![]() ![]() Si vis amari, ama – If you want to be loved, love. Semper Fidelis – Always Faithful (Motto of the US Marine Corps) Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet – He who feared he would not succeed sat still. Res ipsa loquitur – the thing speaks for itself Quod scripsi, scripsi – What I have written, I have written-Pilate ![]() Quod potui feci veniam da mihi, posteritas – What I could have done, me you will (please forgive), posterity – The epitaph of Leonardo da Vinci ![]() Qui tacet consentit – He who is silent agrees. Qui audet adipiscitur – S/he who dares wins (or: s/he who wins dares) Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est – A sword is never a killer, it’s a tool in the killer’s hands (Lucius Annaeus Seneca “the younger” ca. Prima facie – “first face”, based on the first impression, accepted as correct until proved otherwise Possunt quia posse videntur – They can because they seem to be able to (they can do it because they think they can do it) Perfer et obdura dolor hic tibi proderit olim – Be patient and tough someday this pain will be useful to you. Per aspera ad astra! Through difficulties to the stars! Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis – It is best to endure what you cannot change. Nulli secundus /nulli secunda – Second to none Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomine Tu o da gloriam – Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory. Non ministrari, sed ministrare – Not to be served, but to serve Nemo me impune lacessit – No one provokes me with impunity. Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur – Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. Lex orandi, lex credenda – What you pray is what you believe. Jus sanguinous – right of blood, usually used regarding citizenship in which citizenship is not conferred by place of birth but by blood relations to citizen parents. Ipsa scientia potestas est – Knowledge itself is power. In necessary things unity, in non-necessary things liberty, in all things, charity. In necessariis unitas, in non-necessariis libertas, in utrisque caritas. Hoc est enim corpus meum – For this is my body (Motto of the Confederate States of America)ĭimidium facti qui coepit habet – He who has begun has the work half done (Horace)ĭum spiro, spero – While I breathe, I hope (a motto of South Carolina)ĭum vita est spes est – While there’s life, there’s hopeĮx opera operato – Done in the doing (example – the act of taking the Eucharist confers salvation on the recipient, regardless of the state of his or her heart).įaber est quisque fortunae suae – Every man is architect of his own fortune HippocratesĪut vincere aut mori – Either to conquer or to dieīis vincit qui se vincit in victoria – He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory (Publius Syrus)īis vivit qui bene vivit – S/he lives twice who lives wellĬandor dat viribus alas – Sincerity gives wings to strengthĬaeli enarrant gloriam Dei – The heavens declare the glory of GodĬogito ergo sum – I think, therefore, I am (Rene Descartes)Ĭonlige suspectos semper habitos – Round up the usual suspectsĭe omnibus dubitandum – Doubt everything – Karl Marxĭeo Vindice – Under God, our vindicator. – The work (art) is long, the life is short. (Caesar as he was crossing the Rubicon River)Īltiora te ne quaesieris – Seek not things above you.Īrs longa, vita brevis. Ad libitum – at liberty, at one’s pleasureĪd Majorem Dei Gloriam – To the greater glory of God – motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Īlea iacta est – The die has been cast. ![]()
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