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Quotes from Frederic M. Wheelock

Vulgatior fama est ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros, inde ab irato Romulo, cum verbis quoque increpitans adiecisset "Sic deinde quicumque alius transiliet moenia mea!" interfectum.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Ita fit ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Sic multa, quae honesta natura videntur esse, temporibus fiunt non honesta: facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita, commutata utilitate, fiunt non honesta.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Hoc tibi iuventus Romana indicimus bellum.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Tu vero abi," inquit, "in te magis quam in me hostilia ausus. Iuberem macte virtute esse, si pro mea patriaista virtus staret: nunc iure belli liberum te intactum inviolatumque 250 hinc dimitto.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Quidquid est enim quod deceat, id tum apparet cum antegressa est honestas.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Inexorably accurate translation from Latin provides a training in observation, analysis, judgment, evaluation, and a sense of linguistic form, clarity, and beauty which is excellent training in the shaping of one's own English expression," asserted Frederic Wheelock.
~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Salv? ("Greetings!"), and WELCOME to the study of classical Latin, or what I affectionately call "The Mother Tongue"!
~ Frederic M. Wheelock