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Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)
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Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit.
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He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. (Ovid)
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Veni, vidi, vici
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I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar)
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in loco parentis
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in the place of a parent
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Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!
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A wig? I never would have guessed!
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Deo volente
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God willing
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Festina lente
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Make haste slowly (Caesar Augustus)
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sine qua non
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without which not
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exempli gratia (e.g.)
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for the sake of example
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id est (i.e.)
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that is
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Ars Gratia Artis
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Art for the sake of art (motto of MGM studios)
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Tempus fugit; carpe diem
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Time flies; seize the day
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Quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.)
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That which was to be demonstrated
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O tempora! O mores!
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Oh the times! Oh the customs!
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Et tu Brute?
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You too, Brutus? (Julius Caesar)
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Lux et Veritas
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Light and Truth (Yale University motto)
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Dramatis Personae
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the masks of the drama
i.e. the characters in the play |
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Ipsa scientia potestas est.
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Knowledge itself is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
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O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum!
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An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero)
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caveat emptor
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let the buyer beware
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Rident stolidi verba Latina.
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Fools laugh at the Latin language (Ovid)
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Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur.
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We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca)
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semper fidelis
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always faithful (Unites States Marine Corps motto)
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lapsus linguae
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a slip of the tongue
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rigor mortis
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the stiffness of death
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in Deo speramus.
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In God we trust.
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Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
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Seen one, seen them all.
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