Sermo datur cunctis; animi sapientia paucis

[VCrothers]

Sermo datur cunctis; animi sapientia paucis


Many Thanks

 

[Iohannes Aurum]

Why do you want this translated?

 

[VCrothers]

Tatoo possibly

 

[Matthaeus]

[The power of] ſpeech is given to all, the wiſdom of ſpirit to few.

Change all u's to v's when in all caps.

 

[socratidion]

For 'spirit' read 'mind'

 

[Manus Correctrix]

This is a quotation. You just need to look it up.

The only comment to make is that the animi (‘of mind’) in the original is pretty much superfluous.

 

[Bitmap]

The only comment to make is that the animi (‘of mind’) in the original is pretty much superfluous.

no, it's not. Leaving it out would ruin the hexametre

 

[Manus Correctrix]

OK, I’ll rephrase that as ‘superfluous to the meaning’.

 

[Bitmap]

i think a similar request has come up before, but i can't seem to find it