Latin

Ich verstehe nicht...

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

Try this: radix omnium malorum est cupiditas or the love of money is the root of all evil.

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"What exactly is a dream, and what exactly is a joke?"

Did you nick that from somewhere or do you knw anything about Latin?

If so, is there anything grammatically wrong with my rudimentary effort?

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Get 'em off Ern, they've done enough.

I had Latin years ago and my mother was my Latin teacher! Your translation looks okay to me. I've included some information on your word for word below:

argent.a N 2 2 NOM P N
argent.a N 2 2 ACC P N
argentum, argenti N N
silver; money, cash; silver-plate; (argentum vivum => quicksilver, mercury);
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caus.a N 1 1 NOM S F
caus.a N 1 1 ABL S F
causa, causae N F
cause/reason/motive; origin, source, derivation; responsibility/blame; symptom
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cunct.us ADJ 1 1 NOM S M POS
cunctus, cuncta, cunctum ADJ
altogether (usu. pl.), in a body; every, all, entire; total/complete; whole of
cunct.us N 2 1 NOM S M
cunctus, cuncti N M
all (pl.) (M); all with a stated/implied exception;

mal.i N 2 1 GEN S F
mal.i N 2 1 NOM P F
malus, mali N F
apple tree;
mal.i N 2 1 GEN S M
mal.i N 2 1 NOM P M
malus, mali N M
mast; beam; tall pole, upright pole; standard, prop, staff;
mal.i N 2 2 GEN S N
malum, mali N N
apple; fruit; lemon; quince;
evil, mischief; disaster, misfortune, calamity, plague; punishment; harm/hurt;
mal.i V 6 2 PRES ACTIVE IMP 2 S
malo, malle, malui, - V
prefer; incline toward, wish rather;
mal.i ADJ 1 1 GEN S M POS
mal.i ADJ 1 1 GEN S N POS
mal.i ADJ 1 1 NOM P M POS
malus, mala -um, peior -or -us, pessimus -a -um ADJ
bad, evil, wicked; ugly; unlucky;
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.est V 5 1 PRES ACTIVE IND 3 S
sum, esse, fui, futurus V
to be, exist; also used to form verb perfect passive tenses with NOM PERF PPL
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"What exactly is a dream, and what exactly is a joke?"

Quite ...

I had all that in mind when I translated it of course

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Get 'em off Ern, they've done enough.