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a cane non magno sæpe tenetur aper

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a boar is often held by a not-so-large dog (Ovid)

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a facto ad jus non datur consequentia

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the inference from the fact to the law is not allowed

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a fonte puro pura defluit aqua

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from a pure spring pure water flows

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a fronte præcipitium a tergo lupi

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a precipice before (me), wolves behind (me) (i.e., caught between death and dismemberment)

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a minimis quoque timendum

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one ought to fear even the tiniest of creatures

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a prima descendit origine mundi causarum series

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even from the first beginnings of the world descends a series of causes (Lucan)

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a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult

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no one likes to be surpassed by those of his own level (Livy)

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a verbis legis non est recedendum

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from the words of the law there is no departure

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ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia

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the abuse of a thing is no argument against its use

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ab actu ad posse valet illatio

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it is possible to infer the future from the past

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ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris

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what you do to others, you may expect another to do to you (Laberius and Publilius Syrus)

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ab alto speres alteri quod feceris

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expect from Heaven what you have done to another

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ab hoc et ab hac et ab illa

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from this and from this and from that (i.e., from here, there, and everywhere; confusedly)

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ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret

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nothing deters a good man from what honor requires of him (Seneca)

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ab inopia ad virtutem obsepta est via

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the way from poverty to virtue is an obstructed one

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ab uno disce omnes

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from one learn all (i.e., from one sample we judge the rest) (Virgil)

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abeunt studia in mores

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pursuits become habits (Ovid)

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Divide et impera

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Divide and rule.
Political maxim

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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De minimis non curat lex

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The law is not concerned with trifles.
Legal maxim

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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Cave ab homine unius libri

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Beware the man of one book.
Quoted in Isaac D’Israeli, [Curiosities of Literature] (1791-1793)

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant

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[Salutation by gladiators]
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.
Quoted in Suetonius, [Lives of the Caesars]

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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Ad majorem Dei gloriam

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To the greater glory of God.
Motto of the Society of Jesus

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
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sic semper tyrannis

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Thus ever to tyrants.
State motto of Virginia. Recommended by George Mason.
[See John Wilkes Booth 1]

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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requiescat in pace

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May he rest in peace.
Saying. Frequently abbreviated R.I.P.

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
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post coitum omne animal triste

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After coitus every animal is sad.
Post-classical saying. The [Oxford English Dictionary] states, “The phrase as such does not occur in classical Latin, but cf. [Aristotle] [Problems] . . . ‘Why do young men, on first having sexual intercourse, afterwards hate those with whom they have just been associated?’; Pliny [Nat. Hist.] . . . ‘man alone experiences regret after first having intercourse.”’

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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gaudeamus igitur,
juvenes dum sumus

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Let us then rejoice,
While we are young.
Medieval students’ song

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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Et in Arcadia ego

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And I too in Arcadia.
Tomb inscription often depicted in classical paintings

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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sic transit gloria mundi

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So passes away the glory of the world.
Pronouncement during papal coronations

Anonymous (Latin)

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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abi in malam crucem

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fig.) to the devil with you!

30
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abores serit diligens agricola, quarum adspiciet baccam ipse numquam

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the diligent farmer plants trees of which he himself will never see the fruit (Cicero)

31
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absens hæres non erit

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the absent one will not be the heir (i.e., out of sight, out of mind)

32
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absentem lædit cum ebrio qui litigat

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to quarrel with a drunk is to dispute with a man who is not there (Publilius Syrus)

33
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absque argento omnia vana

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without money all is vain

34
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abstineto a fabis

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abstain from beans (i.e., have nothing to do with elections—the ballot having been cast with beans)

35
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absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit

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it is absurd that he should rule others who knows not how to rule himself

36
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abundans cautela non nocet

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abundant caution does no harm

37
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abusus non tollit usum

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abuse does not take away use

38
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accensa domo proximi, tua quoque periclitatur

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when your neighbor’s house is on fire, yours is likewise in danger

39
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acceptissima semper munera sunt, auctor quæ pretiosa facit

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those gifts are always the most acceptable that owe their value to the giver (Ovid)

40
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de gustibus non est disputandum

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‘there is no disputing about tastes.’

41
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accidit in puncto quod non contingit in anno

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what does not occur in the whole course of the year may happen in a moment

42
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accipere quam facere præstat injuriam

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it is better to receive than to do an injury (Cicero)

43
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acclinus falsis animus meliora recusat

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the mind attracted by what is false refuses better things (Horace)

44
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accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo

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no one is bound to accuse himself unless it be before God

45
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acerrima proximorum odia

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the hatred of those closest to us is the most bitter (Tacitus)

46
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acribus initiis, incurioso fine

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alert (or energetic) at the beginning, careless (or negligent) at the end (Tacitus)

47
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acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt

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the deeds of men never escape the gods (Ovid)

48
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acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta

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external actions indicate internal secrets

49
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[Nondum amabam, et amare amabam . . .] [quaerebam quid amarem, amans amare.]

St. Augustine

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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I loved not yet, yet I loved to love . . . I sought what I might love, loving to love.
[Confessions] bk. 3, ch. 1 (397-398)

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[Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli] [modo.]
m

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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!
[Confessions] bk. 8, ch. 7 (397-398)

St. Augustine

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.co

51
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[Audi partem alteram.]
y.com

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Hear the other side.
[De Duabus Animabus Contra Manicheos] ch. 14

St. Augustine

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionar

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[Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum.]

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With love for mankind and hatred of sins.
Letter 211 (ca. 424). Famous in the form “Love the sinner but hate the sin.”
[See Mohandas Gandhi 5]

St. Augustine

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

53
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[Tolle lege, tolle lege.]

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Take up and read, take up and read.
[Confessions] bk. 8, ch. 12 (397-398)

St. Augustine

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

54
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acti labores jucundi

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the remembrance of past labors is pleasant

55
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actio personalis moritur cum persona

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a personal action (or right) dies with the person

56
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actis ævum implet, non segnibus annis

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his lifetime is full of deeds, not of indolent years (Ovid)

57
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OMNIA VINCIT AMOR

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love conquers all.

from Virgil’s Eclogues 10:69

58
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actum ne agas

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do not do what is done (i.e., leave well enough alone) (Terence and Cicero)

59
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actus me invito factus, non est meus actus

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an act done against my will is not my act

60
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Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est

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For also knowledge itself is power.

[Mediationes Sacrae] “Of Heresies” (1597). Source of the proverb “knowledge is power.”

Francis Bacon

From “The Yale Book of Quotations”, ©2006 by Fred Shapiro
www.quotationdictionary.com

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actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea

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the act does not make the person guilty, unless the mind be guilty

62
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ad auctores redit sceleris coacti culpa

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the guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them (Seneca)

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