suī themselves

Omnēs virōs nostrōs laudāmus, quī virtūte et vēritāte moventur, nōn amōre suī.Compare We praise all our men, who are moved by courage and truth, not by love of themselves.

Rōmānī, quī decem rēs pūblicās Graecās exercitibus suīs cēperant, ipsī—mīrābile dictū—Graecīs artibus captī sunt!Compare The Romans, who had captured ten Greek republics with their own armies, were themselves—amazing to say—taken captive by the Greek arts!

Ille potens sui laetusque deget, cui licet in diem dixisse "vixi: cras vel atra nube polum pater occupato vel sole puro; non tamen irritum, quodcumque retro est, efficiet, neque diffinget infectumque reddet, quod fugies semel hora vixit."Compare He will through life be master of himself and a happy man who from day to day can have said, "I have lived: tomorrow the Sire may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine; he will not undo aught that is left behind me, nor change or make as though it had not been aught that the hour, fast as it flies, has once brought."

Paullatim assuefactus supero, ne sui quidem ipse cum Germani virtus comparo.Compare Having little by litle grown accustomed to be conquered, they do not even compare themselves with the Germans in valour.

Romulus Proculus dico sui deus sum, templumque sui dedico in is locus iubeo.Compare Romulus said to Proculus that he was a god, and commanded a temple to be dedicated to himself on that spot.

Habeo dux, memor vos, oblitus sui.Compare You have a leader, mindful of you, forgetful of himself.

Quid recuso possum, quin et socius sui consulo?Compare How can he refuse that the allies also should take care of themselves?

Si hilariter loquor, revoco sui rursus ad maestitia.Compare If they have spoken more cheerfully than usual, they recall themselves again to sorrow.