Audaces fortuna juvat - Happiness accompanies the brave.
Cave! - Be careful!
Contra spem spero - I hope without hope.
Cum deo - With God.
Debellare superbos - Suppress pride, recalcitrant.
Dictum factum - No sooner said than done.
Errare humanum est - It is human nature to err.
Est quaedam flere voluptas - There is something of pleasure in tears.
Ex voto - By promise; by vow.
Faciam ut mei memineris - I will make you remember me!
Fatum - Fate, fate.
Fecit - Did, performed.
Finis coronat opus - The end crowns the deed.
Fortes fortuna adjuvat - Fate helps the brave.
Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus - Let us rejoice while we are young.
Gutta cavat lapidem - A drop hollows out a stone.
Naes fac ut felix vivas - Do this to live happily.
Hoc est in votis - That's what I want.
Homo homini lupus est - Man is a wolf to man.
Homo liber - A free person.
Homo res sacra - Man is a sacred thing.
Ignoti nulla cupido - What they don't know, they don't want.
In hac spe vivo - I live with this hope.
In vino veritas - Truth is in wine.
Juravi lingua, mentem injuratam gero - I swore by the tongue, but not by the thought.
Jus vitae ac necis - The right to control life and death.
Magna res est amor - The great thing is love.
Malo mori quam foedari - Better death than dishonor.
Malum necessarium - necessarium - Necessary evil - inevitable.
Memento mori - Remember death!
Memento quod es homo - Remember that you are human.
Me quoque fata regunt - I also submit to fate.
Mortem effugere nemo potest - No one can escape death.
Ne cede malis - Do not lose heart in misfortune.
Nil inultum remanebit - Nothing will remain unavenged.
Noli me tangere - Don't touch me.
Oderint, dum metuant - Let them hate, if only they were afraid.
Omnia mea mecum porto - I carry everything with me.
Omnia vanitas - Everything is vanity!
Per aspera ad astra - Through hardships to the stars.
Pisces natare oportet - A fish needs to swim.
Potius sero quam nunquam - Better late than never.
Procul negotiis - Get out of trouble.
Qui sine peccato est - Who is without sin.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi - What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Quod principi placuit, legis habet vigorem - Whatever the ruler pleases, then has the force of law.
Requiescit in pace - Rest in peace.
Sic itur ad astra - This is how they go to the stars.
Sic volo - So I want.
Silentium Silence.
Supremum vale - Forgive me for the last time.
Suum cuique - To each his own.
Trahit sua quemque voluptas - Everyone is attracted by his passion.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito - Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it.
Ubi bene, ibi patria - Where it is good, there is the homeland.
Unam in armis salutem - The only salvation is in the struggle.
Vale et me ama - Farewell and love me.
Veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw, I conquered.
Via sacra - Holy way.
Virginity is a luxury - Virginity is a luxury.
Vita sene libertate nlhil - Life without freedom is nothing.
Vivere militare est - To live is to fight.
Such a tattoo provides a wonderful opportunity to express oneself, declare one's way and meaning of life, talk about one's feelings and beliefs, express and affirm one's life position, emphasize the hidden line of the soul and the strength of the human spirit.
Such an inscription can be used as a signature or commentary on some drawing or as an independent tattoo. But in the case of phrases in Latin for tattoos, they carry much more meaning than any drawing.
In fact, there are a lot of popular and, I would say, already hackneyed phrases in Latin, but I advise you not to repeat other people's thoughts and someone else's styles, but to express only your own, and let them be understood only by you, or narrow circles of your acquaintances, but they will carry a special meaning. Tattoos in Latin can express all thoughts and feelings, in any way you like. Often, without resorting to meaning, people simply use the beauty of Latin letters, depicting names, dates or titles on themselves. Although the catalogs have a lot of suggestions for ready-made thoughts, words and phrases and their images, a skilled tattoo artist will be able to fill you with any expression in any handwriting and font. This kind of tattoo can, in principle, be located on any part of the body, in any form, and in different colors. It all depends on the desires and style of self-expression of the client.
