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Perhaps a Latin phrase.
Annoto - I make notes
Ab ovo usque ad mala - From the egg to the apples, from soup to nuts, from A to Z
Accidit in puncto, quod non seperatur in anno.- Something that does not happen in years can happen in a single moment.
Acti labores jucundi. [Work that has been done is pleasant.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Acta est fabula: Drama has been acted out
Acta est fabula. [The story is done]- Augustus
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. - (In difficult situations, remember to keep your mind clear.)
Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine?
Aetas Volat - Time is passing by very fast.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. [Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times]~Horace
Age. Fac ut gaudeam. - Go ahead. Make my day!
Alea jacta est: - The die is cast
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent- Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est - It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.
Amor doctrinae floreat - Let the love of learning flourish
Amor vincit omnia -Love conquers all - Virgil
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo- Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore - I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting. (Cicero)
Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi? - Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you?
Animi sub vulpe latent.- Mind is hiding behind tricks
Ars gratia artis - Art for the sake of art
Ars est celare artem- It is art to conceal art
Arma virumque cano - Of arms and the man I sing (Vergil)
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori- Fortune smiles upon our first effort
Audaces fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold (Virgil, Aeneis 10)
Audendum dextra; nunc ipsa vocat res - The hand must dare: now the occasion itself calls (Vergil)
Auri sacra fames: The cursed hunger for gold
Aut Caesar, aut nihil: Either Caesar or nothing Device from Cesar Borgia
Aut vincere aut mori - Either to conquer or to die
Aut disce aut discede - Either learn or leave
Aut viam inveniam- I'll either find a way or make one
Atlantis - Urbs Atlantica. Cogita de hoc. - Atlantis - Atlantic City. Think about it..
Ave atque vale: Hail and farewell
Ave Caesar morituri te salutant!: Hail, Caesar! Those who are about to die salute you!
Avis est! Aeronavis est! Supervir est! - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's superman!
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Beati pauperes spiritu: Blessed are the poor in spirit
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere-To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom
Bene vixit, qui bene latuit.- Who has hidden himself had a good life
Bene qui latuit bene vixit (Tristia)- He who has lived in obscurity has lived well
Bis repetita placent: The things that please are repeated again and again Horatius
Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit - He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms (Syrus)
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria - He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself (Syrus)
Bis dat qui cito dat (Don Quixote)- He gives twice who quickly gives
Bruta fulmina et vana -Thunderbolts that strike blindly and in vain.
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Caveat emptor: Let the buyer beware
Cave, vomiturus sum! - Look out, I'm going to barf!
Cave Canum - Beware of the dog.
Caro putridas es! - You're dead meat.
Carpe diem. [Seize the day.]
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Odes, I.xi.1) - Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow
Carpe Aptenodytes! -- Seize the Penguins!
Canis in urbe custodiendus non est - You really shouldn't keep a dog in the city.
Cito enim exarescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis. [Tears dry quickly, especially for someone else's loss] - Cicero
Cogito ergo sum: I think therefore I am
Cogito, ergo doleo - I think, therefore I am depressed.
Cogito sumere potum alterum - I think I'll have another drink.
Contraria contraiis curantur: Opposites are cured by opposites. Hippocrates
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
Commercia piratis expulsis restituta -The pirates were driven out and commerce restored (Motto of Bahamas)
Communi consilio - By common consent
Culpam poena premit comes. -(Punishment closely pursues crime as a companion.)
*** tacent clamant. [When they remain silent, they cry out] - Cicero
Cuiusvis hominis est erarre, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.- Everyone can be wrong but only a fool will continue saying he was right.
Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? - To whom do I give my new elegant little book?
Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet - The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned (Syrus)
*** insantientibus fuere necesse est.- It is necessary to be insane among maniacs.
*** grano salis.- Take it lighthearted.. not to seriously.
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum *** omnibus in eo.- I'll have a pizza with everything on it.
