Mottoes and Quotes Flashcards

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Errare humanum est

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To err is human – Seneca

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What are the three found on American currency?

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E pluribus unum - from many, one
Annuit coeptis - he looks with favor on our undertakings
Novus Ordo Seclorum - a new order of the ages

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Carpe diem

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Seize the day – Horace

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Ars longa, vita brevis

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Art is long, life is short – Horace

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Festina lente

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Make haste slowly – Augustus

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Mens sana in corpore sano

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A sound mind in a sound body – Juvenal

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Alea iacta est

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The die is cast – Caesar (crossing the Rubicon

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Audentis Fortuna iuvat

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Fortune favors the brave – Virgil

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Rident stolidi verba Latina

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Fools laugh at the Latin language – Ovid

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