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Veni vidi vici2/18/2023 P20 Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam –King Sigismund the First? I am a Roman king and above grammar. The line from Vergil's Aeneid speaks as much for the epic as it does for the Gustave Doré painting of Vergil leading Dante, from France's Musée de Brou. P19 Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit –Vergil Perhaps someday it will bring pleasure to remember even these things. The motto of the Olympics fittingly placed before a laurel. P18 Citius Altius Fortius –Olympics Motto Faster, Higher, Stronger. The Trojan horse, as seen on this vase from the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos, stands behind the quote from Vergil. P17 Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis –Vergil I fear Greeks (even) bearing gifts. This quote from Vergil's Aeneid looms over these Pompeiian remains, much like Mount Vesuvius in the background. P16 Dabit deus his quoque finem –Vergil God will also give an end to these things. This quote is placed before a mosaic of Sappho, located in the Piazza Museo Nazionale in Naples, Italy. Nicolas Coustou's statue of Caesar located in the Louvre Museum is in the background. P14 Veni, vidi, vici –Caesar I came, I saw, I conquered. P13 Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? –Juvenal But who will guard the guards themselves? This line from Juvenal works well with this image of soldiers from Hadrian's Column in Rome. Rodin's sculpture, "The Thinker," sitting in the garden of the Rodin museum, seems to ponder Descartes here. P12 Cogito, ergo sum –Descartes-Translation I think, therefore I am. Raphael's fresco, "The School of Athens," from the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, helps reiterate this Hippocratic translation. P11 Ars longa, vita brevis –Hippocrates-Translation Art is long, life is short. The Pseudo-Athlete of Delos, from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, illustrates this line from Juvenal. P10 Mens sana in corpore sano –Juvenal A sound mind in a sound body. Eraser shavings serve as a nice addendum to this quote. Together this quote and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina nod to the Library of Alexandria, lost in antiquity. They condemn what they do not understand. A bust of Cicero in the Capitoline Museums is behind this line from Cicero. P7 Nihil est.simul et inventum et perfectum –Cicero Nothing is simultaneously both conceived and perfected. Seneca's words work well with this photograph of the Eagle nebula, "Pillars of Creation," captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. P6 Non est ad astra mollis e terris via –Seneca The trip from the earth to the stars is not an easy one. An open book lies behind this quote, possibly from Sir Francis Bacon. P5 Ipsa scientia potestas est –Sir Francis Bacon? Knowledge itself is power. Theatrical masks on a Roman mosaic from the Capitoline Museums drive home Plautus's point. P4 Saepe summa ingenia in occulto –Plautus Often the greatest minds lie hidden. An Athenian tetradrachm provides the background for this quote from Plautus. P3 Modus omnibus in rebus –Plautus Moderation in all things. A weathered column stands behind this line from Tacitus. P2 Experientia docet –Tacitus Experience teaches. This quote about victory is fitting before an image of Rome's Colosseum. See additional quotes and order a variety of buttons: P1 Amat victoria curam –Anon. These redesigned full color buttons make great classroom prizes or Latin Club fundraisers.
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