Famous Latin expressions with translation. Winged Latin expressions

A contrario
On the contrary
In logic, a method of proof that consists in proving the impossibility of a proposition that contradicts what is being proved.

Ab ovo usque ad mala
"From eggs to apples", that is, from beginning to end
The dinner of the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.

Abyssus abyssum invocat
The abyss calls to the abyss
Like entails like, or one calamity entails another calamity.

ad note
For the record, note.

ad patres
“To the forefathers”, i.e. to the next world, Bible, book of kings, 4, 22, 20

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides
The trust placed in the perfidious makes it possible for him to harm
Seneca, "Oedipus"

Advocatus diaboli
Devil's Advocate
In an extended sense, the devil's advocate is the advocate of a lost cause that the defender himself does not believe in.

Alea jacta est
"The die is cast", there is no way back, all bridges are burned
In 44 BC. e. Julius Caesar decided to seize sole power and crossed the Rubicon River with his troops, thereby breaking the law and starting a war with the Roman Senate.

Aliis inserviendo consumer
Serving others is wasting myself
The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.

Amicus Socrates, sed magis amica veritas
Socrates is my friend, but the truth is dearer
The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.

Amor non est medicabilis herbis
Love is not treated with herbs, i.e. there is no cure for love
Ovid, Heroes

Annie currentis
Current year

Anno Domini
From the birth of Christ, in the year of the Lord
Form of designation of the date in the Christian chronology.

Ante annum
Last year

Aquila non captat muscas
The eagle does not catch flies, Latin proverb

Asinus Buridani inter duo prata
Buridan's donkey
A person who hesitates between two equal possibilities. It is believed that the philosopher Buridan, proving the failure of determinism, gave the following example: a hungry donkey, on both sides of which there are two identical and equidistant armfuls of hay, will not be able to prefer any of them and will eventually die of hunger. This image was not found in the writings of Buridan.

Aurea mediocritas
Golden mean
The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the worldly philosophy of Horace, which found expression in his lyrics; It is also used to characterize mediocre people.
Horace

Auribus tento lupum
I hold the wolf by the ears
I am in a hopeless situation. , Latin proverb

Aut Caesar, aut nihil
Or Caesar or nothing
Wed Russian Either hit or miss. The source of the motto was the words of the Roman emperor Caligula, who explained his immoderate extravagance by the fact that “one must live either by denying oneself in everything, or in Caesar's way”.

Ave Caesar, imperator, morituri te salutant
Hail Caesar, emperor, those who are about to die greet you
Greetings from Roman gladiators addressed to the emperor.

Beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5:3

Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror
Benefits rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities
Cicero

Cadmea victoria
"Kadm's victory", a victory won at an excessively high price and tantamount to defeat, or a victory disastrous for both sides
The expression arose on the basis of a legend about a duel in the struggle for Thebes, founded by Cadmus, the sons of Oedipus - Eteocles and Polynices. This duel ended in the death of both warring brothers.

Caesarem Decet Stanem Mori
Caesar befits to die standing, Report of Suetonius on the last words of the emperor Vespasian

Calamitas virtutis occasio
Calamity is the touchstone of valor
Seneca

Cantus cycneus
a swan song
“He says that just as the swans, having sensed the gift of prophecy from Apollo, to whom they are dedicated, foresee what a gift death will be for them, and die singing and with joy, all the good and wise should do the same.”
Cicero, Tusculan Discourses, I, 30, 73

Castigat ridento mores
"Laughter castigates morals"
The motto of the comedy theater (Opera Comique) in Paris. Originally - the motto of the Italian troupe of the comic actor Dominic (Dominico Brancolelli) in Paris, composed for her by the New Latin poet Santel (XVII century).

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse
And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed
A persistent reminder, a relentless call to something. The Roman senator Marcus Porcius Cato, no matter what he had to express his opinion in the Senate, added: "Besides, I believe that Carthage should not exist."

Charta (epistula) non erubescit
Paper (writing) does not blush

Citius, altius, fortius!
Faster, higher, stronger!
The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Clipeum post vulnera sumere
Take up a shield after being wounded
Wed Russian They don't wave their fists after a fight.

