Here's some more proverbs for you guys to learn by heart!
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Absentem laedit, cum ebrio qui litigat. (Pub. Syrus)
Who argues with a drunken man harms one who isn't really there.

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper. (Ovid)
A boar is sometimes held by a small dog.

"Accipe! Sume! Cape!" sunt verba placentia cuique. (Werner)
"Accept! Use! Take!" are words pleasing to everyone.

Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt. (Ovid)
Mortal acts never deceive the gods.

Actio recta non erit, nisi recta fuerit voluntas. (Seneca)
It will not be a proper act unless the wish has been proper.

A fonte puro pura defluit aqua. (anon.)
Pure water flows from a pure spring.

Ames parentem, si aequus est; si aliter, feras. (Publius Syrus)
Love your father, if he is just; if he is otherwise, bear with him.

Amicum an nomen habeas, aperit calamitas. (Pub. Syrus)
Calamity discloses whether you have a friend in deed or a friend in name only.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. (Ennius)
A sure friend is discerned in an unsure situation.

Amor gignit amorem. (anon.)
Love creates love.

Amphora sub veste numquam portatur honeste. (Werner)
A jug is never carried under one's coat for an honest reason.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum. (Seneca)
You should change your spirit, not your environment.

Antequam voceris, ne accesseris. (Dionysius Cato)
Do not come before you are called.

Ante senectutem curavi ut bene viverem, in senectute ut bene moriar. Bene autem mori est libenter mori. (Seneca)
Before I was old I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well. And dying well is dying willingly.

Antiqua veste pauper vestitur honeste. (Werner)
A poor man is honestly clad in old clothes.

Ars longa, vita brevis. (Hippocrates)
The skill (of medicine) is long, the life (of patient and doctor) is short.

Aspiciunt oculis superi mortalia justis. (Ovid)
The gods behold mortal acts with just eyes.

Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus. (Anon.)
The stars rule men, but God rules the stars.

Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor. (Pub. Syrus)
Courage increases through daring, fear through delay.

Audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere in pace. (Medieval)
Listen, watch, be silent if you wish to live in peace.

Aut amat aut odit mulier: nil est tertium. (Pub. Syrus)
A woman either hates or loves: there is nothing in between.

Aut bibeat aut abeat. (Cicero)
Either drink or get out.

Aut disce aut discede. (Anon.?)
Either learn or leave.

Aut inveniam viam aut faciam. (Motto)
I will either find a way or make one.

Bene ferre magnam disce fortunam. (Horace)
Learn to bear good fortune well.

Bestia quaeque suos natos cum laude coronat. (Werner)
Each beast crowns her own chidren with honor.

Bona opinio hominum tutior pecunia est. (Pub. Syrus)
A good reputation among men is safer than money.

Bonum certamen certavi, cursum consummavi, fidem servavi. (2 Timothy)
I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

Bonus animus in mala re dimidium est mali. (Plautus)
A good heart in a bad situation is half the solution of the problem.

Bonus vir nemo est nisi qui bonus est omnibus. (Pub. Syrus)
No one is a good man unless one who is good to all.

Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis fit longior. (Pub. Syrus)
Short as life is, evils make it seem long.

Caelum, non animum, mutant qui trans mare currunt. (Horace)
Those who cross the sea change their environment, not themselves.

Calamitas virtutis occasio est. (Seneca)
Disaster is an opportunity for bravery.

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet. (Curtius)
The timid dog barks more than he bites.

Cato dixit litterarum radices amaras esse, fructus jucundiores. (Diomedes)
Cato said that the roots of study were bitter, but the fruit was quite delightful.

Cede repugnanti: cedendo victor abibis. (Ovid)
Yield to one who fights back, by yielding you will go away as victor.

Certa mittimus dum incerta petimus. (Plautus)
We lose what is sure while seeking what is unsure.

Cito fit, quod di volunt. (Petronius)
What the gods want happens quickly.

Cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris;


at si laxaris, cum voles, erit utilis. (Phaedrus)
You will quickly break the bow if you always keep it bent;

but if you relax it, the bow will be useful when you want it.

Cogito, ergo sum. (Descartes)
I think; therefore I exist.

Cogitur ad lacrimas oculos, dum cor dolet intus. (Wemer)
The eye is driven to tears when the heart grieves within.

Concordia, integritate, industria. (motto)
Harmony, integrity, industry.

Constantia et virtute. (motto)
Constancy and virtue.

Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis. (Dionysius Cato)
Against the wordy contend not with words.

Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis. (Werner)
There is no medicine in the garden against the power of death.

Credula vitam spes fovet et fore cras semper ait melius. (Tibullus)
Credulous hope cherishes life and always says that tommorrow will be better.

Crudelis lacrimis pascitur, non frangitur. (Pub. Syrus)
The cruel person is nourished, not broken, by tears.

Crudelitatis mater est avaritia. (Quintilian)
Greed is the mother of cruelty.

Crux stat dum volvitur orbis. (Motto of Carthusians)
The cross stands still while the world tums.

Cui deest pecunia, huic desunt omnia. (Anon.)
To whom money is lacking, to him is lacking everything.

Cui Fortuna favet multos amicos habet. (Anon.)
He whom Fortune favors has many friends.

Decet verecundum esse adulescentem. (Plautus)
It is fitting for a young man to be respectful.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio. (Publius Syrus)
Opportunity often vanishes through excessive deliberation.

De minimis non curat lex. (Legal)
The law doesn't concern itself with trifles.

Deo, Regi, Patriae. (Motto)
For God, for King, and for Country.

Deo volente. (Commonplace [James?])
If God is willing.

De sapienti viro facit ira virum cito stultum. (Werner)
Anger quickly makes a stupid man out of a wise one.

Deus superbis resistit; humilibus autem dat gratiam. (1 Peter)
God resists the haughty; but he gives grace to the humble.

Deus vult! (Battle cry of the first crusade)
God wills it!

Dicere .. solebat nullum esse librum tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset. (Pliny)
(My uncle) used to say that no book was so bad it wasn't useful in some part.

Dies dolorem minuit. (Burton)
Time decreases grief.

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet. (Horace)
He who has begun has the job half done.

Disce quasi semper victurus; vive quasi cras moriturus. (Anon.)
Learn as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Dis proximus ille est quem ratio, non ira, movet. (Claudian)
Next to the gods is the person influenced by reason and not anger.

Diu apparandum est bellum, ut vincas celerius. (Pub. Syrus)
War should be prepared long in advance that you may win more quickly.

Divina natura dedit agros; ars humana aedificavit urbes. (Varro)
Divine nature gave the fields; human skill built the cities.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (Horace)
It is pleasant and proper to die for one's country.

Dum loquor, hora fugit. (Ovid)
While I talk the hour flies.

Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ipse placet. (Ovid)
Provided he is rich, even a barbarian pleases a girl.

Dum vivimus, vivamus. (Anon.)
While we live, let us really live.

Edamus, bibamus, gaudeamus; post mortem nulla voluptas. (Anon.)
Let us eat, drink and be merry; there is no pleasure after death.

Effugere non potes nessitates; potes vincere. (Seneca)
You cannot run away from what is necessary, but you can conquer it.

En ego Fortuna! Si starem sorte sub una et non mutarer, numquam Fortuna vocarer. (Werner)
Behold me, I am Fortune! If I always stayed in the same condition and never changed, I would never be called Fortune.

Eripuit caelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. (Turgot)
He seized the lightning from the heavens and the scepter from the tyrants. (Said of Ben Franklin)

Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est. (Livy)
Both to act and to suffer bravely is the Roman way.

Etiam capillus unus habet umbram suam. (Pub. Syrus)
Even a single hair casts its shadow.

Et monere et nomeri proprium est verae amicitiae. (Cicero)
Both giving and taking advice is proper to real friendship.

Eventus docuit fortes Fortunam juvare. (Livy)
The event has proven that Fortune aids the brave.

Exempla melius quam verbo quidque docetur. (Werner)
Everything is taught better by example than by words.

Exitus in dubio est. (Ovid)
The outcome is in doubt.

Extra ecclesiam nulla salus. (St. Cyprian)
There is no salvation outside the church.

Extra Fortunam est quidquid donatur amicis;


quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes. (Martial)
Whatever you give to friends is outside the grasp of Fortune;

the only riches you will always keep are those which you have given away.

Ex vitio sapiens aleno emendat suum. (Pub. Syrus)
The wise man corrects his own fault from the fault of another.

Fames est optimus coquus. (Anon.)
Hunger is the best cook

Fata regunt orbem; certa stant omnia lege. (Manilius)
The Fates rule the world, all things stand under a fixed law.

Felix, quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. (Binder)
Happy is he whom other people's dangers make cautious.

Feras, non culpes, quod mutari non potest. (Pub. Syrus)
You should endure and not blame what can't be changed.

