num_pages: 320
description: Fans of Amo, Amas, Amat, and More , Eugene Ehrlich's first collection of Latin words and phrases which still serve gracefully today, will delight in this second offering. Here's a audacter calumnaire semper aliquid haeretow-DAH-ktehr kah-luum-nih-AH-reh SEM-pehr AH-lih-kwid HI-ret talk about negative campaigning! This advice, "slander boldly, something always sticks," goes way back in time. And, for the slanderer, has more often than not been proved effective. So, while our century has had its share of shameless lying, we certainly didn't invent the technique. contra felicem vix deus vires habetKAWN-trah feh-LEE-kem wiks DAY-uus WIHR-ehs HAH-bet don't bet against a crapshooter on a roll Publilius Syrus telling us that "against a lucky man a god scarcely has power." Why buck the odds? dea certeDEH-ah KEHR-tay assuredly a goddess A fine compliment to pay any woman of outstanding achievement in her lifetime.
language: English
title: Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin
titlecomplete: Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin
genres: Language, Writing, Words, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 54
publisher: Harper Paperbacks