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30 Cards in this Set
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Thalassology
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The study of the ocean
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Ars longa vita breuis
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Art is long, life is short
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Encomium
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Words of comfort
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Cogito ergo sum
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I think, therefore, I am
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Autodidact
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Self-taught
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Non scholae sed vitae discimus
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We learn not for school but for life
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Preamble
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To walk before/To be in front of
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Pater patriae
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Father of our country
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Alula
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Little Wing
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Sine qua non
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Without which is not
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Sonority
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Sound
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Claudentur Belli portae
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The gates of war will be closed
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Marmorated
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Marble-like
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Heu, vatum ignarae mentes!
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Alas, the minds of soothsayers are ignorant!
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Retrogress
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Walk back
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Tu ne cede malis
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You do not yield to evils
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Sapid
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Something tasteful
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otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes
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Leisure has destroyed first both kings and blessed cities
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Minatory
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Threatening
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In vento et rapida scribere aportet aqua
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It is necessary to write in the wind and the fast water
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Truculent
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Savage, cruel
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Sublimi feriam sidera vertice
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I shall strike the stars with my lofty head
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Gluten
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Adhesive, protein in food
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Aequam memento rebus in arduis seruare mentem
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Remember to save an equal mind in difficult things
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Circumflex
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Bend around
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Aspera et nigris aequora ventis emirabitur
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He will marvel at the rough waters with black winds
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Post Prandial
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After lunch
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Dum spiro, spero
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While I breathe, I hope
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Amanuesis
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Somebody who works with his/her hands
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Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas
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By Horus: The human race rushes through unspeakable crimes
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