LATIN QUOTES


Once


upon



time

on the island of

Minotaur



Omnia ARCHITECTURE

mundi NYPAIRS

fumus

et

umbra



Melius FAMILY

frangi 
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quam BBBBBBBBBBBBBB

flecti CCCCCCCCCCCCC




Veni UPTOWN

Vidi DOWNTOWN

volo BROOKLYN

in domum QUEENS

redire BRONX



Acta TRANSACTA

est ISTANBUL

fabula NOIR

plaudite ! WEDDINGS



credo AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

quia AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

absurdum AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA










Credo quia absurdum - I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian) 


Natura, artis magistra - Nature, the mistress of art

Vox populi, vox Dei - The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public opinion is obligatory)

Melius frangi quam flecti - It is better to break than to bend

Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain

Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit - He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared

Adversus solem ne loquitor - Don't speak against the sun (don't waste your time arguing the obvious)

Amicus verus est rara avis - A true friend is a rare bird

Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)

Astra inclinant, non necessitant - The stars incline; they do not determine

Aut vincere aut mori - Either conquer or die

Ut humiliter opinor - In my humble opinion

Ubi bene, ibi patria - Where you feel good, there is your home

Certum est, quia impossibile - It is certain, because it is impossible. (Tertullianus)

Commune periculum concordiam parit - Common danger brings forth harmony

Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam - Medicine is the art of guessing. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)

Sub sole nihil novi est - There's nothing new under the sun

Credo quia absurdum - I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian)

Extinctus amabitur idem - The same [hated] man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget. 

Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is more than merely staying alive

Vanitas vanitatum, omnis vanitas - Vanity of vanities, all is vanity

Fabas indulcet fames - Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good!

Frater, ave atque vale - Brother, hello and good-bye


Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est - The wrath of the gods may be great, but it certainly is slow

Non sibi, sed patriae - Not for you, but for the fatherland

Vox clamantis in deserto - Voice crying in the desert

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