Sayings Flashcards
Make haste slowly
Festina lente
Festina lente
Make haste slowly
auribus teneo lupum
“holding a wolf by the ears”
“holding a wolf by the ears”
auribus teneo lupum
Panem et circenses
bread and circuses
bread and circuses
Panem et circenses
vox populi
voice of the people
voice of the people
vox populi
A bene placito
At one’s pleasure
A Deo et Rege
From God and the King
A posse ad esse
From possibility to actuality
A re decedunt
They wander from the point
A verbis legis non est recedendum
There must be no departure from the words of the law
Ab actu ad posse valet illatio
From what has happened we may infer what will happen
Ab aeterno
From the beginning of time
Ab alio spectes alteri quod feceris
As you do to another, expect another to do to you
Ab inconvenienti
From the inconvenience
Abeunt studia in mores
Pursuits become habits
Abnormis sapiens
Wise without instruction (Horace)
Absque argento omnia vana
Without money all is in vain
Abusus non tollit usum
Wrong use does not preclude proper use
Acceptissima semper // munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit
Those gifts are always the most acceptable which our love for the donor makes precious (Ovid)
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore - Cicero
“I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.” Cicero
Vestis virum reddit - Quintilianus
“The clothes make the man.”-Quintilianus
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur
“That man is wise who talks little.”
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora
Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow”
Vitanda est improba siren desidia - Horace
“One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.” - Horace
Dulce bellum inexpertis - Pindaros
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.”
Si vis amari, ama - Seneca
“If you wish to be loved, love.”
Si vis pacem, para bellum - Vegetius
“If you want peace, prepare for the war.”
Transit umbra, lux permanet
“Shadow passes, light remains.”
Materiam superabat opus - Ovid
“The workmanship was better than the subject matter.”
Forest fortuna adiuvat - Terence
“Fortune favors the brave.”
Acta sanctorum
Deeds of the saints
Ad lucem
Towards the light
Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo
A man disposed to every species of dissipation
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam
For the perpetual remembrance of the thing
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora
Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow
Ad respondendum quaestioni
To answer the question
Ad utrumque paratus
Prepared for either alternative
Addendum
A thing to be added
Aegrescit medendo
The disease worsens with the treatment.
Aeternum vale -
Farewell forever
Agenda
Things to be done
Aureliae Orestillae, cuius praeter formam nihil umquam bonus laudavit,
Aurelia Orestilla, in whom no good man ever commended anything save her beauty;
