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Love | | Si vis amari, ama. If you wish to be loved, love. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher | | Nunc scio quid sit Amor. Now I know what Love is. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet | | Omnia vincit amor. Love conquers all. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet | | Amantes sunt amentes. Lovers are lunatics. — Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright | | Ut ameris, amabilis esto. If you want to be loved, be lovable. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet | | Amantium irae amoris integratio est. Lovers’ quarrels are the renewal of love. — Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright | | Amor omnibus idem. Love is the same for all. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet | | Sine 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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Greetings | | Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant. Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Latin phrase | | |
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Brevity | | Multa 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 | | Qui tacet consentit. He who is silent consents. — Latin phrase | | |
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Seeing | | Espice, adspice, prospice. Look behind, look here, look ahead. — Latin phrase | | Vide et credere. See and believe. — Latin phrase | | |
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Persuasion | | Vide et credere. See and believe. — Latin phrase | | Ultima ratio regum. The final argument of kings. — Latin motto engraved on the cannons of Louis XIV | | |
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Submission | | Vae 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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Rejection | | Noli 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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Protesting | | Vox populi, vox dei. The voice of the people is the voice of God. — Latin phrase | | |
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Threat | | Hannibal ad portas. Hannibal at the gates. — Latin phrase (Roman alert when Hannibal was approaching to Rome, around 217 BC) | | |
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