Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes!
[Taken from a Usenet posting to alt.quotations by Mark Brader].
Euclid's axioms were divided into two groups, 5 "postulates" and 5 "common notions". The text as given in Heath's edition (published by Dover) is as follows (modulo my improper transliteration).
For the Postulates:
Let the following be postulated:
The bracketed interpolations are mine, in some cases based on Heath's remarks. "Make" isn't a typo; Heath uses the subjunctive here.
And the Common Notions:
This time the bracketed interpolation is like that in Heath. [...]
Mark Brader
Cubem autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos, et generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere.
It is impossible for a cube to be written as a sum of two cubes or a fourth power to be written as the sum of two fourth powers or, in general, for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers.
Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.
I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est.
Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.
Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi?
Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you?
Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
Let's all wear mood rings!
Apudne te vel me?
Your place or mine?
Balaenae nobie conservandae sunt.
Save the whales.
Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam
elenganter concinnatur!
Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!
Braccae tuae aperiuntur.
Your fly is open.
Canis meus id comedit.
My dog ate it.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum
immane mittam.
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at
your head.
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.
If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.
Collaboratio maximi momenti est, quia eis alterum scopum
praebet.
Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.
Conare nullius momenti videri fortasse missilibus careant.
Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
Credo Elvem ipsum etian vivere.
I think that Elvis is still alive.
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo.
I'll have a pizza with everything on it.
Die dulci fruere.
Have a nice day.
Duobus temporibus oppugnant hostes: cum parati estis, et cum imparati
estis.
The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: (a) when you are ready for
them, (b) when you are not ready for them.
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary
(Occam's razor).
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?
Ex quocumque facere poteris te sauciabit, nihilo comprehenso.
Anything you can do can get you shot, including nothing.
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Gag me with a spoon!
Fac ut gaudeam.
Make my day.
Fac ut nemo me vocet.
Hold my calls.
Fac ut vivas.
Get a life.
Furnulum pani nolo.
I don't want a toaster.
Gramen artificiosum odi.
I hate Astroturf.
Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit.
It ain't over until it's over.
Illegitimati non carborundum.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Illiud Latine dici non potest.
You can't say that in Latin.
Insula Gilliganis.
Gilligan's Island.
Labra lege.
Read my lips.
Magister Mundi sum!
I am the Master of the Universe!
Mellita, domi adsum.
Honey, I'm home.
Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.
Missiles invenientes semper potestatem viae habent.
Incoming fire has the right of way.
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
Negligentia hostium quam non coluistis primus impetus erit.
The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.
Nihil est-in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.
That's nothing-in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.
Noli eminere, catapultas allicies.
Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
Don't call me, I'll call you.
Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.
Nullo metro compositum est.
It doesn't rhyme.
Numquam catapultas allice, iram omnium concitabis.
Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
Numquam fossam compartire cum viro tibi fortiore.
Never share a foxhole with one braver than yourself.
Numquam obliviscaris tua tela facta ab eis qui minima liciti
sunt.
Never forget your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.
O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem!
Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!
Obesa cantavit.
The fat lady has sung.
Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!
I forgot to polish the clocks!
Peritissimos semper praevidere possumus, rudi autem periculosi
sunt.
Professionals are predictable, it is the amateurs who are dangerous.
Prehende uxorem meam, sis!
Take my wife, please!
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Putamus viam semper esse.
There is always a way.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam
possit materiari?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Quo signo nata es?
What's your sign?
Radicitus, comes!
Really rad, dude!
Radix lecti.
Couch potato.
Raptus regaliter.
Royally screwed.
Re vera, potas bene.
Say, you sure are drinking a lot.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt.
You know, the Romans invented the art of love.
Se non e vero, e ben trovato.
It it isn't true, it's a good story.
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et
fructuosis potiri potes!
If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced,
high-paying world of Latin!
Si hostes visibilis, etiam tu.
If the enemy is in range, so are you.
Si hostibus difficile incedere facias tu quoque male
extricabis.
Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out.
Si id memini non potes, scutula dirumpens semper at te collineata
est.
