Here are today's rhyming distichs! Sources here include Wegeler, Gartner, and Voigt. Here are some more posts with Rhyming Distichs.
Olim despecti tenebantur multa loquentes;
Nunc sunt despecti sapientes pauca loquentes.
despicio - look down on, despise
olim - once upon a time, sometime in the future
sapiens - wise
Pacem ne vites; per pacem te quoque dites:
O quam difficiles sunt sine pace dies!
difficilis - hard, difficult, not easy
dito - make rich, enrich
vito - avoid, evade
Quis vere locuples? Cui famulantur opes.
Quis vere pauper? Cui dominantur opes.
dominor - master, control, rule over
famulor - be a servant
locuples - wealthy
Omnis homo quacumque domo, qua sede moratur,
Provideat quando taceat, vel quando loquatur.
moror - delay, stay
provideo - foresee, provide for, make provision
taceo - be silent, keep quiet, shut up
Si non primus Adam peccasset in arbore quadam, Non foret alter Adam natus de virgine quadam.
Adam - Adam
nascor - be born, come into being
pecco - err, make a mistake, sin
Qui vult servare sanctorum singula festa,
Non poterit clare cum codice scire digesta.
codex - codex, book
digero - arrange, distribute, organize
(read about the Digesta of Roman law)
festus - festive, joyous - festum: festival, holiday
Vita brevis, velut umbra levis, sic annihilatur;
Sic vadit subitoque cadit, dum stare putatur.
annihilo - annihilate
subito - suddenly, unexpectedly
vado - go, walk, hurry
Qui stercus glomerat, stercus de stercore nendo Stercus deglomerat, de stercore stercus habendo.
deglomo - unroll
glomero - shape into a ball, roll
neo - spin, weave
stercus - dung, manure
Semper egenus eris, si semper plus tibi quaeris:
Cum contentus eris, tunc dives efficieris.
contentus - content, satisfied with
dives - rich, a rich man, wealthy
efficio - bring about, produce, cause
egenus - destitute, impoverished, wanting
Qui cupit in lecto lucem videre diei, Divitiae atque honor hic raro dabuntur ei.
divitiae - riches, wealth
lectus - bed
rarus - rare, uncommon
