 If we follow Nature as our guide, we shall never go astray, but we shall be pursuing that which is in its nature clear-sighted and penetrating (Wisdom), that which is adapted to promote and strengthen society (Justice), and that which is strong and courageous...  The elements of Latin syntax - Page 52by William Hetherington Harris - 1869Full view - About this book
 | John William Donaldson - 1852 - 286 pages
...we shall be happy, when having left our bodies we are, ie shall be, free from passionate desires;' naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus, '...if we follow nature as our guide, we shall never go wrong ;' ut voles me esse, ita ero, ' I will be, as you wish.' The general meaning of the different... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Latin language - 1860 - 570 pages
...we shall be happy, when having left our bodies we are, ie shall be, free from passionate desire ;' naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus, '...if we follow nature as our guide, we shall never go wrong ;' ut voles me esse, ita era, 'I will be, as you wish.' The general meaning of the different... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1860 - 580 pages
...having left our bodies we are, L e. shall be, free from passionate desire ;' naturam si sequemur ductm, nunquam aberrabimus, 'if we follow nature as our guide, we shall never go wrong •' ut voles me ease, ita era, 'I will be, as you wish.' The general meaning of the different... | |
 | Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve - Latin language - 1867 - 352 pages
...drawing (his) breath (breathing), he is living • Naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrdbimus, If we follow nature (as our) guide, we shall never go astray • Stomachdbdtur senex si quid asperius dixeram, The old man used to be fretted if I said any thing... | |
 | Joseph Anton F. Wilhelm Ihne - 1869 - 230 pages
...107. The First Future is used for future events unfinished ; the Present can never take its place, as : Naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus...follow nature as our guide, we shall never go astray. § 108. The Second Future is used for future events finished; the Perfect or Present can never take... | |
 | Henry John Roby, Augustus Samuel Wilkins - Latin language - 1893 - 182 pages
...(In English the present is generally found.) Naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus. (Cic.) If we follow Nature as our guide, we shall never go astray. 108. The IMPERFECT tense expresses 1. A continuous action contemporaneous with past action or time... | |
 | George Granville Bradley - Latin language - 1902 - 344 pages
...It is used in Latin in this sense where we use the present in a figurative and anticlpative sense : Naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus. If we follow Nature as our guide we shall never go wrong. Here sequemur means if, or as long as, we shall be following; and implies time coincident with... | |
 | Harry Edwin Burton - Latin language - 1911 - 360 pages
...principal clause, and the present is used in the subordinate clause: — naturam si sequemur ducem, numquam aberrabimus, if we follow nature as our guide, we shall never go astray; Off. I, 100. mine animum advortite dum argumentum huius eloquar comoediae, now attend while I set forth... | |
 | Andrew Calder - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 257 pages
...learn to follow nature; for Cicero, this led directly to the practice of the four cardinal virtues: If we follow nature as our guide, we shall never go astray, but we shall be pursuing that which is in its nature clear-sighted and penetrating (Wisdom), that which... | |
 | Marcus Tul Translated by Walter Miller - 2006 - 326 pages
...road on which it conducts us leads to harmony with Nature and the faithful observance of her laws. If we follow Nature as our guide, we shall never go astray, but we shall be pursuing that which is in its nature clear-sighted and penetrating (Wisdom), that which... | |
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