Disce, puer, virtutem ex me, verumque laborem ; Fortunam ex aliis. Injuriæ qui addideris contumeliam? What will thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? u. PHEDRUS-Fabulæ. V. 3. 4. Arbores serit diligens agricola, quarum adspiciet baccam ipse numquam. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. p. CICERO Tusculanarum Disputationum. I. 14. Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Græcum enim hunc versum nôstis omnes: Suavis laborum est præteritorum memoria. It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." q. CICERO-De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. II. 32. Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis Proditor unus iners angusto tempore vertit. What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. L. O laborum Dulce lenimen. O sweet solace of labors. |