sad easily, whose hope exists in the lowest depths.
· The indignation of a king is a great tempest.
· A truthful witness remains apt for a true king.

· Totus ubique manens, tota est virtute colendus.
· Timor Dei et oratio assidua hominem volare faciunt ad coelestia.
· Tolerabilius mundi mala suscipimus, si contra haec praescientiae clypeo munimur.

· Whole, abiding everywhere, he is to be worshiped with all virtue.
· The fear of God and assiduous prayer make a person fly to the celestial things.
· We endure the evils of the world more tolerably, if against these we are fortified by the shield of prescience.

· Tepide viventes Christiani, difficilius corriguntur quam pagani.

· Christians living tepidly are corrected more difficultly than pagans.

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· Universae viae Domini misericordia et veritas requirentibus testamentum eius, et testimonia eius.
· Ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.
· Unaquaeque arbor ex fructu suo cognoscitur.

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· All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth for those seeking his testament and his testimonies.
· Where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
· Each and every tree is recognized from its own fruit.

· Ubi fuerit superbia, ibi erit et contumelia.
· Unus Dominus, una fides, unum baptisma, unus Deus et Pater omnium.
· Unusquisque propriam mercedem accipiet secundum suum laborem.

· Where there is pride, there too will be contumely.
· One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.
· Each one will receive his own reward according to his labor.

· Unicuique datur manifestatio spiritus ad utilitatem.
· Ubi spiritus Domini, ibi libertas.
· Ubi est charitas et dilectio, ibi sanctorum congregatio.

· To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for utility.
· Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
· Where charity and love are, there is the congregation of the saints.

· Unaquaeque virtus tanto minor est,quanto desunt caeterae.
· Ubi non est timor Dei, ibi regnum peccati.
· Unde bonus proficit, inde invidus tabescit.

· Each virtue is so much the lesser, the more the others are lacking.
· Where there is no fear of God, there is the kingdom of sin.
· Whence the good man profits, thence the envious man pines away.

· Utvolunt reges, ita valent leges.
· Ultra modum sunt delicati, qui nulla adversa volunt pati.
· Utilitatis amor cito suadet, quid sit agendum.

· As kings will, so the laws avail.
· They are beyond measure delicate who wish to suffer no adverse things.
· The love of utility quickly persuades what ought to be done.

· Utilitas grandis latet in rebus quoque parvis.
· Ut lapis omnis homo, nisi mollis agatur ab alto.

· A grand utility lies latent even in small things.
· Like a stone is every man, unless he be made soft by the One on high.

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· Vultus Domini super facientes mala, ut perdatdeterra memoriam eorum.
· Veritatem requiret Dominus, et retribuet abundanter facientibus superbiam.
· Verbo Domini coeli firmati sunt, et spiritu oris eius omnis virtus eorum.

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· The face of the Lord is over those doing evils, that he may destroy from the earth their memory.
· The Lord will require truth, and will retribute abundantly to those practicing pride.
· By the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and by the spirit of his mouth all their host.

· Vox exsultationis et salutis in tabernaculis iustorum.
· Vana salus hominis.
· Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes qui speratis in Domino.

· A voice of exultation and salvation in the tabernacles of the just.
· Vain is the salvation of man.
· Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.

· Viri sanguinum et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos.
· Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra.
· Virum iniustum mala capient in interitu.

· Men of bloodshed and of deceit will not reach half their days.
· A loquacious man will not be established on the earth.
· Evils will seize the unjust man in destruction.

· Vaevobis qui decimatis mentham et anetum, et cuminum, et quae maiora sunt reliquistis, id est, misericordiam et iudicium.
· Vigilateet orate,ne intretisin tentationem.
· Vigilate omni tempore, orantes ut digni habeamini fugere quae ventura sunt.

· Woe to you who tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left the greater things, that is, mercy and judgment.
· Keep watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
· Keep watch at all times, praying that you may be deemed worthy to escape the things that are to come.

· Verba sapientium quasi stimuli, et quasi clavi in altum delixi.
· Vani sunt omnes homines, in quibus non est scientia Dei.
· Vox diei Domini amara, tribulabitur ibi fortis.

· Words of the wise are like goads, and like nails driven deep.
· Vain are all men, in whom there is no science of God.
· The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter; there the strong will be troubled.

· Vinum apostatare facit etiam sapientes.
· Vaecivitati cuius rex iuvenis est, et cuius principes mane comedunt.
· Vir iracundus provocat rixas; qui autem patiens est, mitigat suscitatas.