As tattoos, popular expressions, Latin proverbs, quotes from the Bible and other books are used. But only so that they fit perfectly and become another personal characteristic of the tattoo wearer.
Argumentum ad absurdum.
"Proof of absurdity."
Contumeliam nec ingenuus fert, nec fortis facit.
“An honest person does not tolerate insult, but a courageous person does not inflict it.”
Repetitio est mater studiorum.
"Repetition is the mother of learning."
Damant, quod non intellectual.
"They judge because they don't understand."
"From the heart."
O sancta simplicitas.
"Oh, holy simplicity."
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
“I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.”
Ad impossibilia lex non cogit.
"The law does not require the impossible."
Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis.
“When one dog barks, another immediately barks.”
Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas.
"Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer."
Natura non nisi parendo vincitur.
"Nature is conquered only by obeying it."
Omne ignotum pro magnifico.
"Everything unknown seems grand."
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
“Blessings rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities.”
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
“Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.”
"With good intentions."
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
"Each person is prone to error, but only a fool is prone to persist in error."
De gustibus non disputandum est.
"Tastes could not be discussed."
Condition sine qua non.
"Required condition."
Consuetudo est altera natura.
"Habit is second nature."
Carum quod rarum.
"Expensive is what is rare."
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere.
"The acceptance of remuneration for the administration of justice is not so much acceptance as extortion."
Aut vincere, aut mori.
"Either win or die."
Aequitas enim lucet per se.
"Justice shines on its own."
Citius, altius, fortius.
"Faster, higher, stronger."
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
“All of us, when healthy, easily give advice to the sick.”
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
"Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor."
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
"Listen a lot, talk a little."
Divide et impera.
"Divide and rule."
Veterrimus homini optimus amicus est.
"The oldest friend is the best."
Homo homini lupus est.
"Man is a wolf to man."
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
"About the dead or good, or nothing."
Bonis quod bene fit haud perit.
"What is done for good people is never done in vain."
Vestis virum reddit.
“Clothes make the man, clothes make the man.”
Deus ipse se fecit.
"God created himself."
Vivere est cogitare.
"To live is to think."
"Good luck!"
Fac fideli sis fidelis.
"Be loyal to the one who is loyal to you."
Antiquus amor cancer est.
"Old love is not forgotten."
Vox p?puli vox D?i.
"The voice of the people is the voice of God."
Consumor aliis inserviendo.
“Serving others, I waste myself; shining on others, I burn myself.
Calamitas virtutis occasio.
"Disaster is the touchstone of valor."
Dura lex, sed lex.
"The law is strong, but it's law."
Vir excelso animo.
"A man of exalted soul."
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides.
"Trust given to the treacherous allows him to harm."
Corruptio optimi pessima.
"The worst fall is the fall of the purest."
Dura lex, sed lex.
"The law is harsh, but it is the law."
Quotes in Latin with translation
“With agreement, small things grow; with discord, even great things fall into decay.”
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.
"The one who lived imperceptibly lived well."
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
"Acts are stronger than words."
Veni, vidi, vici.
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Consensu omnium.
"By common consent."
Vir bonus semper tiro.
"A decent person is always a simpleton."
Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem.
"Knowledge of the laws is not to remember their words, but to understand their meaning."
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
"A good name is better than great wealth."
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
“I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.”
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
"There is no cure for love."
Vox emissa volat; litera scripta manet.
What is said disappears, what is written remains.
"Memento Mori."
Deffuncti injuria ne afficiantur.
"The offense of the dead is beyond the jurisdiction."
Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat.
"He who argues with the drunk, he fights with the absent."
Bis dat, qui cito dat
“The one who gives quickly gives twice.”
Quod non alphabet principium, non alphabet finem.
