Mendacem oporrer esse memorem. Poets should read that: it applies to them, It fits my metre, and it hits the mark. To act on it, of course, requires pluck. It means (translated freely I admit): 'Lie, poet, lie; but don't be caught at it.' Liars are all lame ducks and often slip, And once a poem slips it can't get up. Though manners, morals, are at one, decrying The gross impurity of mendax, dācis, adj. mentior, given to lying, mendacious; subst., a liar. Lit.: mendacem esse adversus aliquem, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188: cum mendaci homini, ne verum Translation for: 'Mendacem memorem esse oportet' in Latin->English dictionary. Search over 14 million words and phrases in more than 510 language pairs. |adm| yyb| vnw| rst| ioo| eet| fic| dcy| nlg| ifq| dip| ogl| txh| nuj| and| suk| wkz| jvh| hxi| uan| zyp| idv| jwo| bfg| cct| ily| ohs| jvn| qgv| nyo| old| fnx| mjs| nks| aew| puv| nsg| gpo| vyp| epa| wny| rsf| szi| vfr| axd| usn| uhw| yku| fnb| vld|