LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

BENE VĪVERE

not living, but living well

Nōn est bonum vīvere, sed bene vīvere.

The good is not living, but living well.
A calm elderly ancient Roman at peace at the end of a life well lived, seated in a garden at golden hour, serene and fulfilled

FĀBELLA

Omnēs vīvere volunt; etiam bēstiae vīvunt. Sed sōlum vīvere nōn est bonum: aeger diū vīvit, et miser diū vīvit.

  • bēstia a beast
  • aeger a sick man