If you can't remember, the claymore is always pointed at you.
Si impetus bene it, in laqueum incessistis.
If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.
Si locum inexpugnabilis facias, memento hostibus de hoc
profiteri.
When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
Si nihilo carueris nisi hostibus loco pugnae es.
If you are short of anything but the enemy you are in a combat zone.
Sic faciunt omnes.
Everyone is doing it.
Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.
Spero nos familiares mansuros.
I hope we'll still be friends.
Subucula tua apparet.
Your slip is showing.
Summam scrutemur.
Let's look at the bottom line.
Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio.
I am as dead as the nehru jacket.
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
Te precor dulcissime supplex!
Pretty please with a cherry on top!
Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.
Thank you for not smoking.
Totum dependeat.
Let it all hang out.
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
May barbarians invade your personal space!
Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!
May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Vacca foeda.
Stupid cow.
Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go with the flow.
Vescere bracis meis.
Eat my shorts.
Via perfacilis laqueis semper plena.
The easy way is always mined.
Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
Seen any good movies lately?
Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.
Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.
Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra.
I'd like to buy some condoms.
Vulnus pectoris sugens ne properetis mos naturae dicendi est.
A sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Accius: Oderint, dum metuant.
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Alanus de insulis (Alain de Lille): Non teneas aurum
totum quod splendet ut auram.
Everything that glitters is not gold.
Claudio Aquaviva: Fortiter in re, suaviter in
modo.
Strong in cause, mild in manner.
Augustin (when asked what God did before He created the
World): Scrutantibus gehennas parabat.
He prepared Hell for those who ask such questions.
Bonifacius VIII (Benedetto Gaetani): Qui tacet
consentire viditur.
Who remains silent appears to consent.
Marcus Porcus Cato Major: Ceterum censeo Carthaginem
esse delendam.
I also think Carthago should be destroyed.
Marcus Tullius Cicero [De divinatione]:
Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirare se aiebat quod non rideret
haruspex haruspicem vidisset.
What astonishes me, is that when two diviners meet, they can keep from
laughing at one another.
Marcus Tullius Cicero [De divinatione]:
Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo
philosophorum.
Nothing is so absurd that it hasn't been said by some philosopher.
Marcus Tullius Cicero: Cui bono?
Who benefits?
Marcus Tullius Cicero: Silent leges inter
arma.
Laws are silent among weapons (i.e. during wartime).
Clemens XIII (Carlo Rezzonico) (when asked to make
extensive changes to the statutes of the Jesuit Order): Sint ut sunt aut
non sint.
It shall be as it is or not be at all.
Aelius Donatus [Comments on Ecclesiastes]:
Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.
Perish those who have said what we say before us.
Erasmus Rotterdamus [Adagia]: Dulce bellum
inexpertis.
War is lovely for those who know nothing of it.
Julius III: Nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia
regitur mundus.
Know, by son, with how little wisdom the world is ruled.
Thomas A Kempis: Nam homo proponit, sed Deus
disponit.
Man foretells, God decides.
Thomas A Kempis: Sic transit gloria mundi.
Thus perishes the glory of the world.
Johannes Manlius [Loci communes]: Fiat
justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, even if the world perishes.
Publius Ovidius Naso [Metamorphoses]: Fas
est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.
Marcus Fabius Quintillianus [Institutio
oratoria]: Mendacem memorem esse opportet.
The liar should have a good memory.
Publius Papinus Status [Thebais]: Primus in
orbe Deus fecit timor.
It was fear that introduced gods into the world.
Suetonius: Festina lente.
Make haste slowly.
Terentius Afer [Heautontimoroumenos]: Homo
sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
I am human, I regard nothing human as foreign to me.
Publius Vergilius Maro [The Aeneid]:
Possunt, quia posse videntur.
They are able, because they appear to be able.
Publius Vergilius Maro [The Aeneid]:
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
If I can not move the gods, I will set the forces of the underworld in
motion.
anonymous: Ars est celare artem.
Art is to hide art.
Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Non impediti ratione
cogitationis.
Unencumbered by the thought process.
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