Fiat justitia, ruat caelum. (Legal)
Let justice be done, even though the heavens collapse.

Fide et amore. (motto)
Faithfully and lovingly.

Fide et fortitudine. (motto)
Faithfulness and bravery.

Finis coronat opus. (Binder)
The end crowns the work.

Firmissima est inter pares amictia. (Curtius)
Friendship among equals is the strongest.

Fontibus ex modicis concrescit maximus amnis. (Werner)
From small springs grows the largest river.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. (Vergil)
Perhaps sometime it will be pleasant to recall even these misfortunes.

Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis. (Horace)
Brave men are created by brave and good deeds.

Fortes Fortuna adjuvat. (Terence)
Fortune aids the brave.

Fortiter, fideliter. feliciter. (motto)
Bravely, faithfully, fortunately/happily.

Fortiter malum qui patitur idem post patitur bonum. (Plautus)
The same person who experiences misfortune bravely will afterwards experience good fortune.

Frangar, non flectar. (Motto)
I will break but I won't bend.

Frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur; oratio ... saepissime. (Cicero)
The face, the eyes, and the expression frequently lie, but the tongue lies the most.

Furem fur cognoscit et lupum lupus. (Anon.)
A thief recognizes a thief and a wolf (whore) a wolf.

Gaudents gaudenti, flens flenti, pauper egenti, prudens prudenti, stultus placet insipienti. (Werner)
Like pleases like, no matter whether happy or sad, poor, wise, or foolish.

Gladiator in harena capit consilium. (Seneca)
The gladiator plans his strategy in the arena.

Gloria ... virtutem tamquam umbra sequitur. (Cicero)
Glory follows virtue as a shadow does.

Gravis ira regum est semper. (Seneca)
The anger of kings is always serious.

Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo. (Binder)
The drop carves the stone not by force but by repeated falling.

Habet suum venenum blanda oratio. (Pub. Syrus)
Smooth speech contains its own poison.

Hectora quis nosset, si felix Troja fuisset? (Ovid)
Who would know about Hector if Troy had remained prosperous?

Heu! Quam est timendus qui mori tutum putat! (Pub. Syrus)
Alas! How much to be feared is he who (is so desperate that he) thinks it safe to die!

Hoc faciunt vina quod non facit unda marina. (Werner)
Wine destroys what the ocean waves do not.

Hoc fuit, est, et erit; similis similem sibi quaerit.(Werner)
This was, is and will be true; like seeks like.

Homines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt. (Seneca)
Men trust their eyes more than their ears.

Homines, dum docent, discunt. (Seneca)
While men teach they learn.

Homines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt. (Justinian)
The more men have the more they want.

Hominis ... mens discendo alitur et cogitando. (Cicero)
The mind of man is nourished by learning and thinking.

Hominis tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. (Seneca)
The whole life of man is nothing else than a joumey to death.

Homo extra corpus est suum cum irascitur. (Pub. Syrus)
A man is outside his body when he is angry.

Homo locum ornat, non hominem locus. (Medieval)
The man decorates the position, not the position the man.

Homo semper aliud, Fortuna aliud cogitat. (Pub. Syrus)
Man always plans one thing and Fortune another.

Homo totiens moritur quotiens amittit suos. (Pub. Synrus)
A person dies as often as he loses his loved ones.

Hores non numero, nisi serenas. (Sundial)
I do not count the hours unless they are sunny.

Iamque quiescebant voces hominumque conumque


lunaque nocturnos alta regebat equos. (Ovid)
And now grew silent the voices of men and dogs

and the mooon on high began to drive her steeds of night.

Ibi semper est victoria ubi concordia est. (Pub. Syrus)
Where there is co-operation there is always victory.

Ignoscent, si quid peccaro stultus, amici. (Horace)
My friends will pardon me if I make a stupid mistake.

Imago animi vultus; indices oculi. (Cicero)
The face is a reflection of the spirit; the eyes are a clue.

lmmodicis brevis est aetas et rara senectus. (Martial)
For the intemperate, youth is short and old age is unusual.

Imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis. (Juvenal)
The wise man puts a limit on even honorable undertakings.

Incipe: dimidium facti est coepisse. (Ausonius)
Begin; to have begun is half done.

Inde lupi speres caudam, cum videris aures. (Werner)
Look for the wolf's tail from the time when you have seen his ears.