"What has no beginning has no end."
Errare humanum est.
"Humans tend to make mistakes."
Memoria est signatarum rerum in mente vestigium.
"Memory is the trace of things fixed in thought."
Facilis descensus averni.
"The ease of descending into the underworld."
Poeta nascitur non fit.
"Poets are born, not made."
Audi, vide, size.
"Listen, look, shut up."
Sivis pacem para bellum.
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo.
"By concealment, vice is nourished and sustained."
Ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent.
“The outcome of big cases often depends on small things.”
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro.
"He who wants to learn without a book draws water with a sieve."
Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur.
“When there is agreement, small things grow; when there is disagreement, great things are destroyed.”
Descensus averno facilis est.
Phrases in Latin still attract young people and girls. There is something alluring in these words and letters, some kind of mysterious meaning. Each quote has its own story, its own author, its own time. Just think about the words: "Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes"; this phrase means - "I did everything I could, whoever can, let him do better" and refers to ancient Roman times, when the consuls chose their successors. Or: "Aliis inserviendo consumor", which means - "serving others I waste myself"; the meaning of this inscription was self-sacrifice, they wrote it under a candle. She also met in many old editions and collections of various symbols.
Winged Latin expressions
Latin proverbs - aphorisms in Latin; their authorship is usually attributed to prominent ancient Roman citizens. Latin proverbs are pronounced precisely in Latin; it is believed that a sufficiently educated person should understand them. Many Latin proverbs were actually translated from ancient Greek.
Abecendarium- Alphabet, dictionary.
Abiens, abi- Leaving go.
Abususnontollitusum- Abuse does not cancel the use.
Ab initio from the beginning, from the beginning
Ab origine- from the very beginning, from the very beginning
Abovousqueadmala- From the beginning to the end.
Advocatus Dei- Advocate of God.
Advocatus diaboli- Devil's Advocate.
Adexemplum- according to the sample; for example
Adusum- To use, to use.
Adusumexternum- For outdoor use.
Adusuminternum- For internal use.
Alea jacta est- The die is cast; an irrevocable decision is made (Caesar).
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus and tergo nostra sunt- Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs; in someone else's eye you see a straw, in your own you do not notice even a log.
A linea- A new line.
Alibi- in the other place
Alma mater- Nursing mother.
Altera pars- Other side.
alter ego- My double, the other me - it is said about a friend (Pythagoras).
Agnus Dei- Lamb of God.
Amat victoria curam. - Victory loves effort.
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. - Plato is dear to me, but the truth is even dearer.
Amicus cognoscitur amore, more, ore, re- A friend is known by love, disposition, word, deed.
Amor caecus- Love is blind
Amor vincit omnia- love conquers all
Anni currentis (A. With.). - This year.
Anni futuri (a. f.). - Next year.
A posteriori. - Based on experience, based on experience.
A priori. - In advance.
Arbor vitae- the tree of Life
Arslongavitabrevisest- the field of science is limitless, and life is short; art is long, life is short (Hippocrates)
Audaces fortuna juvat- Fate helps the brave (Virgil)
Aurea mediocritas. - The golden mean.
Audacia pro muro habetur. - Cheek brings success.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil. - All, or nothing, or Caesar, or nothing.
Avis rara. - A rare bird, a rarity.
Aquila non captat muscas. - The eagle doesn't catch flies.
Audi, vide, sile. - Listen, look, be quiet.
Aqua et papis, vita canis…- Bread and water - a dog's life ...
Ad futuram memoriam. - For the long memory.
Barbacrescit, caputnescit. - The beard has grown, but there is no mind.
Bis dat, qui cito dat- who gives quickly, he will give twice; doubly gives the one who gives quickly (Publius Syr)
Bellum frigidum. - Cold War.
Bis. - Twice.
Brevi manual- without delay, without formalities (literally: with a short hand)
Caesar ad Rubiconem- Caesar before the Rubicon - about a man who has to make an important decision.
