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199 Cards in this Set
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Fons et origo
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The source and origin
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Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt
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I have jerks like you for breakfast
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Tabula rasa
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A clean slate. Person that knows nothing
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Addendum
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A thing to be added
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Tuis pugis pignore!
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You bet your bippy!
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Vestigia terrent
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The footprints frighten me. (Horace)
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Scito te ipsum
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Know yourself
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Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
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The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!
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In rem
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Against the matter (property)
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Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur
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We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving. (Syrus)
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Pater patriae
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Father of the country
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Vide
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See
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Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum
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Garbage in, garbage out
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Mater dolorosa
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Sorrowful mother. (Virgin Mary)
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Quot homines, tot sententiae
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As many men, so as many opinions
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Infra dignitatem (dig.)
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Undignified; beneath one's dignity
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Excelsior
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Ever upward
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Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
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Honoris causa (h.c.)
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As in doctorate, an honorary degree
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Vinculum unitatis
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The bond of unity
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Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent
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Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb)
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Verso
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Reverse
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Ad eundem
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Of admission to the same degree at a different university
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Panem et circenses
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Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis)
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Custos morum
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Guardian of morals
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Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco
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No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others
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Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus
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Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born. (all that work and nothing to show for it)
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A priori
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from what comes before
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In esse
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In existence
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Huc accedit zambonis!
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Here comes the Zamboni!
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Credo ut intelligam
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I believe in order that I may understand. (St. Augustine)
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Horribile dictu
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Horrible to tell
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Quam se ipse amans
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sine rivali!
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Ipsissima verba
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the exact words
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Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
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May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
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Ave atque vale
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Hail and farewell. (Catullus)
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Volente Deo
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God willing
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Bibere venenum in auro
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Drink poison from a cup of gold
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In loco parentis
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In the place of a parent
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Ave maria
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Hail Mary
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Eventus stultorum magister
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Events are the teacher of the stupid persons. Stupid people learn by experience, bright people calculate what to do
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Amor ordinem nescit
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Love does not know order. (St. Jerome)
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Morituri te salutant
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Those who are about to die salute you
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Qvi fvgiebat rvrsvs proeliabitvr
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He who has fled will do battle once more. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
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Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit
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[that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go
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Graviora manent
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greater dangers await
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Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
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It's not the heat, it's the humidity
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A bene placito
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At one's pleasure
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Svi generis
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Of its own kind unique
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Hic habitat felicitas
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Here dwells happiness
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Propino fibi salutem!
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Cheers!
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Nvnc pro tvnc
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Now for then retroactive
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Deo volente
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God willing
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Carpe Cerevisi
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Seize the beer!
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Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius)
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Circa (C.)
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Approximately
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Dum excusare credis, accusas
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When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself. (St. Jerome)
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Ascendo tuum
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Up yours
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Locus in quo
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The place in which something happens
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Motu proprio
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Of one's own initiative
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Qvid novi?
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What's new? 'What's up?'
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Per fas et nefas
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Through right or wrong
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Acta non verba
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Action not words
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Ex abundancia cordis, os loquitor
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From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
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Ex uno disce omnes
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From one person learn all persons. (From one we can judge the rest)
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Ante bellum
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Before the war
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Spiritus lenis
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Smooth breathing
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Poeta nascitur, non fit
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The poet is born, not made
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Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
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Darn! There goes my beeper!
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Primum mobile
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Prime mover
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Miserere
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Have mercy
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Sine loco (Sl)
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Without place
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Malum prohibitum
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A prohibited wrong. A crime that society decides is wrong for some reason, not inherently evil
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Confer (Cf.)
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Compare
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Roma locuta est. Causa finita est
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Rome has spoken. The cause is finished
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Gladiator in arena consilium capit
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The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca)
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De gustibus non est disputandum
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There's no accounting for taste
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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca)
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Pede poena claudo
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Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace)
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Imperator
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Emperor
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Exeat
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Permission for a temporary absence
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Ab asino lanam
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Wool from an ass, blood from a stone impossible
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Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt
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They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)
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Domus dulcis domus
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(home) Sweet home
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Praetio prudentia praestat
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Prudence supplies a reward
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Per se
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By or in itself
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Probatum est
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It has been proved
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Subucula tua apparet
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Your slip is showing
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Suos cuique mos
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Everyone has his customs. (Gellius)
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Non liquet
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It is not clear
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Stabat Mater
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The mother was standing
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Rara avis
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A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal)
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Ipsa scientia potestas est
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Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon)
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis)
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Inter alios
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Amongst other people
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Te precor dulcissime supplex!
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Pretty please with a cherry on top!
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Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?
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A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent)
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Nihil sub sole novum
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Nothing new under the sun
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Qui potest capere capiat
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Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it
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Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est
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Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca)
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Et alii/aliae
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Other persons/things
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Spiritus asper
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Rough breathing
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Hodie mihi, cras tibi
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Today for me, tomorrow for you
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Ab/Ex uno disce omnes
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From one person, learn all people
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Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
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Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.'
