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30 Cards in this Set
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arma virumque cano
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VERGIL
(i sing of arms and a man) *(first line of the Aneid) |
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Mens sana in corpore sano
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JUVENAL
(a sound mind in a sound body) |
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Labor omnia vincit
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VERGIL
(Labor conquers all) *(motto of oklahoma) |
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Cogito, ergo sum
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DESCARTES
(I think, therefore I am) |
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Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori
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VERGIL
(Love conquers all; and let us yield to love) |
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Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
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VERGIL
(Perhaps sometime it will be pleasant to recall even these misfortunes) |
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Alea iacta est
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GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR
(the die is cast) *(crossing the rubicon) |
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aere perennius
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HORACE
(more lasting than bronze; i.e. immortal) |
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exegi monumentum aere perennius
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HORACE
(I have raised a monument more durable than bronze) *(first line of his ODES) |
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cedant arma togae
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CICERO
(Let the arms yield to the toga/peace) *(motto of wyoming) |
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crescit eundo
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VERGIL
(it grows as it goes) *(motto of New Mexico) |
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cum grano salis
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PLINY
(with a grain of salt) |
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delenda est Carthago
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CATO THE ELDER/CENSOR
(Carthage must be destroyed) |
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errare est humanum
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SENECA
(to err is human) |
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et tu, Brute!
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GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR
(and you, Brutus!) |
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festina lente
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SUETONIUS (attributing to Augustus
(make haste slowly) |
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fortes fortuna iuvat
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TERENCE
(fortune aids the brave) |
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O tempora, o mores!
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CICERO
(oh the times, oh the customs!) |
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rara avis
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JUVENAL
(a rare bird, rare specimen,) (horace?) |
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tempus edax rerum
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OVID
(time which devours all things) |
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timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
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VERGIL
(fear the Greek even when they bring gifts) |
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veni, vidi, vici
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GAIUS JUIIUS CAESAR
(I came, I saw, I conquered) *(after victory over Pharnaces) |
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
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AUGUSTUS CAESAR
(All gaul is divided into three parts) |
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Hannibal ad portas
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CICERO
(Hannibal is at the gates) |
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ars longa, vita brevis
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HIPPOCRATES
(art is long, life s short) |
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de mortuis nil nisi bonum
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CHILON OF SPARTA
(say nothing but good of the dead) |
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salus populi suprema lex est
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CICERO
(let the welfare of the people be the supreme law) *(motto of missouri) |
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ex uno disce omnes
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VERGIL
(from one example learn all) |
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mortituri te salutamus
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GLADIATORS
(we who are about to die, salute you) |
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qualis artifex pero
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NERO
(what an artist dies in me) *(before he committed suicide [suetonius]) |