Infirmas curate, mortuos suscitate, leprosos mundate, daemones ejicite; gratis accepistis, gratis date. (Matt.)
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely you have received, freely give.

Ingratus unus omnibus miseris nocet. (Pub. Syrus)
One ungrateful person hurts the cause of all those who need help.

In hoc signo spes mea. (Motto)
In this sign (the cross) is my hope.

In hoc signo vinces. (Constantine's Motto)
In this sign (the cross) you will conquer.

Iniuria solvit amorem. (Anon.)
Injury destroys love.

Iniuria solvit amorem. (Anon.)
Injury destroys love.

In lumine tuo videbimus lumen. (Motto of Columbia)
In thy light will we behold the light.

In magno grandes capiuntur flumine pisces. (Wemer)
Big fish are caught in a large river.

In malis sperare bene, nisi innocens, nemo solet. (Pub. Syrus)
No one usually is of good spirits in evil circumstances unless innocent.

In mari aquam quaerit. (Binder)
He is looking for water in the ocean.

In mari magno pisces capiuntur. (Anon.)
Fish are caught in the big ocean.

In mundo melius non est quam fidus amicus. (Werner)
There is nothing in the world better than a faithful friend.

In omni re vincit imitationem veritas. (Cicero)
In everything truth conquers imitation.

Inopi beneficium bis dat qui dat celeriter. (Pub. Syrus)
Who confers a benefit quickly on a poor man confers it twice.

In pulchra veste sapiens non vivit honeste. (Werner)
A wise man doesn't live honorably/honestly in pretty clothes.

In quo ... judicio judicaveritis, judicabimini. (Matt.)
For with the judgement you judge, you will be judged.

Insanus omnis fuere credit ceteros. (Anon.)
Every madman believes the others are insane.

Inter caecos regnat luscus. (Anon.)
Among the blind the one-eyed is king.

Inter dominum et servum nulla amicitia est. (Curtius)
There is no friendship between master and slave.

Intolerabilius est quam femina dives. (Juvenal)
Nothing is more unbearable than a rich female.

In Venere semper certant dolor et gaudium. (Pub. Syrus)
In Venus grief and joy are always fighting.

Inventa sunt specula ut homo ipse se no'sset. (Seneca)
Mirrors were discovered so that man might know himself.

In vili veste nemo tractatur honeste. (Medieval)
No one is treated decently in poor clothes.

In vino, in ira, in puero semper est veritas. (anon.)
In wine, in anger, or in a child there is always truth.

In virtute posita est vera felicitas. (Seneca)
True happiness is placed in virtue.

In voluptate spernenda et repudianda virtus vel maxime cernitur. (Cicero)
Virtue is certainly most clearly distinguished in casting aside or denying pleasure.

Ira furor brevis est. (Horace)
Anger is a temporary madness.

Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum. (Cicero)
Pleasant is the memory of past troubles.

Jucundi acti labores. (Cicero)
Pleasant are past labors.

Juppiter in caelis, Caesar regit omnia terris. (Anon.)
Juppiter rules in heaven, Caesar rules everthing on earth.

Justitia omnium est domina et regina virtutum. (Cicero)
Justice is the mistress and queen of all the virtues.

Labore et honore. (motto)
Labor and honor.

Labor omnia vincit. (Vergil)
Work conquers all.

Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis. (Anon.)
When one dog barks immediately another one barks too.

Laus alit artes. (Seneca)
Praise nourishes the arts.

Lex videt iratum, iratus legem non videt. (Pub. Syrus)
The law sees an angry man, but the angry man doesn't see the law.

Lis litem generat. (Burton)
One lawsuit generates another.

Litterae non dant panem. (Medieval)
Litterature earns no bread.

Longius aut propius mors sua quemque manet. (Propertius)
Death waits for each one sooner or later.

Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. (Seneca)
Long is the joumey through advice, short and efficient through example.

Lupus est homo homini, non homo. (Plautus)
To his fellow man, man is a wolf, not a man.

Lupus non mordet lupum. (Binder)
A wolf doesn't bite another wolf.

Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti; tempus abire tibi est. (Horace)
You have played enough, eaten and drunk enough; it is time for you to depart (i.e, to die).

Lux et veritas. (Yale's motto)
Light and truth.

Magna di curant, parva neglegunt. (Cicero)
The gods take care of big things but neglect the small.

Malo in consilio feminae vincunt viros. (Pub. Syrus)
Women surpass men in poor planning.

