Fourth Declension Nouns

1. Domus propria, domus optima. One's own home is the best home. (Home Sweet Home!)
2. Facilis descensus Averno,...sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, / hoc opus, hic labor est. The descent to Avernus is easy, but to come back up to the upper air, that's the hard part. (Vergil, Aeneid 6.126-28)
3. Forma flos, fama flatus. Beauty is a flower; fame is a breath.
4. Fructus laboris gloria. The fruit of work is glory.
5. Gaudia post luctus veniunt, post gaudia luctus. Joys come after sorrows, sorrows after joys. (John Owen)
6. Mutabilis est casus. Fortune is changeable. (Seneca)
7. Sapientia est filia usus et memoriae. Wisdom is the daughter of experience and memory. (Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights)

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