Quotes . . .

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

I like it!! - I like it!!

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

coo, get you lot showing off your education seriously though it's surprising how you think you've forgotten it all but bits keep coming back. 

Ah well, nil desperandum, .........

My Guilty Confession –  I don’t really know any Latin  I just look it up on 'tin-ter-net' and I have my suspicions, others do the same!!! .

As for: nil desperandum, my Grandfather’s free translation was: "never lads give way to sorrow" 

Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 75-77

Polonius:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

The phrase “Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo”.
Roughly translated to mean: “Don't Despair, Trust in God”.
Is the motto of the 'City of Sunderland'.

Not to mention their Long Suffering football supporters.

I do look some thing up JCB, but somewhere in the back of my brain is the 'O' level Latin I did with my 'A' level English Literature. Oooh just thinking about it brings back some painful memories

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat: Jean Paul Satre

The pen is mightier than the sword

The penis mightier than the spacebar

I am always ready to learn but I am not ready to be taught. (Or words to that effect) Winston Churchill

'The trouble with the French is they have no word for entrepreneur.'     George W Bush

Who  are  these  in  rags  and  rotten  shoes, 

  These  dirty  bearded  blocking  up  the  way  ??

                           James  Elroy  Flecker

{  standing  in  line  waiting  for  a  shower  !!  }