Malo quam bene olere nil olere. (Martial)
Rather than have a fragrant smell I prefer to have no smell.

Manus manum lavat. (Petronius)
One hand washes the other.

Medice, cura te ipsum. (Luke)
Physician, heal yourself.

Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo. (Ecclesiastes)
A live dog is better than a dead lion.

Mens sana in corpore sano. (Juvenal)
A sound mind in a sound body.

Minorem ne contempseris. (Dionysius Cato)
Do not despise an inferior.

Miranda canunt sed non credenda poetae. (Dionysius Cato)
Poets sing of marvelous but incredible things.

Mobilior ventis... femina. (Calpurnius)
Woman is more changeable than the wlnds.

Mors omnibus instat. (Common grave inscription)
Death threatens everyone.

Mulier, cum sola cogitat, male cogitat. (Pub. Syrus)
When a woman plans by herself, she does a poor job of it.

Mulier quae multis nubit multis non placet. (Pub. Syrus)
A woman who marries many men is displeasing to many men.

Mulier recte olet ubi nihil olet. (Plautus)
A woman smells right when she doesn't smell at all.

Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur. (Pliny)
Many fear rumor but few fear their own conscience.

Multo ... gratius venit quod facili quam quod plena manu datur. (Seneca)
Whatever is given with a ready hand is much more welcome than that given with a full one.

Multos timere debet quem multi timent. (Pub. Syrus)
He whom many fear ought to fear many.

Nascentes morimur, finisque ab origine pendet. (Manilius)
We start to die when we are born, and the end depends upon the beginning.

Navis, quae in flumine magna est, in mari parvula est. (Seneca)
The ship that is big in the river is pretty small in the ocean.

Necessitas non habet legem. (St. Bernard)
Necessity knows no law.

Necessitudo ... etiam timidos fortes facit. (Sallust)
Necessity makes even the timid brave.

Negandi causa avaro numquam deficit. (Pub. Syrus)
The miser never lacks a reason to refuse.

Nemo doctus umquam ... mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse.(Cicero)
No learned man ever said that change of plans was inconstancy.

Nemo in amore videt. (Propertius)
No one in love sees.

Nemo liber est qui corpori servit. (Seneca)
No one is free who is a slave to his body.

Nemo... patriam quia magna est amat, sed quia sua. (Seneca:)
No one loves his country because it is great but because it is his.

Nemo ... regere potest nisi qui et regi. (Seneca)
None can govern who cannot also be governed.

Nemo sine crimine vivit. (Dionysius Cato)
No one lives without crime.

Nemo sine vitio est. (Seneca the Elder)
No one is without fault.

Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania. (Seneca, adapted)
Drunkenness is nothing else than voluntary insanity.

Nihil arbitrio virum fecereis. (Dionysius Cato)
Do nothing at the dictate of force.

Nihil est... simul et inventam et perfectum. (Cicero)
Nothing is at the same time both discovered and perfected.

Nihil est ... veritatis luce dulcius. (Cicero)
Nothing is more pleasant than the light of truth.

Nihil recte sine exemplo nocetur aut discetur. (Columnella)
Nothing is taught or learned correctly without an example.

Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus. (Horace)
Life gives nothing to mortals without hard work.

Nihil .. sine ratione faciendum est. (Seneca)
Nothing should be done without intelligent thought.

Nihil temere credideris. (Dionysius Cato)
Believe nothing rashly.

Nobilitate caret si quis virtute caret. (Werner, adapt.)
If anyone lacks virtue, he lacks nobility.

Nobilitat stultum vestis honesta virum. (Medieval)
Good clothes enoble a stupid man.

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. (Seneca)
The journey from the earth to the stars is not easy.

Non est vir fortis ac strenuus qui laboremn fugit. (Seneca)
The man who shuns work is not brave and vigorous.
[There is not a brave and vigorous man who flees from work.]

Non facit hoc aeger quod sanus suaserat aegro. (Werner)
The sick man does not do that which as a well man he persuaded the sick man to do.

Non lupus ad studium sed mentem vertit ad agnum. (Werner)
The wolf turns his attention not to study but to the lamb.
[A 'lupus' was also a student 'overseer' in medieval schools.]

Non in solo pane vivit homo. (Matthew)
Man doesn't live by bread alone.

Non omnes eaden mirantur amantque. (Horace)
People do not all love and admire the same things.

Non potestis Deo servire et Mamonae.(Matt.)
You cannot serve both God and Money.