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Poli, poli, di umbuendo
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Slowly, Slowly we will get there
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Modus agendi
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Manner of operation
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Latine dictum
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Spoken in Latin
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Ad rem
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To the point
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A posse ad esse
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From possibility to actuality
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Locus classicus
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The most authoritative source, Classical passage
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Caveat venditor
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Let the seller beware
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Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
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Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil)
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Memento mori
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Remember that you will die
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Ad eundem gradum
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To the same level
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Etiam capillus unus habet umbram
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Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus)
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Noli me tangere!
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Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata)
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Post coitem
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After sexual intercourse
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Bona fides (noun)
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Honest intention
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Tamquam alter idem
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As if a second self. (Cicero)
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Contra felicem vix deus vires habet
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Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power
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Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris
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If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar
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Ius primae noctis
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The right for the first night
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Non omnia moriar
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Not all of me will die. (Horace)
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Apudne te vel me?
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Your place or mine?
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Alias
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Otherwise
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Crimen falsi
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Perjury
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Quae nocent, saepe docent
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What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience
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Iesus nazarenus rex iudaeorum (INRI)
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Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
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Vis inertiae
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The power of inertia
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Vincere est totum
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To win is everything
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Res inter alios
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A matter between others it's not our busines
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Omnium gatherum
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Assortment
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Male parta male dilabuntur
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What has been wrongly gained is wrongly lost. (Ill
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Nemo nisi mors
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Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica)
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Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant
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Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. (Curtius Rufus)
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Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis
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Not for you, not for me, but for us
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Hoc natura est insitum, ut quem timueris, hunc semper oderis
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It's an innate thing to always hate the one we've learnt to fear
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Si fecisti nega!
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If you did it, deny it (stonewall!)
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Errata
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A list of errors (in a book)
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Vincit omnia veritas
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Truth conquers all
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Timeo danaos et dona ferentes
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I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. (Virgil)
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Recto
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On the right
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Per accidens
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By Accident
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Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum
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Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents
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Cogito, ergo sum
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I think, therefore I am. (René Descartes)
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E contrario
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From a contrary position
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Donna nobis pacem
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Grant us peace
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Salve
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Hello
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Spectatvm venivnt, venivnt spectentvr vt ipsae
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They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen 'to see and be seen
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Quid est illa in auqua?
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What's that in the water?
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Inter caesa et porrecta
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There's many a slip twixt cup and lip
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Vox populi, vox Dei
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The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public oppinion is obligatory)
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Ultra vires
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Beyond the powers or legal authority
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Vice versa
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In reverse order
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Isto pensitaris?
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You get paid for this crap?
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Docendo discitur
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It is learned by teaching. (Seneca)
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Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. (Catullus)
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Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
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Life is too short to dance with ugly men
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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros
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Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men
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Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi
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Many are called [but] few are chosen
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Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est
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Yes, that is a very large amount of corn
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Deus absconditus
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A god who is hidden from man
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Quam terribilis est haec hora
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How fearful is this hour
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O quam cito transit gloria mundi!
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O how quickly passes the glory of the world!
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Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
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Seen any good movies lately?
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Animis opibusque parati
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Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything)
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In toto
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As a whole, absolutely, Completely
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Ab intestato
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Having made no will
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Promoveatur ut amoveatur
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Let him be promoted to get him out of the way
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Memorandum
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A note of; a thing to be remembered
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Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci
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It is glorious to forget the injustice
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A verbis ad verbera
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from words to blows
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Imprimatur
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Let it be printed
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Ad astra per aspera
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To the stars through difficulty
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Insculpsit
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He/she engraved it
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Medio tutissimus ibis
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You will go safest in the middle. (Moderation in all things) (Ovid)
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Nolo contendere
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I do not wish to contend
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Materfamilias
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Mother of family
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Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret
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It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth
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Pater historiae
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The father of history
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Quod erat in veniendum
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Which was to be found
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Mihi cura futuri
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My concern is the future
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Id certum est quod certum reddi potest
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That is certain that can be made certain
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Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit
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The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses. (Horace)
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Splendor sine occasu
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Splendour without end
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Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
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Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business!
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Parva leves capiunt animas
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Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds)
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Bene legere saecla vincere
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To read well is to master the ages. (Professor Isaac Flagg)
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Ad astra
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To the stars
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Dic mihi solum facta, domina
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Just the facts, ma'am
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In dubio
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In doubt
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Semper letteris mandate
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Always get it in writing!
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Alumnus
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Nursling (former pupil)
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Visne saltare?
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Do you want to dance?
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Sursum corda
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(lift) up (your) hearts
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Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos
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May he live and flourish for many years
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Non est ei similis
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There is no one like him
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Si monumentum requiris circumspice
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If you seek a monument, look around
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