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Latin	English
turpe	a disgrace
id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati	that only brings disgrace on a man which he has deserved to suffer (Phædrus)
maxima debetur puero reverentia, si quid turpe paras, nec tu pueri contempseris annos	we owe the greatest reverence to a child; if you ever have something base in mind, do not ignore your son’s tender years (Juvenal)
omnia Græce!, cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine	all things must be in Greek!, when it is more shameful for our Romans to be ignorant of Latin (Juvenal)
quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non	what is becoming, what is base, what is useful, and what is not (i.e., the aim of all moral inquiry) (Horace)
quæ culpare soles, ea tu ne feceris ipse; turpe est doctoris cum culpa redarguit ipsum	do not do yourself what you generally blame in others; it is improper for a doctor to indulge in what he forbids others (Cato)
turpe est aliud loqui, aliud sentire; quanto turpius aliud scribere, aliud sentire!	it is base to say one thing and to think another; how much more base to write one thing and think another! (Seneca)
turpe est in patria peregrinari, et in eis (or iis) rebus quæ ad patriam pertinent hospitem esse	it is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one’s country, and to be uninformed of its interests and affairs (Manutius)
turpe est laudari ab illaudatis	it is degrading to be commended by those who are not themselves worthy of praise
turpe est odisse quam laudes	it is disgraceful to hate the one whom you praise
turpe est viro, id in quo quotidie versatur ignorare	it is shameful that a person should be ignorant of that in which he is everyday employed
turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time	when about to commit a base deed, respect yourself, even though there is no witness (Ausonius)
Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor	An aged soldier and an aged lover are sad sights. --- Ovid [Publius Ovidius Naso]

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