Here are some quotes I have collected.
Some of these quotes I got from the Latin
book.
Amare patior
To Love Is To Suffer
It is never too late to learn.
Friends can never be measured but treasured.
Almost all of our unhappiness is the result of comparing ourselves to
others...
You never know what you've got until it's gone.
He is not happier who is happy than the miserable.
Love is to let go, when you want to hold on.
When it comes to love, set it free, if it comes back to you,
it's yours and if doesn't, it never was.
When it comes to love, deserve it, don't demand it.
Ipsa scientia potestas est.
Knowledge itself is power.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
Dripping hollows out rock.
In virtute sunt multi ascensus.
In excellence there are many degrees.
Salus populi suprema lex.
The safety of the people is the highest law.
Aspirat primo fortuna labori.
Fortune smiles upon our first effort.
Ab ovo usque ad mala.
From the egg right to the fruits.
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
There has not been any great talent without an element of
madness.
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo
He was stirring up billows in ladle.
Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausem est.
To great talents no era is closed.
Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis currant
Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies.
Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit.
Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he?
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes.
The divine nature produced the fields, human skill has built
cites.
*Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo.
A giant will keep his size even though he will have stood in a
well.
Qui non est hodie minus aptus erit.
He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.
Ora et labora.
Pray and labor.
Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura.
Leisure without literature is death, or rather the burial of a living
man.
Materiam superbat spus.
The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
O praeclarum custo
An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est.
Delay - putting things off until tomorrow - is hateful.
Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit
Those whom true love was held, it will go on holding.
Partria est communis omnium parens
Our native land is the common parent of us all.
Amor tussisque non celantur.
Love, and a cough, are not concealed.
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram.
Each one hair has a shadow.
Culpam poena premit comes.
Punishment closely follows crime as its companion.
Trahimur omnes laudis studio.
We are all led on by our eagerness for praise.
Gladiator in arena consilium capit.
The gladiator is making his plan in the arena.
Rident stolidi verba Latina
Fools laugh at the Latin Language.
Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est.
Inhumanity is harmful in every age.
Vos verstros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
You cling in your own ways and leave mine to me.
Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi.
Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians.
Quid rides? . . . De te fabula narratur.
What are laughing at? The jokeís on you.
Ut sementem feceris ita metes.
As you sow so will you reap.
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit.
The wolf attacks with his fangs, the bull with his horn.
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit.
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.
Fallaces sunt rerum species.
The appearances of things are deceptive.
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid.
Per varios usus experientia fecit.
Though different exercises practice has brought skill.
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
Simia quam similis, turpissima bestia, nobis!
How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey.
Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem.
It is not goodness to be better than worst.
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites.
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium.
Diligence is very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other
people
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est.
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.
Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit.
Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will
be better.
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides.
You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself.
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres.
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for
word.
Quam se ipse amans ---sine ricali!
Himself loving himself so much - without a rival!
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur.
We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the
whole.
Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let him who has revived it
tell it.
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.
We are salves of the laws in order that we may be able to be
free.
Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both
intelligence and skill.
Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis melior.
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than
the bad.
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.
He who feared he would not succeed sat still.
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit.
Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be.
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit.
There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part.
Difficile est tenere quae accepersis nisi exerceas.
It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should
practice it.
Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat.
When a women weeps, she is setting traps with her tears.
Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit.
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo.
Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters.
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire.
A great man can come from a cabin.
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
Be patient and tough, some day this pain will be useful to you.
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.
Men gladly believe that which they wish for.
Cito fit quod dii volunt
What the gods want happens soon.
Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam
Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now.
Mendacem oportet esse memorem.
A liar must be good at remembering.
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus.
The burden which is borne well becomes light.
Mus uni non fidit antro.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
Quaedam iura non scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt.
Some laws are unwritten but they are better established than all
written ones.
Vitanda est improba siren desidia.
One must steer clear of the wicked temptress, Laziness.
Timendi causa est nescire.
Ignorance is the cause of fear.
Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum
Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be
done.
Quid erat demenstrarum.
What was to be proved.
Vivat res publica
Long live the republic.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
A sound mind in a sound body.
Suum cuique
To everyone his own.
Labor omnia vincit
Work conquers eveything.
Errare est humanum
To err is human.
Docendo discitur.
One learns by teaching.
Cedant arma togae.
Let arms yield to the toga.
Crescat scientia
May knowledge increase.
Quot homines, tot sententiae.
As many opinions as people.
Dum spiro, spero.
While I breathe, I hope.
Quod erat demonstrandum
Which was to be proved.
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice.
If you seek a beautiful peninsula, look around.
It doesnít matter what you do, where you are, or how much you
have, itís who is beside you.
Every one is a creation of his won work.
"Old musicians never die, they just decompose."
"Think of me what you will, I've got a little space to fill." ---Tom
Petty, "You Don't Know How it Feels"
"All the things to which I give myself grow rich and spend me;"
"If drinking is bitter, turn yourself into wine."
"The Truth is Out There."
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
A true friend never gets in your way --- unless you are on your way
down.
Encouragement is like premium gasoline. It helps take the knock out
of living.
A true friend is someone who doesn't rub it in when you make a
mistake. They rub it out.
I don't know who said 'em, wish I did, but I do try to live by
'em
It is more useful to listen than to talk.
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