De facto: In reality
De qustibus non est disputandum - There is no arguing in matters of taste.
De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum. [Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen] - Thomas á Kempis
Delenda Carthago: Carthago must be destroyed. Cato de Oude.
De mortuis nil nisi bene: Speak nothing but good of the dead. Chilo
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit. (The wolf attacks with his teeth; the bull attacks with his horns.)
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne: A woman who is beautiful above ends in a fishtail Horatius
Deus vult. [God wills it]- Motto of the crusades
Dictum sapienti sat est -A word to the wise is sufficient
Diem perdidi: I have lost the day.Suetonius
Diem natalem felicem mihi! - Happy Birthday to me!
Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas - It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it
Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem - It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love
Dignus est intrare: He is worthy to enter (Molière)
Docendo discimus - Teach in order to learn
Dolores capitis non fero. Eos do.- I don't get headaches. I give them.)
Dum differtur, vita transcurrit.- While putting off everything death is getting closer.
Dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas! - (While we speak, envious time will have flown!)
Dum spiro, spero. - As long as there is life there is hope..
Duo *** faciunt idem non est idem. - When 2 do the same it is still not the same.
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos: As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends.
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris (Tristia)As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: It is sweet and fitting to die for the Fatherland. Horatius
Dulce est desipere in loco - It is sweet to relax at the proper time
Dulcis et alta quies placidaeque similima morti - Sleep sweet and deep, most like to quiet death (Vergil)
René Descartes (Renatus Cartesius):Dubium sapientiae initium.- Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Eheu fugaces labuntur anni -Alas, the fleeting years slip by - Horace
Errare humanum est: To err is human. Hieronymus
Errare humanum est, ignoscere divinum. [To err is human, to forgive divine.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Errat enim, si quis beneficium accipit libentius quam reddit.- Who prefers getting to giving is wrong.
Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare diabolicum. [To err is human, but to continue to err is diabolical.]
Et nunc, reges, intelligite, erudimini, qui judicati terram: And now, kings,understand; you who decide the fate of the Earth, educate yourselves.
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram - Even one hair has a shadow
Et tu, Brute: You too, Brutus
Est admodum quod volui!-It's just what I wanted!
Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae- Every man is the artisan of his own fortune
Estne volumen toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? - Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?
Exegi monumentum aere perennius: I have raised a monument more durable than bronze. Horatius
Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis - An exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted.
Ex nihilo nihil fit -From nothing nothing is produced.
Experientia docet -Experience is the best teacher.
Experto credite -Trust the expert
Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis (Elegiae, II.34.3)-I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love
Ex duobus malis minimum eligendum est.- Of two problems the smaller one should be chosen.
Ex tempore -From the moment..
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Faber est suae quisque fortunae.- Each man is the smith of his own fortune.~ Claudius Caesus
Facta infecta fieri nequeunt. [What is done cannot be made undone]
Facta non verba - Deeds not words.
Fallaces sunt rerum species- The appearances of things are deceptive
Facilis descensus averno. [The road to hell is easy]- Virgil
Facilis descensus Averno - The descend to Avernus is easy; the road to hell is smooth -Virgil
Fac ut nemo me vocet. - Hold my calls.
Fallaces sunt rerum species. [The appearances of things are deceptive.]
Fama crescit eundo.- Rumors grow with the time while spreading.
Fama volat (Aeneid)- Rumor flies
Fas est et ab hoste doceri - It's proper to learn even from an enemy - Ovid
Fata obstant (Aeneid)- The Fates oppose
Fata viam invenient (Aeneid)- The Fates will find a way
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas: Fortunate is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. Virgil
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things (Vergil)
Festina lente - Augustus - Make haste slowly.
Fiat lux - Let there be light - Vulgate.
Fides, ut anima, unde abiit eo nunquam redit. [Trust, like the soul, once it has disappeared, never returns] - Publius Syrus
Flectere si nequeo, Acheronta movebo. [If I cannot smoothen heaven, I will stir up hell]
Fluctuat nec mergitur: It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink.