Non redit unda fluens; non redit hora ruens. (Werner)
The flowing wave returns not, nor does the passing hour.

Non semper aurem facilem habet felicitas. (Pub. Syrus)
Prosperity doesn't always have an accessible ear.

Non sum ego quod fueram. (Ovid)
I am not what I was.

Non sum uni angulo natus; patria mea totus hic mundus est. (Seneca)
I am not born for one corner; this whole world is my country.

Nos ... beatam vitam in animi securitate ponimus. (Cicero)
In my opinion, happiness lies in peace of mind.

Nosse volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo. (Juvenal)
All wish to have knowledge but no one wants to pay the price.

Nox erat, et caelo fulgebat luna sereno inter minora sidera. (Horace)
It was night and in the peaceful sky shone the moon among the lesser stars.

Nulla ... avarita sine poena est. (Seneca)
There is no avarice without penalty.

Nulla causa justa cuiquam esse potest contra patriam arma capiendi. (Cicero)
There can be no just reason for anyone to take arms against his country.

Nulli tacuisse nocet; noceet esse locutum. (Dion. Cato)
It hurts no one to have kept quiet, but it does hurt to have spoken.

Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit. (Juvenal)
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

Numquam ex malo patre bonus filius. (anon.)
A good son never comes from a bad father.

Numquam periclum sine peric'lo vincitur. (Pub. Syrus)
Danger is never overcome without further danger.

Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur. (Pub. Syrus)
Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease.

Occasio facit furem. (Binder)
Opportunity makes a thief.

Oculi sunt in amore duces. (Propertius)
The eyes are the leaders in love.

Oderint, dum metuant. (Accius)
Let them hate, provided they fear me. (Caligula's favorite)

O file care, noli nimis alte volare. (Werner)
O dear son, do not fly too bigh.

Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. (Horace)
Believe tbat every day has dawned your last.

Omnes una manet nox. (Horace)
One night (of death) awaits for all.

Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. (Borbonius)
All things change and we change with them.

Optimus est post malum principem dies primus. (Tacitus)
The first day after an evil leader is the best.

Orbem iam totum victor Romanus habebat. (Petronius)
Now the Roman victor held the world.

Ore pleno vel bibere vel loqui nec honestum est nec tutum. (Petrus Alphonsus)
It is neither polite nor safe to drink or speak with a full mouth.

Paratae lacrimae insidias, non fletum, indicant. (Pub. Syrus)
Contrived tears indicate treachery, not grief.

Parva leves capiunt animas. (Ovid)
Small things capture light minds.

Patere legem quam ipse tuleris. (Dionysius Cato)
Obey the law which you yourself proposed.

Pauci sed boni. (commonplace)
Few men but good ones.

Perdidisse ad assem mallem quam accepisse turpiter. (Publius Syrus)
I would prefer to lose the last penny than acquire anything dishonestly.

Perdit majora qui spernit dona minora. (Werner)
Who scorns the smaller gifts loses the bigger ones.

Perpetuo lignis crescit crescentibus ignis. (Werner)
A fire keeps increasing as the fuel increases.

Philosophum non facit barba. (Plutarch)
A beard doesn't make a philosopher.

Piscis captivus vinum vult: flumina vivus. (Werner)
A live fish needs water ; when it is caught, it needs wine.

Poeta nascitur, orator fit. (Anon.)
A poet is born but an orator is manufactured.

Post cineres est verus honor, est gloria vera. (Med.)
After ashes (death) comes true honor and true glory.

Post hoc, propter hoc. (Commonplace)
After this, therefore because of this.

Post tenebras lux. (Anon.)
After the darkness comes light.

Post tres saepe dies vilescit piscis et hospes. (Werner)
After three days a fish and a guest start to deteriorate. [stink? ]

Primus in orbe deos fecit timor. (Statius)
Fear was the first thing in the world that created the gods.

Progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas. (Lucretius)
We go where our will leads each one of us.

Prudens cum cura vivit, stultus sine cura. (Werner)
The prudent live with care, the stupid without.

Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt. (Seneca)
What had been vices are now habits.

Quae fuit durum pati, meminisse dulce est. (Seneca)
What was hard to endure is pleasant to remember.

Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos. (Horace)
Money should be your first consideration; then after money, virtue.

Quem amat, amat; quem non amat, non amat. (Petronius)
He likes whom he likes; he does'nt like whom he does'nt like.

Qui dat beneficia deos imitatur. (Seneca)
He who confers benefits imitates the gods.

Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. (Vegetius)
Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war.

Qui invenit amicum, invenit thesaurum. (Ecclesiastes)
Who discovers a friend discovers a treasure.

Qui majora cupit saepe minora capit. (Werner)
Who wants the large thing often gets the smaller.

Qui multum habet, plus cupit. (Seneca)
He who has much desires more.

Qui pingit florem, floris non pingit odorem. (Werner)
Who paints the flower does not paint the flower's fragrance.

Qui prior strinxerit ferrum, ejus victoria erit. (Livy)
Victory will belong to him who first draws the sword.

Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens. (Pub. Syrus)
He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough.

Quis... amicior quam frate fratri? (Sallust)
Who is friendlier than brother to brother?

Quis... bene celat amorem? (Ovid)
Who can successfully conceal love?

Qui terret, plus ipse timet. (Claudian)
He who frightens people is himself more afraid than they are.

Qui timet Deum, omnia timent eum; qui vero non timet Deum, timet omnia.(Petrus Alphonsus)
Everthing is afraid of him who fears God; but who does not fear God is afraid of everything.

Quod non dedit Fortuna, non eripit. (Seneca)
Fortune does not take away what she has not given.

Quod sentimus, loquamur; quod loquimur, sentiamus; concordat sermo cum vita.(Seneca)
Let us say what we feel; let us feel what we say: our speech should agree with our lives.

Quod tegiture, majus creditur esse malum. (Martial)
The evil which is concealed is believed to be larger than it is.

Quod tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris. (Lampridius)
Do not do to another what you don't wish done to yourself.

Quod vult qui dicit, quod non vult saepius audit. (Werner)
He who says what he wants very often hears what he doesn't want.

Rapiamus, amici, occasionem de die. (Horace)
My friends, let us seize opportunity from the day.

Religio deos colit, supersitio violat. (Seneca)
Relgion cultivates the gods, superstition violates them.

Religio vera est firmamentum rei publicae. (Plato, trans.)
Real religion is the foundation of the state.

Rem, non spem. ... quaerit amicus. (Carmen de figuris)
A friend looks for action, not hope.

Rerum humanarum domina Fortuna. (Cicero)
Fortune is the mistress of human affairs.

Res mala vir malus est; mala femina pessima res est. (Wemer)
A bad man is a bad thing; a bad woman is the worst possible thing.

Roma caput mundi. (Lucan, adapt.)
Rome is the capital of the world.

Roma locuta est; causa funita est. (Anon.)
Rome has spoken; the case is finished.

Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis. (Horace)
The country bumpkin waits until the stream runs by.

Saepe malum petitur, saepe bonum fugitur. (anon.)
Evil is often sought, good is often shunned.

Saepe, premente deo, fert deus alter opem. (Ovid)
Often, when one god afflicts you, another god brings aid.

Saepe tacens vocem verbaque bultus habet. (Ovid)
Often a silent face has voice and words.

Saepius opinione quam re laboramus. (Seneca)
We are more often troubled by our thoughts about a difficulty than by the difficulty itself.

Sapientia ... ars vivendi putanda est (Cicero)
Wisdom should be considered the art of living.

Sapientia vino obumbratur. (Pliny the Elder)
Wisdom is overshadowed by wine.

Securus judicat orbis terrarum. (Augustine)
The world makes its judgment free from care.

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
But who will guard the guards?

Semper inops quicumque cupit. (Claudian)
Whoever desires is always poor.

Si foret in terris, rideret Democritus. (Horace)
Were Democritus on earth he would laugh.


[Democritus was a philosopher who had only contempt for the follies of menn and constantly mocked them.]

Simul et dictum et factum. (Anon.)
At the same time both said and done.

Sine dolore est vulnus quod ferendum est cum victoria. (Publius Syrus)
The wound which one must suffer in victory is painless.

Si quem barbatum faceret sua barba beatum, in mundi circo non esset sanctior hirco. (Werner)
If a beard made a man blessed, in the whole world there would be no one holier than a goat.

Si quid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem. (Aesop)
If you do anything, do it prudently and consider the outcome.

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. (Boethius)
Had you kept quiet you would have remained a philosopher.

Solem .. e mendo tollere videntur qui amicitiam e vita tollunt. (Cicero)
Those who remove friendship from life seem to remove the sun from the sky.

Solitudo placet Musis, urbs est inimica poetis. (Petrarch)
Solitude pleases the Muses; the city is unfriendly to poets.