Cloaca maxima
Great sewer, great cesspool
In ancient Rome - a large channel for the removal of urban sewage.

Cogitations poenam nemo patitur
No one is punished for thoughts, One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta)

Cogito, ergo sum
I think, therefore I am
The position from which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind.
Rene Descartes, Elements of Philosophy, I, 7, 9

Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur
With agreement (and) small states (or affairs) grow, with discord (and) great ones are destroyed
Sallust, "Jugurtin's War"

Conscientia mille testes
Conscience is a thousand witnesses, Latin proverb

Consuetudo est altera natura
Habit is second nature
Habit creates a kind of second nature
Cicero, "On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil", V, 25, 74 (in the presentation of the views of the philosophers of the Epicurean school)

Cornucopiae
Cornucopia
The origin of the expression is related to Greek myth about the goddess Amalthea, who nursed the baby Zeus with goat's milk. The goat broke her horn on a tree, and Amalthea, filling it with fruits, offered it to Zeus. Subsequently, Zeus, having overthrown his father, Kronos, turned the goat that fed him into a constellation and its horn into a wonderful "horn of plenty".
Ovid, "Fast"

Corruptio optimi pessima
The fall of the good is the most evil fall

Credat Judaeus Apella
“Let the Jew Apella believe this,” that is, let anyone believe, but not me
Horace, "Satires"

Credo, quia verum
I believe because it's ridiculous
A formula that clearly reflects the fundamental opposition between religious faith and scientific knowledge of the world and is used to characterize a blind faith that does not reason.

De gustibus non disputandum est
Tastes could not be discussed
Wed Russian There is no comrade for the taste and color.

De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil
About dead or good or nothing
A probable source is the saying of Chilo “about the dead do not slander”.

Decies repetita placebit
And ten times repeated will please
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"

Decipimur specie recti
We are deceived by the appearance of the right
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"

Deest remedii locus, ubi, quae vitia fuerunt, mores fiunt
There is no place for drugs where what was considered a vice becomes a custom
Seneca, "Letters"

Delirium tremens
"Trembling delirium", delirium tremens
Acute mental illness resulting from prolonged alcohol abuse.

Desipère in loco
Crazy where appropriate
Horace, "Odes"

Deus ex machina
god from the machine
The reception of an ancient tragedy, when a tangled intrigue received an unexpected denouement through the intervention of a god who appeared through a mechanical device.
In modern literature, the expression is used to indicate an unexpected resolution of a difficult situation.

Dies diem docet
The day teaches the day
A brief formulation of the thought expressed in the verse of Publius Syrus: "The next day is the student of the previous day."

Dies irae, dies illa
That day, the day of wrath
The beginning of the medieval church hymn is the second part of the funeral mass, the requiem. The hymn is based on the biblical prophecy of the Day of Judgment, "The Prophecy of Zephaniah", 1, 15.

Diluvi testes
Witnesses of the Flood (i.e., ancient times)
About people with outdated, archaic views.

Divide and impera
Divide and rule
Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.

Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy?
Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
Fate leads the one who wants to go, the unwilling one drags
The saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin language Seneca.

Dura lex, sed lex
The law is harsh, but it is the law
No matter how harsh the law, it must be observed.

Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi suo deus
Here is a spectacle worthy of God looking back at him, contemplating his creation
Seneca, "On Providence"

Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.

Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticos
I am a Roman emperor and I am above grammarians
The words said, according to legend, at the Council of Constance by Emperor Sigismund in response to an indication made to him that by using the word schisma in the feminine gender, he violated Latin grammar.

Ergo bibamus
So let's have a drink
Title and salutation of Goethe's drinking song.

Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas
You have to eat to live, not live to eat
Medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”

Et tu quoque, Brute!
And you Brute!
Words, as if uttered before his death by Caesar, stabbed with twenty-three swords of conspirators.

Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor
Pain makes even the innocent lie
Publius, "Sentences"

Ex ipso fonte bibere
Drink from the source itself, i.e. refer to the original source
Cicero, "On Duties"

Ex malis eligere minima
Choose the least of evils

ex nihilo nihil fit
Paraphrase of the main position of Epicurean philosophy in Lucretius

Fac-simile(from fac+simile "do like this")
Exact copy
Peren. display of one phenomenon in another.

