I wonder if any LitNet member could help me with a Latin quote, and translate it into English ?
"Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi !"
It was written by Thomas Hardy in one of his notebooks, (later published in his (auto)biography), concerning his thoughts on the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1, in or around the time of the Battle of Gravelotte in particular..
Last edited by Diggory Venn; 03-08-2017 at 03:37 AM.
http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1188246
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
[Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]
tailor STATELY
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7-8-2015
Good evening tailor STATELY,
Thank you so much for responding. I had no idea that it was quoted from Horace, but that figures, as he was one of Hardy`s favourite poets. Typical too of Hardy`s frame of mind at the time, (he was then living in London, and getting rather `fed up` with the upper-classes and the establishment in general. It was the time of his trying to get his first novel published as well, and failing, because "it meant mischief"...), but I digress..
Cheers again..
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