Usages of nocere
Mendacium amicitiae nocet, et parva quoque iniuria diu manere potest.
A lie harms friendship, and even a small injustice can last a long time.
Cum tempestas navibus noceret, nautae aliis nautis succurrebant.
When the storm was harming the ships, the sailors were helping the other sailors.
Iudex dicit poenam non inimicis tantum, sed etiam sociis nocere posse, si nimis gravis sit.
The judge says that punishment can harm not only enemies but also allies, if it is too severe.
Pater dicit iniuriam amicitiae nocere.
Father says that a wrong harms friendship.
Clementia bona est, si aequa manet et iustitiae non nocet.
Clemency is good if it remains fair and does not harm justice.
Magistra postremo dicit: “Ubi honestas, prudentia, et diligentia manent, ibi nec severitas nec laus discipulis nocet.”
At last the teacher says: “Where honesty, prudence, and diligence remain, there neither strictness nor praise harms the students.”
Avus dicit gravitatem sine tristitia servari posse, sed levitatem sine modo saepe nocere.
Grandfather says that seriousness can be kept without sadness, but that frivolity without measure often harms.
Puer rogat utrum serpens ferox sit; magistra respondet non omnem serpentem hominibus nocere.
The boy asks whether the snake is fierce; the teacher replies that not every snake harms people.
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