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Latin Quotes
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
It is both dutiful and honourable to die for one's country
Nascor esse ferox
Born to be wild
Huc accedis zambonis
Here comes the zamboni
Furnullum pani nollo
I don't want a toaster
Caveat emptor
Buyer beware
Caveat vendor
Seller beware
Nullum gratuitum prandium
No free lunch
Facta non verba
Deeds not words
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant
Hail, Caesar; we who are about to die salute you
(Salutation of the gladiators on entering the arena).
Quo vadis?
Whither goest thou?
Ars gratia artis
Art for the sake of art
Nulli secundus
Second to none
Caveat gratuitum prandium
Beware the free lunch
A mari usque ad mare
From sea to sea (motto of Canada)
Quod incepimus conficiemus
What we have begun we shall finish
Lux et veritas
Light and Truth (Yale University)
Fiat lux
Let there be light
Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum
No man by fearing reaches the top (Syrus)
Tempus fugit
Time flies
Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)
Audendum dextra; nunc ipsa vocat res
The hand must dare: now the occasion itself calls (Vergil)
Mens sana in corpore sano
A sound mind in a sound body
Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest
It's an ill plan that can't be changed (Syrus)
Serva me, servabo te
Guard me, I'll guard you. (Petronius)
Aut vincere aut mori
Either to conquer or to die
Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant
All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule (Syrus)
Verba volent, scripta manent
Words fly, writing remains
Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique
Money stored up is for each man his master or his slave (Horace)
Experientia docet
Experience is the best teacher
Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere
Necesssity knows nothing else but victory (Syrus)
Transit umbra, lux permanet
Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial)
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur
Why do you laugh? Just change the name and the tale is told
of you. (Horace)
Palmam qui meruit ferat
Let him who has earned it bear the reward.
Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit
He who fears every ambush falls into none (Pubilius Syrus)
Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet
The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned (Syrus)
Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit.
He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes
(Syrus)
Per ardua ad astra
Through bolts and bars we reach the stars (RCAF)
Ab ovo usque ad mala
From the egg to the apples, from soup to nuts, from A to Z
Senatus populusque Romanus, S.P.Q.R.
The senate and people of Rome
Arma virumque cano
Of arms and the man I sing (Vergil)
Quo fas et gloria docunt
Where right and glory lead
Diem perdidi
I have lost a day (Emperor Titus)
Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est
Man has been lent to life, not given (Pubilius Syrus)
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria
He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself
(Syrus)
Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit
He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms (Syrus)
Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores
Trailing a thousand changing colours athwart the sun (Vergil)
O matre puchra filia pulchrior
O daughter fairer than a mother fair (Horace)
Dulcis et alta quies placidaeque similima morti
Sleep sweet and deep, most like to quiet death (Vergil)
Fortiter Fideliter Forsan Feliciter
Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully
Munit haec et altera vincit
This one defends and the other conquers (Motto of Nova Scotia)
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things
(Vergil)
Non sibi sed suis
Not for one's self but for one's people (Tulane University)
Vita et pectore puro
By blamelessness of life and heart (Horace)
Et penitus toto regnantes orbe Britannos
And the Britons ruling throughout the whole world (Barbados)
Non sibi set patrie
Not for oneself but for fatherland
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore
I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting
(Cicero)
Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia
He is forever victor who employs clemency (Syrus)
Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus
Let us rejoice, then, while we are young
Amor doctrinae floreat
Let the love of learning flourish
Parva sub ingenti
The small under the large (Motto of Prince Edward Island)
Deus vult
God wills it
Quaerite prime regnum Dei
Seek ye first the kingdom of God (Motto of Newfoundland)
Paucorum est intellegere quid donet Deus
It is granted to few to comprehend what God gives (Syrus)
Ut incepit fidelis, sic permanet
Faithful it began, faithful it remains (Motto of Ontario)
Commercia piratis expulsis restituta
The pirates were driven out and commerce restored (Motto of
Bahamas)
Communi consilio
By common consent
Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
Peace to man of good will
.. stellae sponte sua iussaene vagentur et errent ..
.. whether stars roam at large of their own will or by law ...
(Horace)
Sic itur ad astra
Such is the path to the stars (Vergil)