human
Ungor olivo non quo fraudatis immundus Natta lucernis, i., Sat. vi., 124; and Juvenal for a public robber,
gpt
Quum Pansa eripiat quidquid tibi Natta reliquit, Sat. viii., 95. He is here put for one so sunk in profligacy, with heart so hardened, and moral sense so obscured by habitual vice, as to be unable even to perceive the abyss in which he is plunged. Cf. Arist., Eth., ii., 5, 8.
human
Reason and revelation alike teach us the awful truth, that sin exercises a deadening effect on the moral perception of right and wrong. Ignorance may be pleaded as an excuse, but not that ignorance of which man himself is the cause. Such ignorance is the result of willful sin. This corrupts the moral sense, hardens the heart, destroys the power of conscience, and afflicts us with judicial blindness, so that we actually lose at last the power of seeing the things which belong unto our peace.
gpt
Their heart is as fat as brawn.
human
None other payne pray I for them to be, But, when the rage doth lead them from the right, That, looking backward, Vertue they may see E'en as she is, so goodly faire and bright! And while they claspe their lustes in arms acrosse, Graunt them, good Lord, as thou maist of thy might, To fret inwarde for losing such a losse!
gpt
Virtue, says Plato,
human
ὄψις γὰρ ὑμῖν ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἔρχεται αἰσθήσεων, ᾗ φρόνησις οὐχ ὁρᾶται δεινοὺς γὰρ ἂν παρεῖχεν ἔρωτας εἴ τι τοιρῦτον ἑαυτῆς ἐναργὲς εἴδωλον παρείχετο εἰς ὄψιν ἰόν καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα ἐραστά. Phædr., c. 65, fin. The sentiment has been frequently repeated. Cic., de Fin., ii., 16,
gpt
Quam illa ardentes amores excitaret sui si videretur. De Off., i., 5,
human
Si oculis cerneretur mirabiles amores, ut ait Plato, excitaret sui. Senec., Epist. 59, 1,
gpt
Profecto omnes mortales in admirationem sui raperet, relictis his quæ nunc magna, magnorum ignorantia credimus.
human
Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatam ex oculis quærimus invidi. Pers., Sat. v., 61,
gpt
Et sibi jam seri vitam ingemuero relictam.
human
Admoto dictet perjuria tauro. Plin., xxxiv., 8. Cic., Off., ii., 7. Ov., Ib., 439,
gpt
Ære Perillæo veros imitere juvencos, ad formam tauri conveniente sono. A. Am., i., 653,
human
Et Phalaris tauro violenti membra Perilli Torruit infelix imbuit auctor opus.
gpt
Destrictus ensis cui super impia Cervice pendet non Siculæ dapes Dulcem elaborabunt vaporem.
human
Put oil on my eyes to make my master believe they were sore.