Phrases worth knowing Flashcards
(28 cards)
dum spiro, spero
while I breathe, I hope
veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
vivamus, moriendum est
let us live, for we must die.
ergo dum me diligis
so long as you love me
alis volat propriis
she flies with her own wings
sic mundus creatus est
thus the world was created
aut inveniam viam aut faciam
I shall either find a way, or make one
ars longa, vita brevis
art is long, life is short
experiential docet
experience teaches
helluo librorum
a glutton for books (bookworm)
in libra libertas
in book, freedom
littera scripta manet
the written letter lasts
mens regnum bona possidet
an honest heart is a kingdom in itself
mirabile dictu
wonderful to say
nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit
there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part
poeta nascular, non fit
the poet is born, not made
qui dedit benificium tacet; narrat qui accepit
let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who received it tell it
sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
he who feared he would not succeed sat still
si vis pacem, para belium
if you want peace, prepare for war
urbern latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit
he found the city, a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble
ad hoc
for this purpose only
ergo
therefore
in flagrante delicto
in the act of committing a crime
ipso facto
by that very fact
