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Just for fun, with some LLM help, I drafted translations of the latin phrases dropped by Xosé Lendoiro in Chapter 20. I might go back and get all the attributions.

Lupo ovem commisisti	You have committed the sheep to the wolf
Alter remus aquas, alter tibi radat harenas	One hand will row the waters, the other will graze the sand
noli pugnare duobus	Don't fight two people
Unde habeas quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere	No one asks why you have it, but you must have it
Hoc erat in votis	This was petitioned
In petris, herbis vis est, sed maxima verbis	There is strength in the rocks, in the grass, but most in words
Paulo maiora canamus	Let's sing a little older
incipit vita nova	A new life begins
Vive valeque	Live and be well
ius est ars boni et aequi	right is the art of good and fair
libertas est potestas faciendi id quod facere iure licet	liberty is the power to do what is lawfully permitted to do
nescit vox missa reverti	He does not know how to return the message
In publicis nihil est lege gravius: in privatis firmissimum est testamentum	In public nothing is more serious than the law: in private the testament is the most solid
legum omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus	We are all slaves to the law, that we may be free
Verae amicitiae sempieternae sunt	True friendships are eternal
Invidia ceu fulmine summa vaporant	Jealousy or thunderbolts evaporate
natura maxime miranda in minimis	nature is most admirable in the least
Qui amat periculum in illo peribit	He who loves danger will perish in it
Mortalium nemo est felix	No mortal is happy
felicitas cui praecipua fuerit homini, non est humani iudici	The happiness to which man is most important is not for the judge of man
Otium sine litteris mors est et homini vivi sepultura	Idleness without literature is death and burial for a living man
facta, non verba	deeds, not words
Non progredi est regredi	Not to go forward is to go back
Homo fervidus et diligens ad omnia est paratus	A warm and loving person is ready for everything
Patientia vincit omnia	Patience conquers all
Stultorum plena sunt omnia	They are all full of fools
occasiones namque hominem fragilem non faciunt, sed qualis sit ostendunt	for opportunities do not make a man weak, but show what he is
Quot capita, tot sententiae	So many heads, so many sentences
Rumores fuge	Avoid rumours
addito salis grano	with the addition of a grain of salt
Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile	Life is short, art is long, opportunity is swift, experiment is dangerous, judgment is difficult
In se semper armatus Furor	Fury always armed within himself
O quantum caliginis mentibus nostris obicit magna felicitas	Oh, how great happiness puts a cloud over our minds
supremum vale	last goodbye
Discat servire glorians ad alta venire	Let him learn to serve, boasting to come high
Fortuna rerum humanarum domina	Fortune is the lady of human affairs
sine dolo	without guile
sine ira et studio	without anger and ambition
Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum	To err is human, but to persist is diabolical
vis esse iracundus? Ne fueris curiosus	do you want to be passionate? Don't be curious
Mille modi Veneris	A thousand ways of Friday
Magna res est vocis et silentii tempora nosse	It is important to know the times of speech and silence
Post vinum verba, post imbrem nascitur herba	After the wine the words, after the rain the grass grows
Prima cratera ad sitim pertinet, secunda ad hilaritatem, tertia ad voluptatem, quarta ad insaniam	The first bowl belongs to thirst, the second to cheerfulness, the third to pleasure, the fourth to madness
Amor tussisque non caelatur	Love is not a cough
Qui non zelat, non amat	He who is not jealous does not love
Amantes, amentes	Loving maniacs
dixit	he said
Emere oportet, quem tibi oboedire velis	You must buy what you want to obey
O cives, cives, quaerenda pecunia primum est, virtus	O citizens, citizens, the first thing to be sought after is money, virtue
post nummos	behind the money
Pro peccato magno paulum supplicii satis est patri	For a great sin a little punishment is sufficient for the father
Homo totiens moritur quotiens emittit suos	A man dies as often as he sends his own
Odero, si potero. Si non, invitus amabo	I hate it, if I may. If not, I will love unwillingly
Quantum quisque sua nummorum servat in arca, tantum habet ei fidei	As much as each one keeps his money in the box, so much does he have faith in him
Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum	Silver is cheaper than gold, and virtues are gold
Plus augmentantur rumores, quando negantur	Rumors are amplified when they are denied
non olet	does not stink
Sequitur superbos ultor a tergo deus	The proud avenger follows behind the god
Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit	Nature and wisdom never say otherwise
Non aetate verum ingenio apiscitur sapientia	Wisdom is not acquired by age, but by intelligence
Urget diem nox et dies noctem	It is pressing day and night and day and night
In se semper armatus Furor	Fury always armed within himself
nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus	He gave nothing to mortals without great labor
facies tua computat annos	your face counts the years
Interdum lacrimae pondera vocis habent	Sometimes tears have the weight of a voice
amor odit inertes	love hates the idle
Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae spes	The unexpected happens more often than the expected
nemo in sese tentat descendere	no one tries to descend into himself
Nihil est annis velocius	Nothing is faster than years
Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem mea habes	Unpleasant country, you don't even have my bones
periturae parcere chartae	to spare the perishable paper
Contemptu famae contemni virtutes	The virtues are despised by the scorn of fame
Venenum in auro bibitur	He drinks poison in gold
ex abundantia cordis os loquitur	out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Qui fodit foveam, incidet in eam	He who digs a pit will fall into it
Etiam periere ruinae	He also perished in the fall
Imperitia confidentiam, eruditio timorem creat	Ignorance creates confidence, learning creates fear
Olet lucernam	He smells the candle