Caesarum citra Rubiconem- Caesar on the other side of the Rubicon - about a man who successfully accomplished the most important thing.
Caecus non judicat de colore- Let the blind man not judge the colors.
caput mundi- the head of the world, the center of the universe; we are talking about Ancient Rome as the capital of the world empire.
carissimo amico- dearest friend.
Carpe diem- Seize the day; enjoy every day; do not put off until tomorrow what you must do today (Horace)
Casus- case.
Casus belli- a reason for war, for conflict.
Cave!- be careful!
Citius, altius, fortius!- faster, higher, stronger! (motto of the Olympic Games).
Cogito, ergo sum I think, therefore I am (Descartes)
Cognosce te ipsum - Know yourself.
Concordia victoriam gignit- agreement breeds victory.
Consuetudo est altera natura - habit is second nature.
Credo- I believe; confession; symbol of faith; belief.
Chirurgus curat manu armata- The surgeon treats with an armed hand.
Curriculum vitae- biography, brief information about life, biography (literally: the run of life)
Cum tacent, clamant- Their silence is a loud cry (Cicero).
Dum spiro, spero- While I breathe I hope.
Exnihilo nihil- Nothing comes from nothing.
De die in diem- from day to day
De (ex) nihilo nihil- from nothing - nothing; nothing comes from nothing (Lucretius)
De facto- In fact, in fact.
De jure- Legally, legally.
De lingua slulta incommoda multa- Because of empty words there are big troubles.
De mortuis aut bene aut nihil- Do not slander the dead.
Deus ex machina- unexpected intervention (lit.; god from the machine) (Socrates)
Dictum - factum- No sooner said than done.
Dies diem docet- Day teaches day.
Divide and impera- Divide and rule.
Dixi- He said, everything is said, there is nothing to add.
Do manus- I give you my hands, I vouch.
Dum docent, discunt- Learn, learn.
Dum spiro, spero. - While I breathe I hope.
Duralex, sedlex- The law is strong, but it's law; law is law.
Elephantum ex musca facis- make an elephant out of a fly
Epistula non erubescit- paper does not blush, paper endures everything (Cicero)
Errare humanum est- humans tend to make mistakes
est modus in rebus- everything has a limit; everything has its measure (Horace)
Ettu, Brutě! – And you Brute! (Caesar)
Exegi monumentum- I erected a monument to myself (Horace)
Exempli gratia (f. g.)- For example
extra muros- publicly
Fabulafactaest-It is done.
Fama clamosa- Loud glory.
Fata volat!- Rumor flies.
Festina lente!- Hurry up slowly!
Fiat lux!- Let there be light!
Folio verso (f.v.)- On the next page
Gutta cavat lapidem- a drop sharpens a stone (Ovid)
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro- He who wants to study without a book draws water with a sieve.
Haud semper errat fama. - Rumor is not always wrong.
Historia magistra vitae- history is a teacher of life
Nose est (h.e.)- that is, it means
Hoc erat in fatis- It was meant to be.
Homo homini lupus est- man wolf to man
Homo ornat locum, non locus hominem- it is not the place that makes the man, but the man the place
Homo sapiens- intelligent person
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto I am human and nothing human is alien to me
In vino veritas- The truth is in the wine.
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia- there is victory, where there is consent
Ignorantia non est argumentum- ignorance is not an argument.
Ignis, Mare, milier – triamala- Fire, sea, woman - these are 3 misfortunes.
Incognito - secretly hiding his real name
Index- pointer, list
Index librum - book list
In folio - in a whole sheet(meaning the largest book format)
Inter caecos, lustus rex - Among the blind is the one-eyed king.
Inter arma tacent musae- Muses are silent among weapons.
Invia est in medicina via sine lingua latina- the path in medicine is impassable without the Latin language
In vitro- in a vessel, in a test tube
in vivo- on a living organism
Ipse dixit- "he said" (about immutable authority)
Juris Consultus- legal adviser.
