Moe
March 20, 2001, 7:48pm
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I received this email from members of a progressive rock cover band I sometimes go to see locally. I do not have any idea what it means, and I’m sure it doesn’t mean anything profound, but I’m curious.
Would anyone be kind enough to translate this for me, or give some idea of what they are saying?
subject: E Pluribus Wonderous Stories
At Prudentia,
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“Melius est ire, ad domum luctus, tip the bartenders.”
Pax e tempis fugit,
Alan
lno
March 20, 2001, 7:56pm
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It’s mildly humorous. I got the general gist of it; I’m putting together a line-by-line translation for you now.
If someone beats me to it, so much the better.
I have always wanted to know how this phrase translates into Latin:
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer."
Can someone help? Anybody know the origin of the phrase?
handy
March 20, 2001, 11:49pm
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There are many tranlsating dictionaries on the net, here is one that has Latin & lots of odd languages:
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
Latin kinda translates in various ways depending on who translates it.
lno
March 21, 2001, 1:30am
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My apologies for the delay; work-related matters convinced me to pay attention to them while I’m, y’know, at work.
subject: E Pluribus Wonderous Stories(From many wonderous stories) (To Prudence,) (Temperate weeping from a sad man or among sad men is not prohibited,) (following the concession below of the blessed Paul, who said in Yours is No Disgrace,) (Supper’s Ready to the Romans, “Rejoice with those rejoicing and weep with those weeping.”) (And even Tullius said "It is proper to set up Wonderous stories;) (to pour out tears, lisa-miller.com is prohibited. So it is, and must not be) (complained about (sorta). And sooner than lose a friend, repair it, if you can conveniently,) (for as the same said, “It is more holy <blah> than to cry.” Therefore) (in order that you might live prudently, you should repel the sorrow of this age from all your heart) (for he said Friday March 2, "For sorrow killed many, nor is there any use) (in it." And again the same said: “The spirit dried out the bones.” And Solomon said:) ("As the moth to clothing and the worm to wood, so the sorrow of) http://www.wonderous-stories.com nocet hominis cordi;” et iterum: “Non contristabit(<thing> is harmful to the heart of a man;" and again: "He will not grieve …) (<something kind of garbled here I think> Whence Salomon says, "The heart of wise men is where) (sorrow is, and the heart of fools where there is happiness." And again:) (“It is better to go to a house of grief, tip the bartenders…”) (Peace and time flies,) (Alan)
Moe
March 21, 2001, 6:51am
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LNO , thank you very much. This is great!
The quotation is an alteration of a selection from Liber consolationis et Consilii (Book of consolation and counsel) by Albertano of Bresica, written in 1246. See the original Latin version
Moe
March 21, 2001, 4:43pm
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The body of knowledge here never ceases to amaze me.Biblio
handy
March 21, 2001, 11:58pm
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BTW, Chaucer’s, Canterbury Tales–“The Tale of Melibee”
ALBERTANO OF BRESCIA: LIBER CONSOLATIONIS ET CONSILIIhttp://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/albertanus.liberconsol.html
LH75
March 22, 2001, 4:22am
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Oportet ministros manus lavare antequam latrinam relinquent
lno
March 22, 2001, 5:37am
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…but in the Marines they teach us not to piss on our hands.
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all night.
Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur.
“Veni, vidi, vichysoise!”
Moe
March 22, 2001, 8:21pm
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antemeridian, uncle meridian, all the little meridians, u mistivus, I miss the bus… bah
