Latin Phrases 50-64 Flashcards by james Torbert

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Divide and conquer

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Divide Et impera

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Be favorable with your tongues

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Favete linguis

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Let it be done as requested

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Fiat ut petitur

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Bond of matrimony

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Vinculum matrimonii (chain)

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Annulment

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A vinculo matrimonii

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If glory comes after death, I’m not in a hurry.

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Si post fata venit gloria, non propero

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Which see (see this item)

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Quod vide (Q.V.)

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Clean slate

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Tabula rasa

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Time flies

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Tempus fugit

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Word for word

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Verbatim

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Order having been changed

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Vice versa

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We learn by teaching

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Docendo discimus

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Let us be judged by what we do

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Spectemur agendo

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Method of living

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Modus vivendi

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Method of doing

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Modus operandi

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Burden of proof (of proving)

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Onus probandi (prosecution)

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Injury does not excuse injury

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Iniuria non excusat iniuriam

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Trust the expert

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Expertl credite

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Lord is my light (Oxford University motto)

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Dominus illuminatio mea

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Tear of Christ

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Lacrima Christi

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Poverty is the discoverer of all arts

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Paupertas omnium artium repertrix

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Face is an indication of the soul

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Vultus est index animi

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Fear, not kindness, restrains the wicked

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Metus improvos compescit, non clementia

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Laugh at life; don’t cry over it

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Humanius est deridere vitam quam deplorare

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Its stupid to complain about misfortune that is your own fault

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Stultum est queride adversis, ubi culpa est tua

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Life is short, but troubles make it longer

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Brevis ipsa vita estsed malis fit longior

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I see and praise better things; I do worse ones

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Video meliora proboque; deteriora sequor

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Money should be mastered, not served

A

Pecuniae imperare oportet, non servire

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Money doesn’t satisfy greed; it stimulates it

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Pecunia non satiat avaritiam, sed inritat

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Good laws are produced by bad morals

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Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur

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Fame comes to late to the dead

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Cineri gloria sera venit

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Fortune favors the brave (Virgil’s Aenead)

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Fortis fortuna adiuvat

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What you didn’t hope for happens more often than what you hoped for

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Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres

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It’s too late to askadvice when the danger comes

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Sero in periculis est consilium quaerere