Jus civile- Civil law.
Jus commune- Common law.
Jus criminale- Criminal law.
Labor corpus firmat- Labor strengthens the body.
Lapsus- Mistake, miss.
Littera scripta manet- Written remains.
Lupus in fabula- Light in sight (lit.: like a wolf in a fable).
Lupusnonmordetlupum- The wolf does not bite the wolf.
Magistra vitae- Teacher of life.
Magister Dixit- That's what the teacher said.
Magistra vitae- Teacher of life.
Mala herba cito crescit- Bad grass grows fast.
Manu propri- By hand.
Manuscriptum- Written by hand, manuscript.
Manus manum lavat- The hand washes the hand.
Margaritas ante porcas- Throw beads in front of pigs.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. My fault, my greatest fault.
Media and remedia. - Ways and means.
Medice, cura te ipsum. - Doctor, heal yourself.
memento mori. - Memento Mori.
Mensis currentis. - current month.
Mente et malleo. - Mind and hammer (the motto of geologists).
Meo voto. - In my opinion.
Minimum. - The smallest
modus agendi. - Mode of action.
modus vivendi. - Lifestyle.
Multum vinum bibere, non diu vivere. - Drink a lot of wine, live a short time.
Mutato nomine. - Under a different name.
Natura sanat, medicus curat nature heals, the doctor heals
Nemojudexincausesua no one is a judge in their own case
Nemoomniapotestscire“No one can know everything.
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. - Not for school, but for life we study.
Noli me tangere- Don't touch me.
Nonrexestlex, sedlexestrex. - The ruler is not the law, but the law is the ruler.
Nomen nescio (N.N.)- some face
Nota bene (NB)- pay attention
Nullacalamitassola- Misfortune never comes alone.
Omniameamecumporto- I carry everything with me
Opus citatum- cited essay
Oh tempora, oh mores!- about times, about morals!
Otium post negotium- Rest after work.
Paupertas non est vitium- Poverty is not a vice
Pecunianonolet- money does not smell (Emperor Vespasian)
Per aspera ad astra- Through hardship to the stars!
Perfasetnefas- by hook or by crook
personagrata- a diplomatic representative; desirable personality.
Perpetuum mobile- perpetual motion
post factum- after the event
Proetcontra- pros and cons
Pro dose- at one time (single dose of medication)
Proform- for form, for decency, for appearance
Promemory- for memory, in memory of something
Periculumestin mora!- Danger in delay!
Quasi- quasi, supposedly, imaginary.
Qui aures alphabet, auditory- He who has ears, let him hear.
Quid prodest- who benefits from it? To whom is it useful?
Qui pro quo- one instead of the other, a misunderstanding.
Qui scribit, bis legis- who writes, he reads twice.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi- what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Qui quaerit reperit- who seeks - he will find.
Repetitio est mater studiorum- repetition is the mother of learning.
Sapientisat- reasonable is enough; smart will understand.
Scientia potentia est- knowledge is power
Sol lucet omnibus- the sun shines for everyone
Scio me nihil scire- I know that I know nothing.
Si vis pacem, para bellum If you want peace, prepare for war.
Serva me, servabo te. - You to me, I to you.
Satis verborum!- Enough words!
Sic transit gloria mundi- this is how earthly glory passes
Si vales, bene est, ego valeo- If you are healthy - good, I'm healthy
status quo- existing order of things
Tabula rasa.- Blank board.
Taedium vitae.- Aversion to life.
Tarde venientibus ossa. - Latecomers - bones.
Tempora mutantur et nos mutantur in illis- Times change and we change with them (Ovid).
Tempori Parce- Save time.
Tempus nemini- Time waits for no one.
Terra incognita- Unknown land.
Tertium non datur- There is no third.
