Latin Quotations 1

Front 1

Give the author and the meaning of:
Vēritās numquam perit.

Back 1

Truth never perishes.
-Seneca

Front 2

Give the author and the meaning of:
Manus manum lavat.

Back 2

The hand washes the hand
-Petronius

Front 3

Give the author and the meaning of:
Vae victīs!

Back 3

Woe to the conquered!
-Livy

Front 4

Give the author and the meaning of:
Vēnī, Vīdī, Vīcī

Back 4

I came, I saw, I conquered.
-Caesar

Front 5

Give the author and meaning of:
Nihil dictum quod non dictum prius.

Back 5

Nothing is said which was not said before.
-Terence

Front 6

Give the author and meaning of:
Occāsiō aegrē offertur, facile āmittur.

Back 6

Opportunity is offered with difficulty but lost with ease.
-Publilius Syrus

Front 7

Give the author and meaning of:
Mēns sāna in corpore sāno.

Back 7

A sound mind in a sound body.
-Juvenal

Front 8

Give the author and meaning of:
Nēmō sine vitiō est.

Back 8

No one is without fault.
-Seneca the Elder

Front 9

Give the author and meaning of:
Amīcus certus in rē incertā cernitur.

Back 9

A sure friend is discerned in an unsure situation.
-Ennius

Front 10

Give the author and meaning of:
Necessitūdō etiam timidōs fortēs facit.

Back 10

Necessity makes even the timid brave.
-Sallust

Front 11

Give the author and meaning of:
Labor omnia vincit.

Back 11

Labor conquers all.
-Vergil

Front 12

Give the author and meaning of:
Nihil rēctē sine exemplō docētur et discitur.

Back 12

Nothing is taught or learned correctly without an example.
-Columella

Front 13

Give the author and meaning of:
Longius aut propius mors sua quemque manet

Back 13

Sooner or later death waits for each one.
-Propertius

Front 14

Give the author and meaning of:
Suum cuique placet.

Back 14

One's own possessions please one.
-Pliny the Elder

Front 15

Give the author and meaning of:
Crūdēlitātis māter est avāritia.

Back 15

Greed id the mother of cruelty.
-Quintilian

Front 16

Give the author and meaning of: Quī timet Deum, omnia timent eum; quī vērō nōn timet Deum, timet omnia.

Back 16

Everything fears him who fears God; he who does not fear God fears everything.
-Petrus Alphonsus

Front 17

Give the author and meaning of: Glōria virtūtem tamquam umbra sequitur.

Back 17

Glory follows virtue as a shadow does.
-Cicero

Front 18

Give the author and meaning of: Multī fāmam, cōnscientiam paucī verentur.

Back 18

Many fear rumor, few fear conscience.
-Pliny

Front 19

Give the author and meaning of: Nēmō regere potest nisi quī et regī.

Back 19

No one can govern who cannot also be governed.
-Seneca

Front 20

Give the author and meaning of: Dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī.

Back 20

It is sweet and proper to die for one's country.
-Horace

Front 21

Give the author and meaning of: Cōgitō, ergō sum.

Back 21

I think, therefore I am.
-Descartes

Front 22

Give the author and meaning of: Prīmus in orbe deōs fēcit timor.

Back 22

Fear first in the world created the gods.
-Statius

Front 23

Give the author and meaning of: Dīvīna nātūra dedit agrōs; ars hūmāna aedificāvit urbēs.

Back 23

Divine nature gave the fields; human skill built the cities.
-Varro

Front 24

Give the author and meaning of: Trīstis eris sī sōlus eris.

Back 24

You will be sad if you are alone.
-Ovid

Front 25

Give the author and meaning of: Quī prior strīnxerit, ējus victōria erit.

Back 25

Victory will be his who first draws the sword.
-Livy

Front 26

Give the author and meaning of: Contrā verbōsōs nōlī contendere verbīs.

Back 26

Against the wordy, do not contend with words.
-Dionysius Cato

Front 27

Give the author and meaning of: Quī dēsīderat pācem, praeparet bellum.

Back 27

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
-Vegetius

Front 28

Give the author and meaning of: Rapiāmus, amīcī, occāsiōnem dē diē.

Back 28

My friends, let us seize opportunity from the day.
-Horace

Front 29

Give the author and meaning of: Omnia vincit Amor; et nōs cēdāmus Amōrī.

Back 29

Love conquers all; and let us yield to Love.
-Vergil

Front 30

Give the author and meaning of: Nōn ut edam, vīvō; sed ut vīvam, edō.

Back 30

I live, not to eat, but I eat to live.
-Quintilian

Front 31

Give the author and meaning of: Sī tacuissēs, philosophus mānsissēs.

Back 31

If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher.
-Boethius

Front 32

Give the author and meaning of: ōderint, dum metuant.

Back 32

Let them hate, provided they fear me.
-Accius

Front 33

Give the author and meaning of: ēventus docuit fortēs Fortūnam juvāre.

Back 33

The out come has been proven that Fortune aids the brave.
-Livy

Front 34

Give the author and meaning of: Forsan et haec ōlim meminisse juvābit.

Back 34

Perhaps sometime it will be pleasant to recall even these (misfortunes).
-Vergil

Front 35

Give the author and meaning of: Injūrārium remedium est obliviō.

Back 35

The cure for wrongs is forgetfulness.
-Publilius Syrus

Front 36

Give the author and meaning of: Lēgum omnēs servī sumus ut līberī esse possīmus.

Back 36

We are all servants of the law in order that we can be free.
-Cicero

Front 37

Give the author and meaning of: Nēmō timendō ad summum pervenit locum.

Back 37

No man by fearing reaches the highest place.
-Publilius Syrus

Front 38

Give the author and meaning of: Hominis mēns discendō alitur et cōgitandō.

Back 38

The mind of man is nourished by learning and thinking.
-Cicero

Front 39

Give the author and meaning of: Nihil sine ratiōne faciendum est.

Back 39

Nothing should be done without reason.
-Seneca

Front 40

Give the author and meaning of: Nōn scholae sed vītae discimus.

Back 40

Not for school but for life we learn.
-Seneca