{"id":44743,"date":"2023-12-16T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=44743"},"modified":"2023-12-17T06:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T11:42:01","slug":"aphorisms-candies-and-music-in-the-classics-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2023\/12\/aphorisms-candies-and-music-in-the-classics-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Aphorisms, candies, and music in the Classics Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the last day of Chanukah, ten brave classics faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and library staff took a few minutes off from exams, papers, grading, and book purchasing to gather in the Classics Library to read aphorisms in Latin, Greek, Sinhala, Mandarin, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and English out loud, picked from a bowl of faux parchment scrolls with some 40 aphorisms, and listen to music from around the world, arranged and performed by the Library’s resident musician Yo Shionoya, munch on candy and gingerbread cookies, and have a few well-earned laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Faux parchment scrolls with aphorisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Master of Ceremonies was none other than Becket Braunlin who stole the show in his black top hat and red necktie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was nice to see classics faculty and students, who are brilliant and serious, relax and just have fun. Zimo Liang, graduate student, Daniel Markovich, professor and chair, Michael Shobe, undergraduate student and junior, and Susan Prince, professor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Aphorisms,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joining our classics family was Elizabeth Meyer, head of the DAAP Library, who translated several Latin aphorisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Van Minnen, professor, Zimo Liang, graduate student, Daniel Markovich, professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Becket Braunlin, master of ceremonies, Barbara Burrell, professor, Mike Braunlin, bibliographer, Yo Shionoya, musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Aphorisms,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aphorism: “Any principle or precept expressed in few words; a short pithy sentence containing a truth of general import; a maxim.”
— The<\/em> Oxford English Dictionary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the participants’ favorite aphorisms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinhala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0d9a\u0dbd \u0daf\u0dda \u0db4\u0dbd \u0daf\u0dda .
Actions have consequences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

German<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leben und leben lassen.
Live and let live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La critique est la puissance des impuissants.
Criticism is the power of the powerless.

Italian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’italiano: totalitario in cucina, democratico in parlamento, cattolico a letto, comunista in fabbrica.
The Italian: totalitarian in the kitchen, democratic in the parliament, catholic in the bed, communist in the factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tra il dire e il fare c’\u00e8 di mezzo il mare.
Between talking and doing there is half a sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u03a3\u03ba\u03b7\u03bd\u03ae \u03c0\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03b3\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u00b7 \u03ae \u03bc\u03ac\u03b8\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03ae \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf\u03b4\u03cd\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2.
The whole world is a stage and a game; either learn to play or bear the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u039c\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1 \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03bd, \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd.
A big book, a big evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give a man an airplane ticket and he\u2019ll fly for a day; push him out of an airplane and he\u2019ll fly for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bis dat qui cito dat.
He who gives swiftly gives twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandarin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u77e5\u8005\u4e0d\u8a00\uff0c\u8a00\u8005\u4e0d\u77e5\u3002
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u798d\u798f\u306f\u7cfe\u3048\u308b\u7e04\u306e\u5982\u3057.
Good luck and bad luck alternate like the strands of a rope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livet \u00e4r ett eng\u00e5ngserbjudande — anv\u00e4nd det v\u00e4l!
Life is a one-time offer — use it well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe light candles in testament that faith makes miracles possible.\u201d
\u2014 Nachum Braverman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Becket’s favorite aphorism was, “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” to which he could very much relate as the center of everyone’s attention.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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