Timeo danaos and dona ferentes- I'm afraid of the Danes, even those who bring gifts
Tres faciunt collegium- Three make up a board.
Tuto, cito, jucunde- Safe, fast, pleasant.
Ubi bene, ibi patria- "Where it is good, there is the homeland" - the saying is attributed to the Roman tragedian Pacuvius.
Ubi mel, ibi fel- Where there is honey, there is bile, i.e. there is no bad without good.
Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered.
Vivere est cogitare To live is to think.
Vae victis- Woe to the vanquished.
Veto- I forbid
Volens nolens– Willy-nilly; you want - you don't want.
Vox populi, vox Dei The voice of the people is the voice of God.
Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo - a drop hammers a stone not by force, but by frequent falling
Fortiter ac firmiter - Strong and strong
Aucupia verborum sunt judice indigna - literalism is below the dignity of a judge
Benedicite! - Good afternoon!
Quisque est faber sua fortunae - every blacksmith of his own happiness
Read the continuation of the best aphorisms and quotes on the pages:
Natura incipit, ars dirigit usus perficit - nature begins, art directs, experience perfects.
Scio me nihil scire - I know that I know nothing
Potius sero quam nun quam - Better late than never.
Decipi quam fallere est tutius - Better to be deceived than to deceive another
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori "- Love conquers everything, and we submit to love
Dura lex, sed lex - the law is harsh, but it's the law
Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning.
O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity
Quod non habet principium, non habet finem - that which has no beginning has no end
Facta sunt potentiora verbis - actions are stronger than words
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere - Acceptance of remuneration for the administration of justice is not so much acceptance as extortion
Bene sit tibi! - Good luck!
Homo homini lupus est - man to man wolf
Aequitas enim lucet per se - justice shines on its own
citius, altius, fortius! - Faster, higher, stronger
AMOR OMNIA VINCIT - Love conquers everything.
Qui vult decipi, decipiatur - whoever wants to be deceived, let him be deceived
disce gaudere - Learn to rejoice
Quod licet jovi, non licet bovi - what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull
Sogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I am
Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis - when one dog barks, another immediately barks
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus - All of us, when healthy, easily give advice to the sick.
Aut bene, aut nihil - Either good or nothing
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro - He who wants to learn without a book draws water with a sieve
Bona mente - With good intentions
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides
Igni et ferro - With fire and iron
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit - the one who lived unnoticed lived well
Amor non est medicabilis herbis - there is no cure for love (love is not treated with herbs)
Senectus insanabilis morbus est - Old age is an incurable disease.
De mortuis autbene, aut nihil - about the dead or good or nothing
A communi observantia non est recedendum - what is accepted by all cannot be neglected
Intelligenti pauca - The wise will understand
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas - truth in wine, health in water.
Vis recte vivere? Quis non? - Do you want to live well? And who doesn't want to?
Nihil habeo, nihil curo - I have nothing - I don't care about anything
Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem - knowledge of the laws is not to remember their words, but to understand their meaning
Ad notam - For a note, note
Panem et circenses - Bread and Circuses
DIXI ET ANIMAM LEVAVI - I said and relieved my soul.
Sivis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war
Corruptio optimi pessima - the worst fall is the fall of the purest
Veni, vidi vici - I came, I saw, I conquered
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem - the wolf changes the coat, not the nature
Ex animo - From the heart
Divide et impera - divide and conquer
Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo - by covering up vice is nourished and maintained
AUDI, MULTA, LOQUERE PAUCA - listen a lot, talk a little.
Is fecit cui prodest - Made by the one who benefits
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem - the wolf changes the coat, not the nature
Ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short
Castigat ridento mores - Laughter castigates morals "
De duobus malis minimum eligendum - one must choose the lesser of two evils
Desipere in loco - Go crazy where it's appropriate
Bonum factum! - For good and happiness!
