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Classic quotes, sayings and proverbs in Latin.


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  Relationships
OvidSic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.

So I can't live either without you or with you.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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  Love
SenecaSi vis amari, ama.

If you wish to be loved, love.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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VirgilNunc scio quid sit Amor.

Now I know what Love is.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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VirgilOmnia vincit amor.

Love conquers all.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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TerentiusAmantes sunt amentes.

Lovers are lunatics.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

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OvidUt ameris, amabilis esto.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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TerentiusAmantium irae amoris integratio est.

Lovers’ quarrels are the renewal of love.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

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VirgilAmor omnibus idem.

Love is the same for all.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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TerentiusSine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

(meaning: without bread and wine, love freezes)

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  Woman
OvidDulce puella malum est.

The Woman is a sweet poison.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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VirgilVarium et mutabile semper Femina.

Woman is ever a fickle and changeable thing.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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VirgilDux femina facti.

A woman leads the events.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

(referring to queen Dido, founder of Carthage)

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  Arguing
AeschylusAudiatur et altera pars.

Let us listen to the other side.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

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  Greetings
Latin phraseAve Caesar, morituri te salutant.

Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.

—  Latin phrase

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  Reciprocity
SenecaSi vis amari, ama.

If you wish to be loved, love.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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OvidUt ameris, amabilis esto.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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Nemo me impune lacessit.

No one attacks me with impunity.

—  motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland

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  Brevity
Latin phraseMulta paucis.

[Say] much in few [words].

—  Latin phrase

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  Silence
Sine sole sileo.

Without the sun I fall silent.

—  Medieval Sundial motto

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Latin phraseQui tacet consentit.

He who is silent consents.

—  Latin phrase

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  Seeing
Latin phraseEspice, adspice, prospice.

Look behind, look here, look ahead.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin phraseVide et credere.

See and believe.

—  Latin phrase

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  Hiding
VirgilAlitur vitium, vivitque tegendo.

Vice thrives and lives by concealment.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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  Gifts
VirgilTimeo Danaos et dona ferrentes.

Be afraid of the Greeks bearing gifts.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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  Persuasion
Latin phraseVide et credere.

See and believe.

—  Latin phrase

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Ultima ratio regum.

The final argument of kings.

—  Latin motto engraved on the cannons of Louis XIV

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  Submission
Latin phraseVae victis.

Woe to the vanquished.

—  Latin phrase

(said by Brennus, leader of an army of Gauls who captured Rome in 390 BC)

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  Overcoming
Gabriele D’ AnnunzioHabere non Haberi.

To possess, not be possessed

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

(originally from Aristippus)

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Gabriele D’ AnnunzioHabere non Haberi.

To have, not to be had.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

  
  Protection
JuvenalQuis costodiet ipsos custodies?

Who will guard the guards?

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

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  Rejection
Gospel of JohnNoli me tangere.

Do not touch me.

—  Gospel of John ‐ 20:17

(from the Vulgate; words of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection)

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  Conflict
TerentiusAmantium irae amoris integratio est.

Lovers’ quarrels are the renewal of love.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

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Thomas HobbesBellum omnium contra omnes.

War of all against all.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

(a description to human existence in the state of nature)

  
  Protesting
Latin phraseVox populi, vox dei.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

—  Latin phrase

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  Enemies
OvidFas est ab hoste doceri.

One should learn even from one's enemies.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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  Threat
Latin phraseHannibal ad portas.

Hannibal at the gates.

—  Latin phrase

(Roman alert when Hannibal was approaching to Rome, around 217 BC)

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  Turmoil
VirgilFlectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

If I cannot sway the heavens, I will raise hell.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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