· Wine makes even the wise apostatize.
· Woe to the city whose king is a youth, and whose princes eat in the morning.
· An irascible man provokes quarrels; but he who is patient mitigates those that have been stirred up.

· Vae soli, quia cum ceciderit, non habet sublevantem se.
· Vae qui dicunt bonum malum, et malum bonum.
· Virum stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.
· Via impiorum tenebrosa, nesciunt ubicorruant.

· Woe to the solitary, because when he has fallen, he has no one to lift him up.
· Woe to those who call good evil, and evil good.
· Anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the little one.
· The way of the impious is tenebrous; they do not know where they stumble.

· Vita carnium, sanitas cordis: putredo ossium,invidia.
· Via vitae custodienti disciplinam, qui autem increpationes relinquit, errat.
· Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines iustos tentatio tribulationis.

· Life of the flesh, health of the heart: rottenness of the bones,envy.
· The way of life for the one guarding discipline, but he who abandons reproofs errs.
· The furnace proves the potter’s vessels, and the trial of tribulation proves just men.

· Verbum dulce multiplicat amicos, et mitigat inimicos.
· Virtus in infirmitate perficitur.
· Verbum bonum super datum optimum.

· A sweet word multiplies friends, and softens enemies.
· Virtue is perfected in infirmity.
· A good word is above the best gift.

· Vir duplex animo, inconstans est in omnibus vita suis.
· Voluntas integra benefaciendi, a Deo reputabitur pro opere beneficii.
· Vera discretio nonnisi vera humilitate acquiritur.

· A double-minded man is inconstant in all his life.
· An integral will of well-doing will be accounted by God as the work of beneficence.
· True discretion is acquired only through true humility.

· Voluptas omnis ad instar apum, ubi grata mella fudit, morsu corda ferit.
· Vehementior est animi quam corporis febris.
· Virtutis fructum sapiens in conscientia,minusperfectus ponit in gloria.

· Every pleasure, after the manner of bees, when it has poured out welcome honey, strikes the heart with its sting.
· The fever of the soul is more vehement than that of the body.
· The wise man places the fruit of virtue in conscience; the less perfect, in glory.

· Vigilat quiad aspectum veri luminismentis oculos apertos tenet.
· Victus ab uno quolibet vitio cito labiturin alia.
· Virtus semperinvidiae patet.

· He keeps vigil who holds the eyes of the mind open to the sight of the true light.
· One vanquished by any single vice quickly lapses into others.
· Virtue is always exposed to envy.

· Vanae gloriae sectator ei qui semina sua vento dispergenda committit assimilatur.
· Valens retinere sanitatem, nullius despiciat vel irrideat infirmitatem.
· Vitanda est superbia, quae et angelos decepit et virtutes omnes destruit.

· The follower of vain-glory is likened to one who entrusts his seeds to be scattered to the wind.
· He who is strong to retain health, let him despise or mock no one’s infirmity.
· Pride is to be avoided, which deceived even angels and destroys all virtues.

· Vitia prius exstirpanda sunt in homine, deinde virtutes inserendae.
· Virgines et monachi sic temperent ieiunium, ut semper fortes sint ad Dei servitium.
· Voluptas habet poenam, et necessitas parit coronam.

· Vices must first be extirpated in man, then virtues inserted.
· Virgins and monks should so temper fasting, that they may always be strong for the service of God.
· Pleasure has a penalty, and necessity begets a crown.

· Vitiis dediti non possunt virtutibus ditari.
· Valde imperitus est medicus, qui nulla nisi lenia medicamina dare novit.
· Verecundiam abiiciens, omnes simul virtutes abiecit.

· Those devoted to vices cannot be enriched with virtues.
· The physician is very unskilled who knows how to give nothing except mild medicaments.
· By casting off modesty, he cast off all the virtues at once.

· Vix quisquam in bonum transit, nisi ex malo.
· Variam dant otia mentem.
· Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum.

· Scarcely does anyone pass into good, unless out of evil.
· Leisure gives a varied mind.
· Silver is cheaper than gold; gold is cheaper than virtues.

· Vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis.
· Virtutes variae pariter possunt habitare.
· Virtus est grandis, benedicere pro maledictis.

· If you do not know how to live rightly, step aside for the experienced.
· Various virtues can equally dwell together.
· Great is the virtue: to bless in return for maledictions.

· Vis ingens animi, nullius laude moveri.

· An immense force of mind: to be moved by no one’s praise.