 | Term | Definition |
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Timeo hominem unius libri |
I fear a man of one book. |
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Tu ne cede malis sed contra audacius ito |
Yield not to misfortunes but go all the more boldly against them. |
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Verba volant; scripta manent |
Spoken words fly away; written, though, they last. |
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Vincit qui se vincit |
He conquers who conquers himself. |
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Omnia mutantur; omnia fluuntur; quod fuimus aut sumus, cras non erimus |
Everything changes; everything is in flux; what we were, or what we are, tomorrow we will not be. |
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Dum vita est, spes est |
Where there is life, there is hope. |
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Aequum animum in rebus difficilibus serva |
Keep a level head in hard times. |
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Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium |
Diligence is a very great help even for an average intelligence. |
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Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus |
Light is the burden, which is well borne. |
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Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare |
He who wants to give little ought not to ask for much. |
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Damnant quod non intellegunt |
They condemn what they do not understand. |
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Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit |
He who fears every ambush falls into none. |
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Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant |
All obey cheerfully when worthy men rule. |
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Actum ne agas |
You should not do something done. |
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Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo |
A drop hollows out the stone, not by force, but by falling often. |
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Intellegenti pauca |
Only a few words suffice for a person understanding. |
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Melius frangi quam flecti |
Better to be broken than to be bent. |
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Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet |
No one is more deaf than he who will not listen. |
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Multum, non multa |
Much, not many. |
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Labor omnia vincit |
Toil conquers all. |
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Omnia amor vincit |
Love conquers all. |
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Turbam vita; Cum illis vive qui te meliorem facere possunt; illos admitte quos tu potes facere meliores |
Avoid the crowd. Live with those who can make you better; allow to yourself those whom you can make better. |
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Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur |
A true friend is seeing in an uncertain situation. |
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Qui timens vivet liber non erit umquam |
He who lives in fear will never be free. |
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Adulescens sperat de diu victurum esse; senex potest dicere se diu vixisse |
The young man hopes that he will live for a long time; the old man is able to say that he has lived for a long time. |
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Arma togae cedant |
Arms should yield to the toga. |
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Corpus enim multis rebus eget ut valeat; Animus se ipse alit |
For the body needs many things to be strong; The mind itself nourishes itself. |
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Curemus ne poena maior sit quam culpa; Prohibenda autem maxime est ira in puniendo |
Let us take care that the punishment be not greater than the crime; Anger must especially be prohibited in the punishing. |
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Fama vires aequirit eundo |
Rumor gains strength as it travels. |
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Me saevis catendis onerat |
He burdens me with savage chains. |
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Secundus nulli |
Second to none. |
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Calamitas virtutis occasio |
Disaster is an opportunity for virtue. |
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Is non male cadit qui validior casu surgit |
He falls not badly who rises stronger from the fall. |
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Res age et tute eris |
Do things and you will be safe. |
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Semel insani vimus omnes |
We all have been insane once. |
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Spectatum veniunt; veniunt spectentur ut ipsae |
They come to watch; they come so that they themselves may be watched. |
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Qui dedit benefactum taceat; narret qui accepit |
Let him who gave the kindness be silent; let him who received it tell of it. |
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Trahimur omnes laudis studio |
We are all drawn by the enthusiasm for praise. |
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Cave quod dicis, quando, cui |
Beware what you say, when, and to whom. |
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Libenter feras quod necesse; dolor patientia vincitur |
You should endure willingly that which is necessary; because grief is overcome by enduring. |
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Vox, et praeterea nihil |
A voice, and nothing else. |
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Vultus est index animi |
The face is the indicator of a soul. |
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Facta non verba |
Deeds, not words. |
