Tag: laikas

Quod ne gratus quidem potest reddere

Et tanta stultitia mortalium est ut quae minima et vilissima sunt, certe reparabilia, imputari sibi cum impetravere patiantur, nemo se iudicet quicquam debere qui tempus accepit, cum interim hoc unum est quod ne gratus quidem potest reddere.

Ir kokia mirtingųjų kvailybė, kai jie, gavę kokį mažmožį ar niekniekį, už kurį visai nesunku atsimokėti, rūpestingiausiai stengiasi atsilyginti, tačiau nė vienas žmogus, atėmęs iš kito laiką, nemano esąs dėl ko nors skolingas, kai tuo tarpu laikas yra vienintelis dalykas, kurio, net ir labai dėkingas būdamas, negali grąžinti.

What fools these mortals be! They allow the cheapest and most useless things, which can easily be replaced, to be charged in the reckoning, after they have acquired them; but they never regard themselves as in debt when they have received some of that precious commodity,— time! And yet time is the one loan which even a grateful recipient cannot repay.

Tempus tantum nostrum est

Omnia, Lucili, aliena sunt, tempus tantum nostrum est.

Viskas, Lucilijau, yra svetima, tik laikas — mūsų.

Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time.

Cotidie mori

Quem mihi dabis qui aliquod pretium tempori ponat, qui diem aestimet, qui intellegat se cotidie mori? In hoc enim fallimur, quod mortem prospicimus: magna pars eius iam praeterit; quidquid aetatis retro est mors tenet.

Ar galėtum nurodyti man tą, kuris brangintų laiką, kuris įvertintų dieną, kuris suvoktų, jog miršta kasdien? Juk klystame laukdami ateityje mirties: didžioji jos dalis jau — praeityje, nes prabėgusį gyvenimo tarpsnį valdo mirtis.

What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily? For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years lie behind us are in death’s hands.