Famous latin aphorisms.

[grigioverde]

I'm currently reading Marlowe's Faustus and, as someone of you may be knows, he's rich of latin aphorisms; the edition that I'm reading doesn't explain vary well (and not even all) these aforesaid aphorisms, so, I would ask you if you know some site that collects these little sentence.

[Nick Capozzoli]

How about providing us with a few examples of those you've found? Latin aphorisms were quite commonly used in pedagogy, and were collected in many of the "readers" used to teach elementary school students in the old days. The Latin is usually simple and straightforward, and would not present a problem to anyone who had a basic understanding of Latin vocabulary, grammar, and syntax (i.e. the average elementary school student of those days), but it might present a problem for modern readers "with little Latin and less Greek."

[kev67]

Latin aphorisms can be a problem in older books. I am reading Humphy Clinker, written in the 19th century. The first letter in this epistolary novel was written by a clergyman. It was crammed full of Latin aphorisms. Happily, the rest of the book is more sparing of them. Despite what George Orwell wrote about writing clearly, using simple words instead of a less familiar words where possible, I noticed A Clergyman's Daughter contained many Latin phrases.