"Want peace - prepare for war!" And other cruise phrases

Many winged phrases of great ancient historians, followers of philosophy and scientists are quite relevant at any time and especially now. What thoughts did the predecessors leave to us? And what are they telling us about? This we will try to find out in this article.

Phrases about love, God and development

"Amor omnia vincit!" - Everything wins love! Are not the people of antiquity right, marking this feeling in a world where vices and temptations clouded the minds of many? They knew what many religions and teachings are now cultivating - that love can save from any misfortune, adversity and fear.

Or one more: "Deus ipse se fecit" - God created himself. This is a magnificent phrase, which is applicable not only in reflections on the transcendent. In this phrase, we feel that every person must himself strive for development, showing perseverance and due patience. Thus, when we talk about the infinity of the universe, about the manifestations of the Divine essence in everything living and in ourselves, we are asserted in the belief that through development and self-improvement we can achieve more than imaginable.

Winged Phrases with Translation

The great minds of antiquity left us infinite wealth, embedded in short phrases, the meanings of which we can comprehend endlessly. Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, whose main language was Latin, is particularly rich in this respect. Winged phrases of these countries we will consider below.

• "Audi, multa, loquere pauca" - " Listen a lot, speak little." This truth is known from time immemorial, because often we are told when warned against the dangers of talkative language. She finds another application, of course, in training.
• "Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris" - "Wait from another that you did to another." Listening to this phrase used in ancient antiquity, we are sensitive to our environment, attentive and caring towards our relatives, kind to all people.
• "Equus Troianus" - "The Trojan Horse". Very ancient, but known to all on the grounds of films and books, allegory, symbolizing a treacherous gift, which resulted in the death of the whole city.
• "Est avis in dextra, melior quam quattuor extra" - "It's better to have a bird in your hand than a crane in the sky". By this phrase the ancient Romans had in mind that the ability to be content with what is, is a pledge of a calm and happy life.
• " Si vis pacem, para bellum " - "Want peace - prepare for war". This phrase for the present time is especially relevant, so we will consider it in more detail below.

"Want peace - prepare for war"

Powerful defense and a large, well-trained army at all times were the guarantee of the peaceful life and prosperity of any country. This is the meaning of the ancient Roman historian Cornelius Nepot (94-24 BC), who used it in describing the life of the great warlord Epaminond, who lived in the 6th century BC.

"Want peace - prepare for war," oddly enough, but to date, this phrase is very relevant, especially for our country, because the acute economic situation makes the heads of state and all of his entourage look with caution at neighbors in Europe and the United States, Looking out in their ranks of enemies and beginners of war. The twentieth century found two world wars and one cold war, all in such a short time. Do we need other evidence that the world does not change until people change - especially the responsibility of those people who are in power. After all, every subsequent war was bloodier than the last, what will happen next?

What do the ancient people want to tell us?

"Eventus docet" - "The event teaches," - philosophers of antiquity tell us, and they are certainly right about this. But do they teach us, modern people, past events? Will the world government make big sacrifices? By the way, this saying was also given to us by Latin. Winged phrases, and especially "Want peace - prepare for war," the ancient Romans used quite often. It is sad, but the world government has not changed since then and still feeds such a mood among the masses. This phrase emphasizes their worldview and morality, justifies the measures of their government, where sometimes one word can indicate the fate of millions of people. "Everyone should do his own thing," ancient thinkers tell us through space and time. So they advise us to do our work even more diligently-to tell the truth, to open it from the depths and carry it to people, teaching them to live in truth, in truth, in light.

"Let there be light!"

Knowledge is the true light given to us from above, and only by spreading it, we make the world brighter and brighter. True knowledge is what makes life better. Each person needs experience to move him up the ladder of development all the way to God, the Absolute, the Brahman, the Universe. But what do we learn from the modern world and the capitalism that rules it? But it is better to finish this little article in the same manner that they began - winged phrases of antiquity, so it will be more correct, because:

• "Gutta cavat lapidem" - "A drop of stone sharpens". This idea teaches us patience, because time is the only factor that can influence the most global events. To this phrase there is an addition - "Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo", in which it is written that water sharpens the stone not by force, but by the frequency of falling. This idea is applicable to any event, movement and even training.
• "Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes" - "I have done everything I could, who can do better." A good idea, which will complete this improvisation.