Facilis descensus Avernis
The path through Avernus is easy, that is, the path to the underworld
Lake Avernus near the city of Kuma in Campania was considered the threshold of the underworld.

Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes
I did my best, who can, let him do better
A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring authority to the successor.

fiat lux
Let there be light
And God said: let there be light. And there was light. , Bible, Genesis, I, 3

Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice
Martial, "Epigrams"

Homo homini lupus est
Man to man is a wolf
Plautus, "Donkeys"

Homo proponit, sed deus disponit
Man proposes, God disposes
It goes back to Thomas the Kempis, the source for which was the Bible, Proverbs of Solomon "The heart of a man directs his way, but it depends on the Lord to direct his steps."

Igni et ferro
Fire and iron
The original source of the expression goes back to the first aphorism of Hippocrates: "What medicines do not cure, iron heals; what iron does not cure, fire heals." Cicero, Livy used the expression "to destroy with fire and sword." Bismarck proclaimed the policy of German unification with iron and blood. The expression gained wide popularity after the publication of the novel "With Fire and Sword" by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi
Forgive others often, never yourself
Publius, Maxims

Imperitia pro culpa habetur
Ignorance is imputed, Formula of Roman law

In pace leones, in proelio cervi
In time of peace - lions, in battle - deer
Tertullian, "About the wreath"

In sensu strictiori
In a narrower sense

In silvam non ligna feras insanius
Less madness would be to carry firewood into the forest
Horace, "Satires"

In vino veritas
Truth in wine
Wed Pliny the Elder: "It is generally accepted to attribute truthfulness to guilt."

In vitium ducit culpae fuga
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"

Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past
Boethius

Intelligent pauca
For those who understand, a little is enough

Ira furor brevis est
Anger is a momentary insanity
Horace, "Messages"

Is fecit cui prodest
Made by the one who benefits

Jus primae noctis
Right of the first night
The custom according to which a feudal lord or landowner could spend his wedding night with the bride of his beloved vassal or serf.

Leve fit, quod bene fertus onus
A load becomes light when you carry it with humility.
Ovid, Love Elegies

Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter where it comes from
Juvenal, "Satires"

Manus manum lavat
hand washes hand
A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.

Margaritas ante porcos
Cast pearls before swine
“Do not give the shrine to dogs; and do not cast pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn, they will not tear you apart. , Gospel of Matthew, 7, 6

memento mori
memento Mori
A form of greeting exchanged upon meeting by the monks of the Trappist Order, founded in 1664. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense - of imminent danger.

Nigra in candida vertere
turn black into white
Juvenal, "Satires"

Nihil est ab omni parte beatum
“There is nothing prosperous in all respects,” that is, there is no complete well-being
Horace, "Odes"

Nihil habeo, nihil curo
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything

Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful
Ovid, Love Elegies

Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum
“Not every person manages to get to Corinth”, expensive is not available to everyone
The Corinthian hetaera * Laida, famous for her beauty, was available only to the rich who came to her from all over Greece, which is why a common saying among the Greeks arose: "not everyone can swim in Corinth." Once Demosthenes secretly came to Laida, but when she asked him to give ten thousand drachmas **, he turned away with the words: "I do not pay ten thousand drachmas for repentance."
* - in Dr. Greece educated single woman leading a free, independent lifestyle.
** - approximately the price of four kilograms of gold.

Nunc est bibendum
Now I gotta drink
Horace, "Odes"

O imitatores, servum pecus!
O imitators, slave herd!
Horace, "Messages"

O sancta simplicitas!
Oh holy simplicity
The phrase attributed to the Czech reformer, the hero of the national liberation movement Jan Hus. According to legend, Gus, who was being burned at the stake, uttered these words when some old woman, out of pious motives, threw an armful of brushwood into the fire.