Sol omnibus lucet. (Petronius)
The sun shines upon all.

Spes mea in Deo. (motto)
My hope is in God.

Stulti timent fortunam, sapientes ferunt. (Pub. Syrus)
The stupid fear fortune, the wise endure it.

Stultum est queri de adversis ubi culpa est tua. (Pub. Syrus)
It is foolish to complain about adversity where the fault is yours.

Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere. (Pub. Syrus)
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy it makes foolish.

Sub omni lapide scorpio dormit. (Anon.)
Under every stone sleeps a scorpion.

Suum cuique placet. (Pliny the Elder)
One is pleased with his own things.

Suum cuique pulchrum est. (Cicero)
To each one his own is fair.

Tanto brevis omne quanto felicius tempus. (Pliny the Younger)
The happier a time is the shorter it seems.

Tempore felici multi numerantur amici. (Werner)
At a prosperous time many friends are counted.

Tempus erit, quo vos speculum vidisse pigebit. (Ovid)
The time will come when you will be sorry to have looked into your mirror.

Timor Domini fons vitae. (motto)
The fear of God is the fountain of life.

Toto mundus deorum est immortalium templum. (Seneca)
The whole universe is a temple of the immortal gods.

Trahimur omnes studio laudis. (Cicero)
We are all driven by the desire for approval.

Triste... est nomen ipsum carendi. (Cicero)
The very word 'want' is oppressive.

Tristis eris si solus eris. (Ovid)
You will be sad if you are alone.

Ubi libertas cecidit, audet libere nemo loqui. (Pub. Syrus)
When liberty has fallen, no one dares to speak freely.

Unus homo nobis cunbtando restituit rem. (Ennius)
One man through delaying tactics restored the state.

Utere quaesitis opibus; fuge nomen avari. (Dion. Cato)
Use the riches you have sought; flee the name of 'miser.'

Ut ver dat florem, studium sic reddit honorem. (Med.)
As spring brings flowers, so study brings honors.

Verba movent, exempla trahunt. (Anon.)
Words move people, examples draw/compel them.

Veritas numquam perit. (Seneca)
Truth never perishes.

Verus amicus ... est ... is qui est tamquam alter idem. (Cicero)
A real friend is he who is like another self.

Vesti virum facit. (Erasimus)
Clothes make the man.

Victorem a victo superari saepe videmus. (Dion. Cato)
We often see that the victor is conquered by the vanquished.

Videmus ... suam cuique rem esse carissimam. (Petronius)
We see that each one's own is dearest to him.

Video ... barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video. (Aulus Gellius)
I see the beard and cloak; I don't yet see the philosopher.

Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor. (Ovid)
I see the better course and approve of it, but I follow the worse.

Vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt. (Sallust)
All things turn out well by vigilance, action and good planning.

Vincit omnia veritas. (Motto)
Truth conquers all.

Vincit veritas. (motto)
Truth conquers.

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. (Anon)
The man is wise who talks but little.

Virtus ... constat ex hominibus tuendsi. (Cicero)
Virtue consists in watching over mankind.

Virtus nobilitat homines, sapientia ditat. (Werner)
Virtue enobles people and wisdom makes them rich.

Virtute et labore. (motto)
Virtue and labor.

Virtute et opera. (motto)
Virtue and work.

Virtute fideque. (motto)
Virtue and faith.

Virum bonum natura, non ordo, facit. (Pub. Syrus)
Nature, not rank, makes a man good.

Vitae sequere naturam ducem. (Seneca)
Follow nature as a guide to live.

Vita ... mortuorum in memoria vivorum est posita. (Cicero)
The life of the dead lies in the memory of the living.

Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia. (Cicero)
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

Vita vinum est. (Petronius)
Wine is life.

Vitio format perit, vino corrumpitur aetas. (anon)
By wine beauty perishes, by wine youth is corrupted.

Vitium uxoris aut tollendum aut ferendum est. (Varro)
The fault of a wife should either be removed or endured.

Vox audita perit, littera scripta manet (Anon.)
The spoken word vanishes but the written letter remains.

Vulpes non capitur muneribus. (Medieval)
A fox is not caught by gifts.

Vulpes vult fraudem, lupus agnum, femina laudem. (Werner)
A fox likes [wants] deceit, a wolf a lamb, a woman praise.

322. Nemo umquam neque poeta neque orator fuit qui quemquam meliorem quam se arbitraretur. (Cicero)
There was never a poet or orator who thought anyone better than he was.