Fortiter Fideliter Forsan Feliciter - Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully.
Fortes fortuna iuvat - Terrence - Fortune favors the brave/courageous.
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Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus - Let us rejoice, then, while we are young.
Gloria victis: Glory to the defeated.
Gnothe seauton (Greek): Know thyself.(lat. Nosce te Ipsum)
Gutta cavat lapidem - Dripping hollows out rock..
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Homini necesse est mori. [Everyone must die.]
Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est. - Man has been lent to life, not given (Pubilius Syrus)
Horas non numero nisi serenas.-I only count the nice hours..
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.- I am human, nothing human is distant to me.
Hos omnes amicos habere operosum est, satis est inimicos non habere. - It would be difficult to have a friend in everyone, it is enough not to have no enemies.
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Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit.- It ain't over until it's over.
Ignoramus non excusi - No pardon for the ignorants.
Illiud Latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin.
Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique - Money stored up is for each man his master or his slave (Horace)
Indocti discant et ament meminisse periti. -(The unlearned may here learn, and the learned may reflect on what they knew before.) - Henault
Insanes numquam moriuntur.- Idiots never die out..
Intelligenti pauca - Few words suffice for he who understands.
Intus omnia dissimilia sint, frons populo nostra conveniat.-Although we are all completely different in our hearts, on the outside we adapt to the world.
Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est-Inhumanity is harmful in every age
In virtute sunt multi ascensus-There are many degrees in excellence
In hoc signo vinces. [In this sign, you will be victorious.]
Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes. [Inventions enhance life which is beautified through art.]
Inveniemus viam aut faciemus - We find the road or we make it.
Ipso facto: By that very fact.
Ipsa scientia potestas est. [Knowledge itself is power]- Francis Bacon
Istis dicentibus: Quo usque eadem? responde: Quo usque eadem peccabitis? -If they say "How long [will you still make] the same reproaches?", then answer: "How long [will you still make] the same mistakes?"
Ira furor brevis est: Anger is a brief madness. Horatius
Ita est: Thus it is (yes).
Ita diis placuit: Thus it pleased the gods.
Iurare in verba magistri. -(To swear on the words of the master.)
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Labra lege.- Read my lips.
Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin.
Latet anguis in herba (Eclogues, III.94)- A snake lies hidden in the grass
Lege et lacrima. - Read it and weep.
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus- A burden which is done well becomes light
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Magna vis veritatis quae facile se per se ipsa defendat.- Great is the power of truth that can easily defend itself with its own force.~ Anon.
Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest - It's an ill plan that can't be changed (Syrus)
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest-It is a bad plan that cannot be changed.
Major e longinquo reverentia: Greater reverence from afar.
Materiam superabat opus - The workmanship surpassed the subject matter
Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni! - Beam me up, scotty!
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!- my fault, my fault, my very big fault!
Mens sana in corpore sano: A sound mind in a sound body. Juvenalis
Mendacem oportet esse memorem. [A liar must have a good memory.]- Quintilian
Mihi? Opus non fuit!- For me? You shouldn't have!
Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores - Trailing a thousand changing colours athwart the sun.
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum." -A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.
Memento mori. [Remember that you must die]
Morituri te salutant: Those who're going to die salute.. Ave Caesar.
Mors certa Hora incerta - Dead is sure the hour is unknown.
Mors ultima linea rerum est. - (Death is the ultimate limit of things.)
Mundus Vult Decipi. [The world wants to be deceived]
Mus uni non fidit antro - A mouse does not rely on just one hole
Multi sunt, qui ad id, quod non proposuerant scribere, alicuius verbi placentis decore vocentur.- There are many who write something else than they had planned because of the splendor of a word.
Multi te laudant: ecquid habes, cur placeas tibi, si is es, quem intellegant multi? -If many praise you: Do you have a reason to be proud of yourself, only if you are someone whom many understand?
