Latin Quotes, Sayings, Tattoos, Phrases & Mottos

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Cato on achieving maximum profit

Friday, September 10, 2010, 22:34 - Jokes and anecdotes
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In his Essay on Duties, Marcus Tullius Cicero tells a story about Cato the Elder.

One day Cato was asked, what is the most profitable aspect of property ownership? Cato answered, "Raising livestock with great success." He was then asked about the second most profitable aspect of ownership. "Raising livestock with some success," he answered. And what about the third most profitable aspect? "Raising livestock with little success." And the fourth? "Raising crops." Then his questioner asked, "What about money-lending?" Cato replied, "What about murder?"

Via McKeown's "A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire". Certainly heard this anecdote several times before, but like it nonetheless.

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Aeneid - the Facebook version

Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 14:56 - Jokes and anecdotes, Poetry, Literature, Music
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I simply cannot let anyone miss this one. Too funny.

* Dido changed her relationship status to Married.
* Aeneas changed his relationship status to It's Complicated.

This is probably the only Facebook page that is worth seeing. Ever.

Aeneid as a Facebook page

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Obama amabo - An amusing wordplay

Friday, July 25, 2008, 13:29 - Jokes and anecdotes
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OBAMA AMABO

For the uninitiated, "amabo" means "I shall love" in Latin. And Obama means... Actually, I don't know what that means. And it's not my point here at all :)

A few weeks ago my professor showed to me this palindrome. At first I thought that an attempt should have been made to put Obama in the Accusative (pretty simple - Obamam), but this would have destroyed the palindrome. On the other hand, this name could very easily be taken to be indeclinable, because it's foreign and all that... Since then, the candidate has enraged the general public and, I must assume, enthralled Latinists with the whole vero possumus business. I won't make any comments on that, my purpose here is merely to report the technopaegnia.

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The Rape of Sabine Women ("Sobbin' Women") -- Popular Culture Rendition of the Myth

Thursday, May 1, 2008, 13:44 - Fine Arts, Jokes and anecdotes, World History: Ancient, Medieval & Modern
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Tell ya 'bout them sobbin' women
Who lived in the Roman days.
It seems that they all went swimmin'
While their men was off to graze.
Well, a Roman troop was ridin' by
And saw them in their "me oh my",
So they took 'em all back home to dry.
Least that's what Plutarch says.
Oh yes!

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The movie is "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954)

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