O tempora! About mores!
O times! Oh manners!
“Speech against Catiline”, “O times! Oh manners! The Senate understands this, the consul sees it, and he [Catiline] lives.”
Cicero

Oderint dum metuant
Let them hate, if only they were afraid
The words of Atreus from the tragedy Aktion named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico est
Everything unknown appears majestic
Tacitus, "Agricola"

Omnia mea mecum porto
I carry everything with me
When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants in flight tried to capture more of their belongings, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “That's what I do, because I carry everything of mine with me,” he replied, referring to his spiritual wealth.

Optimum medicamentum quies est
The best medicine is peace
A medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.

Panem and circles
Meal'n'Real
An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire.

Per aspera ad astra
"Through hardship to the stars"; through difficulties to high purpose

Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool, Medieval proverb

Periculum in mora
"Danger in procrastination", i.e., procrastination is dangerous
Titus Livy, "History", "When there was already more danger in delay than in violation of military order all fled in disorder.”

persona grata
Desired person or trusted person

Post scriptum (post scriptum)(abbr. P.S.)
After written
Postscript at the end of the letter.

Primus inter pares
First among equals
A formula characterizing the position of the monarch in a feudal state.

Pro et contra
Pros and cons

Quae sunt Caesaris Caesari
Caesar's to Caesar
“Render the things of Caesar to Caesar and God's God,” Jesus' response to the Pharisees who asked whether Caesar (i.e., the Roman emperor) should be paid the fee he demanded. , Gospel of Luke, 20, 25

Qui alphabet aures audiendi, audiat
He who has ears to hear, let him hear, Matthew 11:15

Qui tacet – consentire videtur
Who is silent is considered as having agreed
Wed Russian Silent means consent.

Quid brevi fortes jaculamur aevo multa?
Why should we strive for so much in a fleeting life?
Horace, "Odes"

Quot capita, tot sensus
How many heads, so many minds
Wed Terence, Formion: So many people, so many opinions.

Rideamus!
Let's laugh!

Risus sardonicus
sardonic laughter
According to the explanation of the ancients - laughter, reminiscent of a convulsive grimace caused by poisoning of poisonous grass growing on the island of Sardinia.

Salus reipublicae - suprema lex
The welfare of the state is the supreme law
Paraphrase from "Let the good of the people be the highest law."

Salve, maris stella
Hello star of the sea
Option initial words Catholic church hymn "Ave, maris stella" (IX century) - Mary was considered a guide of sailors due to the erroneous convergence of her name (ancient Hebrew Mirjam) with the Latin word mare "sea".

Scio me nihil scire
I know that I know nothing
Latin translation of loosely interpreted words of Socrates.
Wed Russian Learn forever, you'll die a fool.

Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war
Source - Vegetius. Also cf. Cicero: "If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war."

Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant
They create a desert and call it peace
From the speech of the British leader Kalgak, urging his fellow tribesmen to resolutely oppose the Romans who invaded their country.
Tacitus, "Agricola"

Summa summarum
"Sum of sums", i.e. the final total or in the grand total
In ancient times, the phrase was used in the meaning of "a set of things" or "universe".

Suum cuique
To each his own, that is, to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his merits, Regulation of Roman law

Tarde venientibus ossa
Who comes late - the bones, Latin proverb

Tempus edax rerum
Devouring Time
Ovid, "Metamorphoses"

Terra incognita
Unknown land; trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area
On ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated in this way.

Tertium non datur
There is no third; there is no third
In formal logic, this is how one of the four laws of thinking is formulated - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed positions are given, one of which affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there can be no third, middle judgment between them.

Tibi et igni
“To you and the fire”, i.e. read and burn

Timeo Danaos and dona ferentes
Be afraid of the Danes, even those who bring gifts
The words of the priest Laocoön, referring to a huge wooden horse built by the Greeks (Danaans) allegedly as a gift to Minerva.

Tranquillas etiam naufragus horret aquas
The shipwrecked and still water fears
Wed Russian Burnt child dreads the fire.
Ovid, "Messages from Pontus"

Urbi et orbi
"City and the world"; to the whole world, to everyone and everyone

Usus tyrannus
Custom is a tyrant

Varietas delectat
Variety is fun
Phaedrus, "Fables"

Veni, vidi vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC. e. over the Pontic king Farnak.

Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated.
Claudian, "On the Sixth Consulate of Honorius"

Viva vox alit plenius
“Live speech nourishes more abundantly,” that is, what is orally stated is more successfully absorbed than what is written

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Compilation beautiful phrases and popular aphorisms in Latin, sayings and quotes with translation for tattoos. Lingua latina is one of the most ancient languages, the appearance of which is attributed to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. e.

Wise Latin sayings are often used by contemporaries as inscriptions for tattoos or as independent tattoos in a beautiful font.

Phrases for a tattoo in Latin

Audaces fortuna juvat.
(translated from Latin)
Happiness favors the brave.

Contra spent spero.
I hope without hope.

Debellare superbos.
Crush the pride of the recalcitrant.

Errare humanum est.

Est quaedam flere voluptas.
There is something of pleasure in tears.

Ex veto.
By promise, by vow.

Faciam ut mei memineris.
Quote from the work of the ancient Roman author Plautus.
I'll make sure you remember me.

fatum.
Fate, rock.

Fecit.
Done, performed.

Finis coronat opus.
End crowns the work.

Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus!.
Let's rejoice while we're young.

Gutta cavat Lapidem.
A drop wears away a stone.
Literally: Gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu - A drop hammers a stone, the ring wears out from use. (Ovid)

Hoc est in votis.
That's what I want.

Homo homini Lupus est.
Man is a wolf to man.

Homo Liber.
Free man.

In hac spe vivo.
I live by this hope.

The truth is in wine.

Magna res est amor.
Love is a great thing.

Malo mori quam foedari.
Better death than dishonor.

Ne cede malls.
Don't be discouraged by misfortune.

Noll me tangere.
Dont touch me.

Omnia mea mecum Porte.
I carry everything with me.

Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
Also used is the option Ad astra per aspera- to the stars through thorns.
A well-known saying, authorship is attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher.

Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Latin phraseological unit, which determines that there is no equality among people and cannot be.

Suum cuique.
To each his own.

Ubi bene, ibi patria.
Where it is good, there is the homeland.
The original source, apparently, is in the comedy "Plutus" by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.

Vale et me ama.
Farewell and love me.
With this phrase, Cicero ended his letters.

I came, I saw, I conquered!
Caesar's laconic notice of his victory over Pharnaces, son of Mithridates, at Celus, 47 BC.

Vlvere military est.
Live means fight.

Vivere est cogitare
To live is to think.
Roman words statesman, writer and orator Mark Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.

Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.

Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.

Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.

Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.

Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.

Aliis inserviendo consumer.
By serving others I waste myself.
The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.

Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.

Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.

Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love is not cured by herbs. (i.e. there is no cure for love. Ovid, Heroides)

Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.

Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.

Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.

Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.

Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.

Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.

Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.

Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.

Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Or Caesar, or nothing.

Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.

Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.

Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).

Cogitationes poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody is punished for thinking.
(One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta)

Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am. (The position from which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind. Rene Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy", I, 7, 9.)

Conscientia mille testes.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses. (Latin proverb)

Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy? (Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390)

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Destiny leads the one who wants to go, drags the unwilling one. (A saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.)

Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
You have to eat to live, not live to eat. (A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”)

Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice. (Martial, "Epigrams")

Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor.
Pain makes even the innocent lie. (Publius, "Sentences")

Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself. (Publius, "Sentences")

Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect the terrible, unspeakable pain again, to talk about the sad past. (Virgil, Aeneid)

Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf. (Plavt, "Donkeys")

Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to man.

Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.

Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.

Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
Every person is prone to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.

Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.

Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.

De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes could not be discussed. (The Russian analogue is the proverb “There is no comrade for the taste and color”)

De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead or good, or nothing. (A probable source is the saying of Chilo “Do not slander the dead”)

Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.

Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.

Divide et impera.
Divide and rule. (Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.)

Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law. The meaning of the Latin phrase: no matter how severe the law, it must be observed.

While I breathe I hope!

Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.

Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.

Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!

Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.

Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.

Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of the evils.

Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.

Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.

Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.

Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.

Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.

factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).

Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.

Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.

Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did my best, who can, let him do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their accounting speech, transferring authority to the successor.)

Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.

Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!

Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.

Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.

Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.

Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.

Flagrant delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.

Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).

Fortes fortuna adjuvat.
Fate helps the brave.

Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling.
(Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)

Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.

Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.

Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.

Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.

Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.

Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.

Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.

Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.

Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.

Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.

Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!

Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
people believe more eyes than ears.

Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.

Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.

Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.

Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
How more people have, the more they want to have.

Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.

Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.

Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.

Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.

Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.

Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.

Forever, forever.

Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!

In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.

Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.

Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.

In pace.
Peace, peace.

Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.

Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.

Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.

In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.

In memory.
In mind.

In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In times of peace, lions; in battle, deer. (Tertullian, "On the wreath")

Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.

Inter parietes.
Within four walls.

In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.

The truth is in wine. (Compare Pliny the Elder: "It is generally accepted to attribute guilt to truthfulness.") A very common phrase in tattoos!

In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.

In vitium ducit culpae fuga.
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another. (Horace, "The Science of Poetry")

In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.

Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.

Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.

It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.

It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.

Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus.

The load becomes light when you carry it with humility. (Ovid, Love Elegies)

Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet.

The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter what it comes from. (Juvenal, "Satires")

Lupus nonmordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.

Manus manum lavat.
The hand washes the hand.
(A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)

Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.

Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.

Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.

meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.

Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.

memento mori.
Memento Mori.
(The form of greeting that the monks of the Trappist order exchanged when they met. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense, of imminent danger.)

Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.

Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our destiny depends on our morals.

Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death does not know the law, takes both the king and the poor.

Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.

Mortem effugere nemo potest.
Nobody can escape death.

Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.

Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.

Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Nothing is safe in every way
(i.e. there is no complete well-being Horace, "Odes").

Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything.

Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.

We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful. (Ovid, Love Elegies)

Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.

Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.

Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers. (Virgil)

Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.

Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.

Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.

Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid. (The words of Atreus from the tragedy Action named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.)

Odi et amo.
I hate and love.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
Everything unknown is majestic. (Tacitus, Agricola)

Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.

Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.

Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants tried to take as many of their things as they fled, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “I do this, because I carry everything with me,” he replied, meaning their spiritual wealth.

Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.

Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.

Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare. (Cicero)

Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.

Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.

Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.

Optimum medicamentum quies est.
The best medicine is peace.
(Medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.)

Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.

Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars. (Through difficulties to a high goal.)

Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.

Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool. (Medieval set expression.)

Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.

Persona grata.
Desirable person or trustworthy person.

Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)

First among equals. (A formula characterizing the position of a monarch in a feudal state.)

Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.

Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.

Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.

Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed. (Russian analogy: Silence is a sign of consent.)

Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis cautum est in horas.
No one can know when to watch out for which danger.

Quo quisque sapientior est, eo solet esse modestior.
The smarter a person is, the more modest he is usually.

Quod cito fit, cito perit.
What is soon done, soon falls apart.

Quomodo fabula, sic vita; non quam diu, sed quam bene acta sit refert.
Life is like a play in a theatre; what matters is not how long it lasts, but how well it is played.

Respue quod non es.
Drop what is not you.

Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
(Latin translation of the loosely interpreted words of Socrates. Cf. Russian. Learn a century, you will die a fool.)

Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
One day we all go crazy.

Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.

Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.

Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if everything, then not me. (i.e. Even if everyone will, I won't)

Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love.

Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(Source - Vegetius. Also compare Cicero: "If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war.")

Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over yourself.

Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices in like.

Sic itur ad astra.
This is how they go to the stars.

Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines on everyone.

Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother deserves love, a father deserves respect.

Sua cuique fortuna in manu est.
Everyone has their own destiny in their hands.

Suum cuique.
To each his own
(i.e., to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his merits, Regulation of Roman law).

Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we appreciate it even in the enemy.

Tanto brevius omne tempus, quanto felicius est.
The faster time flies, the happier it is.

Tantum possumus, quantum scimus.
We can do as much as we know.

Tarde venientibus ossa.
Who comes late - the bones. (Latin proverb)

Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
Times change and we change with them.

Tempus fugit.
Time is running out.

Terra incognita.
unknown land
(trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area on ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated as such).