Munit haec et altera vincit - This one defends and the other conquers.
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Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse. [To sail is necessary; to live is not necessary.]- Gnaeus Pompeius
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est Knowledge is power.
Ne feceris ut rideam. - Don't make me laugh.
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres. [As a true translator, you will take care not to translate word for word.]~Horace
Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine te.- I can not live with you, also i can't live without you..
Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade - Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth
Nemo sine vitio est- No one is without fault.
Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum - No man by fearing reaches the top (Syrus)
Nemo enim fere saltet sobrius, nisi forte insanit.- Almost nobody dances sober, unless he happens to be insane.~ Cicero
Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere. [Surely, nobody is so old that he does not think that it is possible to live one [more] year.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nil desperandum. [Don't despair.]- Horace
Nil illegitemus carborundum est - Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Nil sine magno labore. There is nothing without huge effort..
Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum- Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done..
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum. (Nothing is blessed in every part.)
Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum.-[Nothing can be said that is so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere - Necesssity knows nothing else but victory (Syrus)
Nihil volentibus arduum.-Waar een wil is, is een weg (Lett.: Voor de willenden is niets te steil).
Non omnis moriar. - (I shall not altogether die.)
Non decet malum dicere de aliquibus - It is not right to say nasty things about others.
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit-That which achieves its effect by accident is not art
Non licet omnibus adire Corinthum: Not everyone is permitted to go to Corinth ~ Horatius
Non omnia possumus omnes: We cannot all do everything Virgil.
Non potes composituram machinarum quae apte musicam faciunt emere mineris quam mille.- You can't get a descent sound system for under a grand.
Non sum qualis eram. [I am not the same as I once was]
Non omne quod nitet aurum est.- Not all that glitters is gold.~ Anon
Non omnia moriar. [Not all of me will die]- Horace
Non sibi sed suis - Not for one's self but for one's people.
Non sibi set patrie - Not for oneself but for fatherland.
Non numeranda, sed ponderanda argumenta.- Reasons are not to be counted, they should be considered.
Nullius boni sine amico iucunda possessio est.- No possession can make happy when there is no friend.
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.- There has not been any great mind without insanity.
Nullum'st iam dictum quod non sit dictum prius - Nothing is already said which wasn't said before
Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus difficilia sunt.- We don't dare it because it is difficult, it is difficult because we don't dare it.
Non illegitimi carborundum est. - Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Non nobis solum sed toti mundo nati. - Not for ourselves, but for the whole world were we born.
Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi- Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players
Nolle in causa est, non posse praedenditur.-Not to want is the reason, not being able to the excuse.
Noli turbare circulos meos! [Do not disturb my circles!]- Archimedes.
Nonne hiems, quae incendiis magnis multisque belli inter gentes omnes tertii inducator, inhibeat orbem terrarum ne nimium calescat? - Wouldn't nuclear winter cancel out the greenhouse effect?
Nosce te ipsum - Know thy self.
Nulli secundus - Second to none.
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit-There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part
Nunc est bibendum: Now it is time to drink. ~Horatius
Nunquam coniectaverim!-I never would have guessed!
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Oderint dum metuant. [Let them hate me provided they fear me. - Accius
Oderint dum metuant - Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Odi et amo. [I hate and I love]- Catullus.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. (I despise the uneducated throng and I keep them at a distance.)
O matre puchra filia pulchrior - O daughter fairer than a mother fair (Horace)
Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant - All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule (Syrus)
Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy.
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam - Everything which I said could not happen will happen now
Omnis homo mendax. - Everyone is a liar.
Omnes una manet nox. - (The same night is waiting for all people.)
Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. [Everything has a small beginning.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
O tempora! O mores! [Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!]- Cicero
O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! [An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!]
O fortunates nimium, sua si bona norint agricolas: Oh! blessed beyond all bliss are the farmers, if they but knew their happiness.
