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si
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by si 26 Sep 2005 04:56
hello, could somebody please suggest a translation of "the valiant die but once" into latin for me...bastardised shakespea from julius caesar. much appreciated.
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by Olivier 26 Sep 2005 07:37
[for Sisyphe: les vaillants ne meurent qu'une fois - said by Caesar who wants to go although signs are against it]
Se nem kicsi, se nem nagy: Ni trop petit(e), ni trop grand(e):
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by Sisyphe 26 Sep 2005 14:51
I think it is Shakespeare's invention ; I do not any roman or greek historian who would have related such a word of Caesar.
Anyway, I would say : "Fortes semel moriuntur".
La plupart des occasions des troubles du monde sont grammairiennes (Montaigne, II.12)
I think it is Shakespeare's invention ; I do not any roman or greek historian who would have related such a word of Caesar.