We are not born for ourselves alone.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Injustice does not justify injustice.

—  Latin phrase

One witness is no witness.

—  Latin phrase

Let us listen to the other side.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

Necessity has no law.

—  Latin phrase

We are slaves of the law in order to be free.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Bad law, no law.

—  Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Tough law but still a law.

—  Latin proverb

Even the gods have their own laws.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

The agreements must be kept.

—  Latin phrase

(Principle of Civil and International law)

The reason of the law is the spirit of the law.

—  Latin phrase

No crime, no penalty without law.

—  Latin phrase

(moral principle in criminal law)

Death equals all things.

—  Latin phrase

The sun shines on everyone

—  Gaius Petronius, 1st cent. AD, Roman writer

The king can do no wrong.

—  Latin proverb

Like king, like people.

—  Latin proverb

The final argument of kings.

—  Latin motto engraved on the cannons of Louis XIV

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

—  Latin phrase

Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

Thus always to tyrants!

—  Motto of the state of Virginia

(a rallying cry against abuse of power)

O you tyrant, Titus Tatius, such things you made happen!

—  Ennius, 239-169 BC, Roman writer

(Latin tongue twister)

Thus always to tyrants!

—  Motto of the state of Virginia

(a rallying cry against abuse of power)

I will not serve!

—  Old Testament

(attributed to Lucifer, but originates from the Vulgate [Jeremiah] referring to the rejection of God by the people of Israel)

If you want peace, prepare for war.

—  Latin phrase

Money is the soul of war.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

There is no security in war.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

War is sweet to those who have never experienced it

—  Erasmus, 1469-1536, Dutch humanist

(originally from Pindar)

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

War hated by mothers…

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Rage supplies arms.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Let arms yield to the toga.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

(meaning: let military power give way to civil power)

Arms and the man I sing

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

The agreements must be kept.

—  Latin phrase

(Principle of Civil and International law)

Homeland is where your life is good.

—  Latin phrase

Be afraid of the Greeks bearing gifts.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

All Gaul is divided into three parts.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

(the first phrase from his work De Bello Gallico)

A beard does not make a philosopher.

—  Latin proverb

Do no trust the appearance.

—  Latin phrase

To be rather than to seem.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

The poison is in the tail.

—  Latin phrase

(for something that looks harmless, but is actually bad or dangerous)

Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when.

—  Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician

Truth hates delay.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

Spoken words fly away, written words remain.

—  Latin phrase

Anything said in Latin sounds profound.

—  Latin phrase

Dare to know.

—  Latin phrase

Blessed is he who has been able to know the causes of things.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Nobody dances sober, unless maybe he is insane.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

Nature, the mistress of art.

—  Latin phrase

I have made a monument more lasting than bronze.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Art for art's sake.

—  motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

(from the 19th century French slogan “l’art pour l’art”)

All Gaul is divided into three parts.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

(the first phrase from his work De Bello Gallico)

Who writes, reads twice.

—  Latin phrase

I fear the man of a single book.

—  Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher

I think therefore I exist.

—  René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher

A beard does not make a philosopher.

—  Latin proverb

First live, then be a philosopher.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

If I have led a pure life…

—  Catullus, 84-54 BC, Roman poet

O, the times! O, the morals!

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman