A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper -
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog (Ovid)
A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi -
A precipice in front, wolves behind (Between a rock and a hard place)
Ab asino lanam -
Like getting wool from an ass (Blood from a stone)
Ab imo pectore -
From the bottom of the chest (From the heart) (Julius Caesar)
Ab ove maiori discit arare minor -
From the older ox the younger learns to plow
Ab ovo usque ad mala -
From the egg right to the apple (From the beginning to the end) (Horace)
Abyssus abyssum invocat -
Hell calls hell (One wrong doing causes another)
Acta est fabula -
The drama has been acted out (Augustus)
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora -
Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow (A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush)
Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit -
Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap (Ovid)
Adversus solem ne loquitor -
Don't speak against the sun (Don't waste your time arguing the obvious)
Aegrescit medendo -
The disease worsens with treatment (The remedy is worse than the disease) (Virgil)
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent -
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people (Publius)
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est -
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman (Seneca)
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo -
Setting games aside, let's get on to serious matters (Horace)
An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur? -
Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world? (Pope Julius)
Animis opibusque parati -
Prepared in minds and resources (Ready for anything)
Ascendo tuum -
Up yours
Asinus asinum fricat -
The ass rubs the ass (Two people flattering each other)
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori -
Fortune smiles upon our first effort (Virgil)
Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit -
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill (Cicero)
Audaces fortuna iuvat -
Fortune favours the brave
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam -
I'll either find a way or make one
Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit -
Union gives strength to the humble (Publius)
Beati possidentes -
Blessed are those who possess (Legal doctrine, possession is nine points of the law) (Euripides)
Bella detesta matribus -
Wars, the horror of mothers (Horace)
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere -
To accept a favour is to sell one's freedom (Publius)
Bis pueri senes -
Old men are twice children
Bona fide -
In good faith, genuine, legitimate
Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem -
It is not goodness to be better than the worst (Seneca)
Braccae tuae aperiuntur -
Your fly is open
Callida iunctura -
Skillful joining, careful workmanship (Horace)
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet -
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites (Curtius Rufus)
Carpe Cerevisi -
Seize the beer!
Carpe diem -
Seize the moment (Horace)
Casis tutissima virtus -
Virtue is the safest helmet
Castigat ridendo mores -
One corrects customs by laughing at them
Caveat depascor -
Browser beware!
Cicatrix manet -
The scar remains
Cineri gloria sera est -
Glory paid to ashes comes too late (Martial)
Cito fit quod dei volunt -
What the gods want happens soon (Petronius)
Cogito ergo doleo -
I think therefore I am depressed
Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo -
A giant will keep his size even though he will have stood in a well (Seneca)
Corruptisima re publica plurimae leges -
In the most corrupt state are the most laws (Terence)
Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse -
I think we're on the same wavelength
Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit -
Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better (Tibullus)
Culpam poena premit comes -
Punishment presses hard onto the heels of crime (Horace)
Cum bellum deficit, tum pax imminet -
When the war process breaks down, peace will be imminent (Robert B. Mackay)
Damnant quod non intelligunt -
They condemn what they do not understand
De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum -
Of two evils, the lesser is always to be chosen
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit -
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn (Horace)
Deos enim religuos accepimus, Caesares dedimus -
The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (the rulers) ourselves
Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas -
It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it (Pliny the Younger)
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium -
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence (Seneca)
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet -
He who has begun has the work half done (Horace)
Disce pati -
Learn to endure
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes -
Divine nature gave the fields, human art built the cities (Varro)
Dum loquimor fugerit invida aetas -
Even as we speak, time speeds swiftly away (Horace)
Errare humanum est -
To err is human
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram -
Even one hair has a shadow (Publius)
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo -
He was stirring up billows in a ladle (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero)
Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis melior -
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad (Seneca)
Facile est inventis addere -
It is easy to add to things already invented
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur -
We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole (Seneca)
Fallaces sunt rerum species -
The appearances of things are deceptive (Seneca)
Familia vita est mea ac fortitudo -
My family is my life and my strength
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit -
Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
Fortes fortuna adiuvat -
Fortune favors the brave (Terence)
Gladiator in arena consilium capit -
The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (Too late) (Seneca)
Gutta cavat lapidem -
The drop of water hollows the stone (Ovid)
Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc anglice? -
Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English?
Id legi modo hic modo illic. vero, latine loqui non est difficilissimum -
I picked it up here and there. Really, Latin isn't all that hard
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides -
You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself (Petronius)
In consensus atque unitate stat potentia -
There is strength in unity
In imo animo stat pulchritudo -
Beauty lies in the depths of ones soul
In me fortitudo, virtus, amor studiumque insunt -
I have strength, courage and desire
In omnia paratus -
Ready for anything
In virtute sunt multi ascensus -
In excellence there are many degrees (Cicero)
Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est -
Inhumanity is harmful in every age (Cicero)
Ipsa scientia potestas est -
Knowledge itself is power (Bacon)
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus -
We are slaves of laws so that we can be free (Cicero)
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus -
The burden is made light which is borne well (Ovid)
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -
Men gladly believe that which they wish for (Julius Caesar)
Lingua speciem involutam praebet, sed sat cito eam comprehendes -
It looks like a tricky language, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest -
It's a bad plan that can't be changed (Publius)
Materiam superabat opus -
The workmanship was better than the subject matter (Ovid)
Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant -
Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies (Curtius Rufus)
Mendacem memorem esse oportet -
A liar needs a good memory (Quintilian)
Mus uni non fidit antro -
A mouse does not rely on just one hole (Plautus)
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres -
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word (Horace)
Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum -
Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done (Lucan)
Noli Fumare -
No Smoking
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum -
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via -
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars (Seneca)
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit -
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art (Seneca)
Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi -
Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians (Bacon)
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae -
There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness (Seneca)
Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est -
No generation is closed to great talents (Seneca)
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit -
There is no book so bad that it is not beneficial in some respect (Pliny the Younger)
Nullum est responsum, sed solum optiones -
There are no answers, only choices
Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit? -
Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he? (Cicero)
Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit -
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another
Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset -
You are never so little alone as when you are alone (Cicero)
O praeclarum custodem, ovium lupum! -
An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero)
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam -
All the things which I denied could happen are now happening (Ovid)
Omnia mea mecum porto -
All that is mine, I carry with me (My wisdom is my greatest wealth) (Cicero)
Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura -
Rest without reading is like dying and being buried alive (Seneca)
Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus -
Mountains will be in labour, and an ridiculous mouse will be born (So much work and the result is ridiculous)
Patria est communis omnium parens -
Our fatherland is the common parent of us all (Cicero)
Per varios usus artem experientia fecit -
Through different exercises practice has brought skill (Manilius)
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim -
Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you (Ovid)
Poena par sapientia -
Pain equals wisdom
Possunt quia posse videntur -
They can because they seem to be able to
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire -
A great man can come from a hut (Seneca)
Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit -
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers (Seneca)
Qespondeat superior -
Let the superior answer (A supervisor must take responsibility for the quality of a subordinate's work)
Quaedam iura non scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt -
Some laws are unwritten but they are better established than all written ones (Seneca)
Quam angusta innocentia est, at legem bonum esse -
What a narrow innocence it is, to be good only according to the law (Seneca)
Quam se ipse amans-sine rivali! -
Himself loving himself so much-without a rival! (Cicero)
Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit -
Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it (Seneca)
Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit -
He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow (Ovid)
Qui suam imprimere cupiunt formam, labem solum relinquunt -
Some people wanting to make their mark on the world, merely leave a stain (Robert B. Mackay)
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur -
Why are you laughing? Change the name and the story is about you (Horace)
Quidquid excusatio prandium pro -
Any excuse for lunch
Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur -
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound
Rerum Sapientia custos -
Wisdom is the guardian of all things
Rident stolidi verba latina -
Fools laugh at the Latin language (Ovid)
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est -
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh (Catullus)
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)
Salus populi suprema est lex -
The safety of the people is the highest law (Cicero)
Sane, paululum linguae latinae dico -
Sure, I speak a little Latin
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet -
He who feared he would not succeed sat still (For fear of failure, he did nothing) (Horace)
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes -
If you can read this, you're over educated
Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis! -
How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey (Cicero)
Sona si latine loqueris -
Honk if you speak Latin
Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat -
When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears (Dionysius Cato)
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes -
It is foolish to fear what which you cannot avoid (Publius)
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est -
Delay and procrastination is troublesome (Cicero)
Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas -
Thank you for not smoking
Timendi causa est nescire -
Ignorance is the cause of fear (Seneca)
Trahimur omnes laudis studio -
We are all led on by our eagerness for praise (Cicero)
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito -
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them
Ut sementem feceris, ita metes -
As you sow, so shall you reap (Cicero)
Ventis secundis -
Go with the flow
Veritas odit moras -
Truth hates delay (Seneca)
Vincit omnia veritas -
Truth conquers all
Vincit qui se vincit -
She/he conquers who conquers her/himself
Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit -
A wise man does not urinate against the wind
Virtutem in temporibus infirmitatis inveni -
Find strength in your moments of weakness
Vis consili expers mole ruit sua -
Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight (Discretion is the better part of valor) (Horace)
Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia -
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives (Cicero)
Vitanda est improba siren desidia -
One must avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness (Horace)
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores -
You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me (Petrarch)
