RE: Latin mottoes

2008-09-22 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Hi Mike (and Tom, David et al),   Thanks for the additional translation.  I hope I might paraphase it as:   You cannot hold it [time]: you should not waste it.   Regards,   John -- Dr J Davis Flowton Dials --- On Fri, 19/9/08, Mike Kreyche [EMAIL

Re: Latin mottoes

2008-09-18 Thread DMBsundial
Dear John and all the rest Herewith some translations kindly supplied to me by my former classics teacher, Michael Bishop, now in his 80's but who thoroughly enjoys a puzzle or three. 1) OMNIA FERT AETAS SECUM, AUFERT OMNIA SECUM [I suspect the comma should follow the

RE: Latin mottoes

2008-09-18 Thread Tom Kreyche
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Latin mottoes Dear John and all the rest Herewith some translations kindly supplied to me by my former classics teacher, Michael Bishop, now in his 80's but who thoroughly enjoys a puzzle or three. 1) OMNIA FERT AETAS SECUM, AUFERT OMNIA SECUM [I