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35 Cards in this Set
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Carpe diem |
Seize the day |
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Caveat emptor |
Let the buyer beware (know what your buying) |
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Modus operandi |
Method of operating |
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Selentia ipsa potentia est |
Knowledge itself is power |
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Tabula rasa |
Scraped tablet, blank slate |
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Ceteris paribus |
All other things equal |
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Circuius vitiosus |
Vicious circle |
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Magister dixit |
The teacher has said it |
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Per annum |
Each year |
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Reductio ad absurdum |
Leading back to the absurd |
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De omnibus dubitandum |
Be suspicious of everything |
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Ex post |
After the fact |
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Id est |
That is (i.e.) |
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Mala tempora currunt |
Bad times are upon us |
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Pari passu |
With equal step |
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Ne quid nimis |
Nothing in excess |
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Repetitio est mater studiorum |
Repetition is the mother of study |
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Sic |
Thus |
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Veritas |
Truth |
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Status quo |
The situation in which |
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Ex ante |
From before |
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Libra |
Balance, scale |
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Nihil in intellectu nisi prius in sensu |
Nothing in the intellect unless first in sense |
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Por tempore |
For the time |
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Punctum saliens |
Leaping point |
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Ab uno disce omnes |
From one learn all |
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Ad infinitum |
To infinity |
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Ad nauseam |
To seasickness (tax cuts will pay for themselves) |
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Ipso facto |
By the fact itself |
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Quae non prosunt singular muita invant |
What alone is not useful helps when accumulated |
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Fortes fortuna adiuvat |
Fortune favors the bold |
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Quod periit, periit |
What's gone is gone |
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Salvo errore et omissione |
Omissions and errors expected |
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Sequere pecuniam |
Follow the money |
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Nemo nisi per amicition cognocitian |
No one is known except through friendship |