O tempora! o mores! : Oh! the the times! Oh! the habits! Cicero
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Panem et circenses: Bread and circuses Juvenalis.
Palmam qui meruit ferat - Let him who has earned it bear the reward.
Parva sub ingenti - The small under the large
Pavesco, pavesco. - I'm shaking, I'm shaking
Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis - Peace to man of good will.
Pax Romana:Roman Peace.
Paucorum est intellegere quid donet Deus - It is granted to few to comprehend what God gives (Syrus)
Per ardua ad astra -Through bolts and bars we reach the stars (RCAF)
Per aspera ad astra.- To the stars through hardship.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
Perit gratia, si reposcatur.- Gratitude vanishes, when it is asked back...
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. [Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.]~ Ovid
Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia - He is forever victor who employs clemency (Syrus)
Plaudite cives!: Applaud, citizens!
Praeterea censeo Carthaginem esse delendam! [Furthermore, I believe Carthage should be destroyed!]
Prehende uxorem meam, sis! - Take my wife, please..
Principiis obsta. [Resist those beginnings]
Pone ubi sol non lucet! - Put it where the sun don't shine!
Potes currere sed te occulere non potes. - You can run, but you can't hide.
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire- A great man can come from a hut
Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit A young man respects and looks up to his teachers
Promoveatur ut admoveatur.- (Let him be promoted to get him out of the way.)
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. Garbage in, garbage out.
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Obesa cantavit.-The fat lady has sung.
Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy.
Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. [Everything has a small beginning.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet. - What they don't know won't kill them.
Quemadmodum possums scire utrum vere simus an solum sentiamus nos esse? - How are we to know whether we actually exist or only think we exist?
Quem di diligunt adolescens moritur. [He whom the gods love, dies young.]
Quaerite prime regnum Dei - eek ye first the kingdom of God.
Quid novi?: What's new?
Quid pro quo - Voor wat hoort wat..Something for something!
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur - Why do you laugh? Just change the name and the tale is told of you. (Horace)
Qui habet aures audiendi audiat: He who has ears, let him understand how to listen.
Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit -He who fears every ambush falls into none (Pubilius Syrus)
Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit-He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow
Oui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit. -Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it! -Seneca
Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narrat qui accepit - Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound.
Quis, quod, ui, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando?: Who, what, where, in what ways, why how and when?
Quicquid. [Whatever]
Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.- (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
Quod erat demomstrandum: Which was to be demonstrated.
Quo fas et gloria docunt - Where right and glory lead.
Quo signo nata es? - What's your sign?
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? - How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline?
Quomodo vales: How are you?
Quot capita, tot sensus: There are as many opinions as there are heads. Terentius
Quousque tandem?: How long? Cicero
Quo vadis: Whither goest thou?
Quin tu taces! - Why don't you be quiet!
Quod me nutrit me destruit -The water drop drills stone.(not be the force, but by falling often)
Quod incepimus conficiemus -What we have begun we shall finish.
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Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit.- He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes (Syrus)
Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris: Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.
Respice, adspice, prospice. - Examine the past, the present, the future.
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est - There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh
Ruber et Niger: Red and Black.
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Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas. - Often, the prickly thorn produces tender roses.~Ovid
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit. [Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be] - Cicero
Salvete! Quomodo valetis hodie? - Welcome! How are you today?
Semper ubi sub ubi ubique - Always wear underwear everywhere.
Serva me, servabo te - Guard me, I'll guard you. (Petronius)
Sic ad nauseam: And so on to the point of causing nausea.
Sic transit gloria (mundi): Thus passes away the glory of the world.
Sic itur ad astra - Such is the path to the stars (Vergil)
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - If you can read this you have too much education
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes - If you can read this you're overeducated.
Si monumentum requiris circumspice-If you seek a monument, look around
Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia,nobis!-How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey
Singularis Porcus: Wild boar.
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infinitius eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris.- If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.
Silent leges inter arma."[During war, the laws are silent.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero (Pro Milone 11)
Si vis pacem: If you want peace... (para bellum = prepare for war)
Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war.
