Here are today's rhyming distichs! Sources here include Wegeler, Gartner, and Voigt. Here are some more posts with Rhyming Distichs.
Quanto dignior es, aut per genus aut per honores,
In te tanto res vitiosae sunt graviores.
vitiosus faulty, full of vice, defective
O felix mortale genus, si semper haberet
Aeternum prae mente decus mortemque timeret!
prae before, in front of
Mortis calcat iter terrae cognatio tota;
Ipsa tamen calcata magis, minus est via nota.
calco tread, trample, ram down
cognatio blood relation, family, affinity
Nulla videt cupidus, nisi quae cupit aspiciendo; Visa cupit cupidus, quae sola videt cupiendo.
aspicio look at, observe, consider
cupidus desirous, greedy, eager
Propter euntes et redeuntes, ostia claude;
Multa petentes, pauca ferentes sunt sine laude.
claudo close, shut
ostium front door, doorway, gateway
Quid sis, quid fueris, quid eris, semper mediteris;
Sic minus atque minus peccatis subiicieris.
meditor consider, ponder
peccatum sin, mistake, error
subicio throw under, make subject to
O bona paupertas, ni te Deus ipse tulisset,
Tunc tua durities multis ingrata fuisset.
durities hardness, hardship
ingratus ungrateful, thankless, unpleasant
paupertas poverty, need
Ipse laborato! Non dicas "dat deus aurum;"
Dat deus omne bonum, sed non per cornua taurum.
cornu horn
laboro work, work hard, labor
taurus bull
Non hominis mores cito noscimus interiores;
Hinc laudis flores cito non tribuat vel honores.
citus swift, quick; cito: quickly
interior inner, interior, intimate
Vincere si quaeris Venerem, fugiens superabis;
Instans victus eris - Venerem fugiendo fugabis.
fugo chase, put to flight, rout
insto press hard, pursue, approach
supero overcome, conquer, outdo
