Ehrlich Eugene. Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin

Harper Collins, 1995. — 322 p.A companion book to the same author's A Dictionary of Latin Tags and Phrases with which there is no overlap in content, it tends to follow the same annoying practice as that other work of giving somewhat loose 'translations' in modern colloquial speak (thus "antiqua homo virtute et fide", literally "a man of old-style virtue and good faith" becomes "they don't make them like that any more") though a more literal translation is usually given in the accompanying commentary. Fans of "Amo, Amas, Amat, and More," Eugene Ehrlich's first collection of Latin words and phrases which still serve gracefully today, will delight in this second offering. This advice, "slander boldly, something always sticks," goes way back in time. And, for the slanderer, has more often than not been proved effective. So, while our century has had its share of shameless lying, we certainly didn't invent the technique.