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- 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.)
- Cum 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)
- Cum insantientibus fuere necesse est.- It is necessary to be insane among maniacs.
- Cum grano salis.- Take it lighthearted.. not to seriously.
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- Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum 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 cum 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 ass.
- 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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