In maxima potentia minima licentia - the stronger the power, the less freedom
Usus est optimus magister - experience is the best teacher
Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning
Fac fideli sis fidelis - Be faithful to the one who is faithful (to you)
DOCENDO DISCIMUS - by teaching, we ourselves learn.
Memento mori - remember death.
Вis dat, qui cito dat - he who gives quickly gives twice
Mens sana in corpore sano - in a healthy body - a healthy mind.
Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule without exceptions.
Erare humanum est, stultum est in errore perseverare - it is human nature to make mistakes, stupid - to persist in a mistake
Primus inter pares - First among equals
Festina lente - hurry slowly
omnia praeclara rara - Everything beautiful is rare
Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning.
Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas - Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae - a good name is better than great wealth.
Ipsa scientia potestas est - knowledge itself is power
FRONTI NULLA FIDES - don't trust looks!
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides - trust given to the treacherous allows him to harm
Qui nimium properat, serius ab solvit - whoever is in a hurry, he will later cope with business
Cornu copiae - Cornucopia
Dulce laudari a laudato viro - It is pleasant to receive praise from a person worthy of praise
dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope
Feci auod potui, faciant meliora potentes - I did what I could, whoever can, let him do better
Dum spiro, spero - while I breathe, I hope
Abusus non tollit usum - abuse does not cancel use
Aliis inserviendo consumor - serving others, I burn myself
Fortunam citius reperifs, quam retineas / Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fiat lux - Let there be light
AUDIATUR ET ALTERA PARS - you should listen to the other side.
Melius sero quam nunquam - better late than never
Et tu quoque, Brute! - And you Brute!
Ad impossibilia lex non cogit - the law does not require the impossible
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.
Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.
Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Aliis inserviendo consumer.
By serving others I waste myself.
(The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.)
Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love is not cured by herbs.
(i.e. there is no cure for love. Ovid, "Heroides")
Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.
Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Or Caesar, or nothing.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
Good deeds rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities.
(Cicero)
Calamitas virtutis occasio.
Calamity is the touchstone of valor.
(Seneca)
carpe diem.
Seize the day.
(Horace)
Usually translated as Seize the Moment, although Seize the Day is more accurate.
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.
Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).
Cogitationes poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody is punished for thinking.
(One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta))
Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
(The position from which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind. Rene Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy", I, 7, 9.)
Conscientia mille testes.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
(Latin proverb)
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to a person.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
Every person is prone to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.
De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes could not be discussed.
(Compare Russian. There is no comrade for the taste and color.)
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead or good, or nothing.
(A probable source is Chilo's saying "do not slander the dead".)
Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.
Divide et impera.
Divide and rule.
(Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.)
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy?
(Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390)
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Destiny leads the one who wants to go, drags the unwilling one.
(A saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.)
Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law.
(No matter how harsh the law is, it must be obeyed.)
Dum spiro, spero!
While I breathe I hope!
Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
(From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.)
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
You have to eat to live, not live to eat.
(A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”)
Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor.
Pain makes even the innocent lie.
(Publius, "Sentences")
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of the evils.
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.
factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did my best, who can, let him do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their accounting speech, transferring authority to the successor.)
Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.
Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
flagrant delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.
Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).
Fortes fortuna adjuvat.
Fate helps the brave.
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling.
(Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!
Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice.
(Martial, "Epigrams")
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People trust their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.
Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
The more people have, the more they want to have.
Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.
Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf.
(Plavt, "Donkeys")
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself.
(Publius, Maxims)
Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.
In aeternum.
Forever, forever.
Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!
In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.
Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect terrible (literally: "unspeakable") pain
(that is, to talk about the sad past).
(Virgil, Aeneid)
Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.
In pace.
Peace, peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memory.
In memory.
In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In times of peace, lions; in battle, deer.
(Tertullian, "About the wreath")
Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
In vino veritas.
The truth is in wine.
(Compare Pliny the Elder: "It is customary to attribute guilt to truthfulness.")
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.
In vitium ducit culpae fuga.
