Labor omnia vincit. ? "Work conquers all things." Motto of the State of Oklahoma
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Proximus sum egomet mihi ? "I am closest to myself" (Terence)Comment
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Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse. ? "To sail is necessary, to live is not necessary," Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius who, during a severe storm, commanded sailors to bring food from Africa to RomeComment
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Nemo iudex in causa sua. ? "No-one is a judge in his own case".Comment
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Medio tutissimus ibis ? "In the middle shall you walk the safest" i.e. the middle path is the safest one (Ovid)Comment
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Homo sui iuris. ? "Independent man."Comment
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Ira furor brevis est. ? "Anger is a short rage" (Horace, epistles I, 2, 62).Comment
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Aquiris quodcumque rapis ? "You acquire what you reap (or take by force)"Comment
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Errare humanum est. Perseverare diabolicum. ? "To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil." (Seneca)Comment
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Vestigia terrent ? "The traces deter" (Horace) Refers to the old fable of the wolf who refused an offer to enter the lion's den as he saw many traces leading into it, but none out.Comment
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Ars gratia artis ? "Art for art's sake," motto of Metro Goldwin Mayer.Comment
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In hoc signo vinces ? "By this sign you will conquer" (Constantine's vision before the Battle of Milvian Bridge).Comment
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Hypotheses non fingo. ? "I feign no hypotheses" (I do not assert that any hypotheses are true). Newton, PrincipiaComment
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Cum recte vivis, ne cures verba malorum ? "If you live properly, don't worry about what the evil ones say" (Cato the younger)Comment
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Morituri te salutant ? "Those who are doomed to die greet you" (traditional greeting of the gladiators prior to battle; passed on by Suetonius, Claudius 21).Comment
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Experto credite ? "Believe me, for I have experienced" (Virgil)Comment
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Ora et labora. ? "Pray and work." (Motto of Benedictine Order)Comment
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Nomina sunt odiosa ? "Names are odious" (Cicero)Comment
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Ut sis nocte levis, sit cena brevis! ? "That your sleeping hour be peaceful, let your dining hour be brief!" (Sis is one hour before sunset.)Comment
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Periculum in mora ? "[There's] danger in delay" (Livy)Comment
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Ne quid nimis ? "Not too much", moderation in all thing (Terence)Comment
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In hoc signo vinces ? "By this sign you will conquer" (Constantine's vision before the Battle of Milvian Bridge).Comment
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Ridendo dicere verum ? (it is hard) "To tell the truth and be happy"Comment
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Maxima debetur puero reverentia ? "One owes the greatest possible care for the child" (Juvenal)Comment
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Quod nocet, saepe docet ? "That which harms, often brings a benefit"Comment
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Si vis pacem, para bellum. ? "If you want peace, prepare for war." (Vegetius, Epitoma rei militaris) origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, e.g. Luger parabellumComment
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Ad astra per aspera ? "To the stars through difficulties," motto of Kansas. (More frequently as per aspera ad astra.)Comment
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Donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos. ? "As long as you're happy, you'll have many friends." (Ovid, Tristia I,9,5)Comment
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Audiatur et altera pars ? "Hear both sides."Comment
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Habent sua fata libelli. ? "Books have their fate." (Terentianus Maurus)Comment
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Cogito ergo sum ? "I think, therefore I am." Argument used by René Descartes as proof of his own existence.Comment
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A mari usque ad mare ? "From sea to sea," motto of Canada.Comment
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Nil sine numini. ? "Nothing without Providence."Comment
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Piscem natare doces ? "[You] teach a fish to swim."Comment
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Nomen est omen. ? "A name is an omen."Comment
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Si uno adhuc proelio Romanos vincemus, funditus peribimus! ? "Another victory like that, and I'm done for!" (Plutarch, Pyrrhus 21, 14) Attributed to King Pyrrhus of Epirus after a victory with heavy casualties. See Pyrrhic victoryComment
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Deus ex machina! ? "God from [the] machine!" The term was made by Greek tragic playwrights: when a plot twist occured that couldn't be solved by the mortal characters, an actor (playing the role of God) would be brought in on a stage crane (the "machine") to fix everything. Today, it's used for a person, who, with his sudden appearance, solves a twisted situation.Comment
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Praesente medico nihil nocet. ? "In the presence of a doctor nothing can harm."Comment
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Manus manum lavat ? "One hand washes the other."Comment
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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. ? "I am human, so nothing that is human is foreign to me." (Terence)Comment
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Cuius regio, eius religio ? "He who rules, his religion": the privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects, established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.Comment
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Quem di diligunt, adulescens moritur ? "Whom the gods love dies young" (Plautus, Bacchides, IV, 7, 18). In the comic play, a sarcastic servant says this to his aging master. The rest of the sentence reads: dum valet, sentit, sapit, "while he is full of health, perception and judgement."Comment
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Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem ?"The only [hope of ]safety for the defeated is to relinquish all hope of safety." (Virgil, Aeneid, II, 354)Comment
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Nil satis nisi optimum ? "Nothing but the best is good enough."Comment
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Bene diagnoscitur, bene curatur. ? "Something that is well diagnosed can be cured well."Comment
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