LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

MODUS

a full life, not a long one

Quam bene vīvās refert, nōn quam diū.

What matters is how well you live, not how long.
An elderly white-bearded Roman and a calm young Roman standing side by side in a sunlit Roman forum, two ages of a life

FĀBELLA

Prīmus vir multōs annōs vīvit; senex fit. Sed male vīvit: tempus perdit, et nihil bonum facit.

  • prīmus the first
  • senex an old man
  • male badly
  • perdit wastes
  • nihil nothing