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another.
(Horace, "The Science of Poetry")
In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.
Ira furor brevis est.
Anger is a momentary insanity.
(Horace, "Messages")
Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.
Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.
Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus.
The load becomes light when you carry it with humility.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet.
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter what it comes from.
(Juvenal, "Satires")
Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.
Manus manum lavat.
The hand washes the hand.
(A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.
Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.
memento mori.
Memento Mori.
(The form of greeting that the monks of the Trappist order exchanged when they met. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense, of imminent danger.)
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our destiny depends on our morals.
Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death does not know the law, takes both the king and the poor.
Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.
Mortem effugere nemo potest.
Nobody can escape death.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Nothing is safe in every way
(i.e. there is no complete well-being Horace, "Odes").
Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers.
(Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.
Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid.
(The words of Atreus from the tragedy Action named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.)
Odi et amo.
I hate and love.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
Everything unknown is majestic.
(Tacitus, Agricola)
Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.
Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants tried to take more of their things on the run, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. "I do so, because I carry everything with me," he replied, meaning their spiritual wealth.
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare.
(Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.
Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.
Optimum medicamentum quies est.
The best medicine is peace.
(Medical aphorism, authored by a Roman physician
Aulus Cornelius Celsus.)
Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
(Through difficulties to a high goal.)
Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool.
(Medieval proverb.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Persona grata.
Desirable person or trustworthy person.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
Primus interpares.
First among equals.
(A formula characterizing the position of a monarch in a feudal state.)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.
Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed.
(Compare Russian. Silence is a sign of consent.)
Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis cautum est in horas.
No one can know when to watch out for which danger.
Quo quisque sapientior est, eo solet esse modestior.
The smarter a person is, the more modest he is usually.
Quod cito fit, cito perit.
What is soon done, soon falls apart.
Quomodo fabula, sic vita; non quam diu, sed quam bene acta sit refert.
Life is like a play in a theatre; what matters is not how long it lasts, but how well it is played.
Respue quod non es.
Drop what is not you.
Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
(Latin translation of the loosely interpreted words of Socrates. Cf. Russian. Learn a century, you will die a fool.)
Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
One day we all go crazy.
Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.
Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.
Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if everything, then not me.
(i.e. Even if everyone will, I won't)
Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(Source - Vegetius. Also compare Cicero: "If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war.")
Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over yourself.
Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices in like.
Sic itur ad astra.
This is how they go to the stars.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines on everyone.
Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother deserves love, a father deserves respect.
Sua cuique fortuna in manu est.
Everyone has their own destiny in their hands.
Suum cuique.
To each his own
(i.e., to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his merits, Regulation of Roman law).
Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we appreciate it even in the enemy.
Tanto brevius omne tempus, quanto felicius est.
The faster time flies, the happier it is.
Tantum possumus, quantum scimus.
We can do as much as we know.
Tarde venientibus ossa.
Who comes late - the bones.
(Latin proverb)
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
Times change and we change with them.
Tempus fugit.
Time is running out.
Terra incognita.
unknown land
(trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area on ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated as such).
Tertium non datur.
There is no third; there is no third.
(In formal logic, this is how one of the four laws of thinking is formulated - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed positions are given, of which one affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there will be a third, middle judgment between them can not.)
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!
Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it!
Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis.
Where you are not capable of anything, you should not want anything.
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be worthy of love.
Utatur motu animi qui uti ratione non potest.
Whoever cannot follow the dictates of the mind, let him follow the movements of the soul.
Varietas dellectat.
Variety is fun.
Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.
Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnaces.)
Veni, vidi, fugi.
I came, I saw, I ran. :)
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated.
(Claudian, "On the sixth consulship of Honorius")
Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.
Viva vox alit plenius.
Living speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., oral presentation is more successfully absorbed than written).
Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.
Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe by the power of truth during my lifetime.
Vivere est agere.
To live means to act.
Vivere est vincere.
To live means to win.
