Original...
Componitur orbis
Regis ad exemplum; nec tantum inflectere sensus
Humanos edicta valent, quam vita regentis.
Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus.
#1...
"(Our) world is patterned after the king; and yet edicts cannot impact upon
the senses so much as (does) the ruler's life(-style). (Just as) fickle,
the populace always changes in company with (its) ruler."
#2...
He composes or puts together the world
He (who) rules by example (his rule is a model;)
and not only by imposing his feelings
Human power is strong, where it rules life
but it always changes (or goes along )with the chief mob (group of
people)
#3...
The world is ordered according to the example of the king; nor are
decrees worth so much in influencing the attitudes of men as is the life
of the ruler. The inconstant masses are always swayed by their leader.
#4
The world is guided by the model of the ruler.
Edicts do not carry the power to alter human senses
as much as the life of the person ruling does.
A people in flux always change with the person in charge.
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There may be more forthcoming and if any are interested let me know and I'll
send them to you.
Where did I find this and why the interest? I was reading Proverbs 29 the
other day and ran across verse 12:
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.
I looked at the comments Charles Bridges had to make on this verse and he
quoted the aforementioned Latin poem in a footnote. Any comments on how this
relates to the current (which will probably remain the same after Nov 5th)
administration?
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My son, eat honey, for it is good,
Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:23-24
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