Old World Phrases

Question 1

Veni vidi vici

Answer 1

I came, I saw, I conquered

Question 2

Semper paratus

Answer 2

Always ready

Coast Guard motto

Question 3

Semper Fidelis

Answer 3

Always faithful/loyal/true

Marine motto

Question 4

Sic semper tyrannis

Answer 4

Thus always to the tyrants

Long version: “Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis”

Thus I always bring death to tyrants

Made famous by: John Wilkes Booth

Question 5

Carpe diem

Answer 5

Seize the day

Question 6

In vino veritas

Answer 6

In wine there is truth

Question 7

Cogito ergo sum

Answer 7

I think, therefore I am

Made famous by: Rene Descartes

Question 8

Ad nauseam

Answer 8

Referring to something that’s been done or repeated to the point of annoyance, boredom, excess.

“To sickness”

Question 9

Ante bellum

Answer 9

Before war

Question 10

Ōdī et amö. Quäre id faciam fortasse requīris. Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

Answer 10

I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.

Made famous by: Roman Poet Catullus

Question 11

Atrox melior dulcissima veritas mendaciis

Answer 11

The bitter truth is better than the sweetest lies

Question 12

Audentis fortuna iuvat

Answer 12

Fortune favors the brave

Question 13

Non desistas, non exieris

Answer 13

Never give up, never surrender

Question 14

Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit

Answer 14

To boldly go where no man has gone before

Question 15

Si vi amari ama.

Answer 15

If you wish to be loved, love