​Look to the End

Peter Jones, author of Learn Latin, teaches that Latin reverses the way we say “I love.” As anyone who has ever studied the language learns in a first lesson, amare is the verb “to love,” and the first person singular, present tense form of that verb is amo (“I love”). Jones explains that “o” indicates “I,” and then he says, “So ‘watch your ending’ is the best piece of advice to give the Latin beginner. Useful rule in life, too” (16). *
 
As in language, so in life: Watch your ending. Anticipate the consequences of your actions.
 
 
*Jones, Peter. Learn Latin. New York. Barnes & Noble Books, 1997.