Si vis amari, ama.- (If you want to be loved, love.)
Si tu dixero, necesse erit ut tu interficiam.- If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Si vales, bene est, ego quidem valeo (S.V.B.E.E.Q.V.).- If you are okay, that's fine, hence I'm okay
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.- If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Sum, ergo edo - I am, therefore I eat.
Sol lucet omnibus: The sun shines for everyone. Petronius
Sursum corda: Lift up your hearts.
Subucula tua apparet.- Your slip is showing.
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. [It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid]~Publius Syrus
Summam scrutemur.- Let's look at the bottom line.
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Tabula materna combusta est! Sum in modo pessimo. - My motherboard fried! I'm in a pessimal mode.
Tabula Rasa - Blank page.
Tamquam alter idem- As if a second self
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est- Delay and procrastination is hateful
Tempus fugit - Time flies..
Temporis ars medicina fere est - Ovid - time is a great healer.
Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. - I can't hear you, I have a banana in my ear.
Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.- Time changes and we change with it.
Timeo Danaos et Dona ferentes: I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts~ Virgil
Timendi causa est nescire -Ignorance is the cause of fear
Tam diu minime visu! - Long time, no see!
Transit umbra, lux permanet~- Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial)
Trahimur omnes laudis studio- We are all drawn by our eagerness for praise
Tu quoque fili: You too, son!
Tu, rattus turpis! - You dirty rat!
Tu quoque me deseris? -You leave me also..?
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Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant: Where they create desolation, they call it peace.
Ubi mel ubi apes - Where there are bees, there is honey.
Uti, non abuti: To use, not abuse!
Un idea perplexi na - The idea is strange to us..
Ut sementem feceris, ita metes. [As you sow, so shall you reap.]- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Ut incepit fidelis, sic permanet - Faithful it began, faithful it remains (Motto of Ontario)
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! - May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! - May barbarians invade your personal space!
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Vale, lacerte! - See you later, alligator!
Vae victis! [Woe to the conquered!]- Brennus
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur - Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out..
Vae! Hoc diploma Anglice scriptum est! - Hey! This diploma is in English!
Vade retro: Get thee behind me..
Vae victo, vae victis: Woe to the vanquished men, woe to the vanquished people.
Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas: Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Varium et mutabile semper femina. De vrouw is een wisselvallig en steeds veranderlijk wezen.
Verba volent, scripta manent - Words fly, writing remains..
Vescere bracis meis! - Eat my shorts!
Veni vidi vici: I came, I saw, I conquered.
Veni, vidi, nates calce concidi. - I came, I saw, I kicked ***.
Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt. - I have jerks like you for breakfast.
Veritas odium parit: Truth breeds hatred.
Veritas vos liberabit. [The truth will set you free] - Cicero
Veritas odium parit - Terrence - truth brings forth hatred.
Vestis virum reddit. - [The clothes make the man.] - Marcus Fabius Quintilianus.
Victrix causa deis placuit, sed victa Catoni: The victorious cause pleased the gods, the defeated one pleased Cato . Cato Uticensis
Victurus te saluto: He who is about to win salutes you.
Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor: I see the better way and approve it,but I follow the worse way Ovidius.
Vinum et musica laetificant cor: Wine and music gladden the heart.
Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - Wise man does not urinate against the wind.
Vis comica: Sense of humour.
Vita et pectore puro - By blamelessness of life and heart (Horace)
Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est.- Life is more than merely staying alive.
Vitanda est improba siren desidia. - (A person must avoid the mischievous temptation, idleness.)
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus - Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love
Vive diu prosperaque! - Live long and prosper!)
Vixit, dum vixit, bene.- When he he was alive he lived well..
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores. [You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me]- Petrarch
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.- (Protect your own matters and leave my habits to me.)
Vox clamantis in deserto - (Dartmoth motto) - A voice shouts in the desert.
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