Tertium non datur.
There is no third; there is no third.
(In formal logic, one of the four laws of thinking is formulated in this way - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed positions are given, of which one affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there will be a third, middle judgment between them can not.)

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!

Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it!
Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis.

Where you are not capable of anything, you should not want anything.
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be worthy of love.

Utatur motu animi qui uti ratione non potest.
Whoever cannot follow the dictates of the mind, let him follow the movements of the soul.

Varietas dellectat.
Variety is fun.

Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.

A well-known and very popular phrase for a tattoo:

I came, I saw, I conquered.

(According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnaces.)

Veni, vidi, fugi.
I came, I saw, I ran.
Phrase for a tattoo with humor :)

Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated. (Claudian, "On the sixth consulship of Honorius")

Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.

Viva vox alit plenius.
Living speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., oral presentation is more successfully absorbed than written).

Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.

Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe by the power of truth during my lifetime.

Vivere est agere.
To live means to act.

Vivere est vincere.
To live means to win.

carpe diem!
The winged Latin expression is translated as “live in the present”, “seize the moment”.

The whole sentence is: " Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. - Time: seize the moment, believe the future as little as possible.

1. Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power.
2. Vita brevis, ars longa. Life is short, art is eternal.
3. Volens - nolens. Willy-nilly.
4. Historia est magistra vita. History is the teacher of life.
5. Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe I hope.
6. Per aspera ad astra! Through hardship to the stars
7. Terra incognita. Unknown land.
8 Homo sapiens. A reasonable person.
9. Sina era est studio. Without anger and predilection
10. Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am.
11. Non scholae sed vitae discimus. We study not for school, but for life.
12. Bis dat qui cito dat. He who gives quickly gives twice.
13. Clavus clavo pellitur. Fight fire with fire.
14. Alter ego. The second "I".
15. Errare humanum est. Humans tend to make mistakes.
16. Repetitio est mater studiorum. Repetition is the mother of learning.
17. Nomina sunt odiosa. Names are hateful.
18. Otium post negotium. Rest after work.
19 Mens sana in corpore sano. In a healthy body healthy mind.
20 Urbi et orbi. City and world.
21. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer.
22. Finis coronat opus. The end is the crown.
23. Homo locum ornat, non locus hominem. It is not the place that makes the man, but the man the place.
24. Ad majorem Dei gloriam. To the greater glory of God.
25. Una hirundo ver non facit. One swallow does not make spring.
26. Citius, altius, fortius. Faster, higher, stronger.
27. Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how earthly glory passes.
28. Aurora Musis amica. Aurora is a friend of the Muses.
29. Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. Times are changing, and we are changing with them.
30. Non multa, sed multum. Not much, but a lot.
31. E fructu arbor cognoscitur. A tree is known by its fruit.
32. Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
33. Post scriptum. After what has been written.
34. Alea est jacta. Die is cast.
35. Dixi et animam salvavi. I said this and saved my soul.
36. Nulla dies sine linea. Not a day without a line.
37 Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the Ox.
38. Felix, qui potuti rerum cogoscere causas. Happy is he who knows the cause of things.
39. Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war.
40. Cui bono? Who benefits?
41 Scio me nihil scire. I know that I don't know anything.
42. Nosce te ipsum! Know yourself!
43. Est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things.
44. Jurare in verba magistri. To swear by the teacher's words.
45. Qui tacet, consentire videtur. Silent means consent.
46. ​​In hoc signo vinces! Under this banner you will win. (Sim win!)
47. Labor recedet, bene factum non abscedet. Difficulties will go away, but a good deed will remain.
Non est fumus absque igne. There is no smoke without fire.
49. Duobus certantibus tertius gaudet. When two fight, the third rejoices.
50. Divide et impera! Divide and rule!
51. Corda nostra laudus est. Our hearts are sick with love.
52. O tempora! About mores! Oh times, oh manners!
53. Homo est animal sociale. Man is a social animal.
54. Homo homini lupus est. Man to man is a wolf.
55. Dura lex, sed lex. The law is harsh but fair.
56. O sancta simplicitas! Holy simplicity!
57. Hominem quaero! (Dioqines) Looking for a man! (Diogenes)
58. At Kalendas Graecas. To the Greek calendars (After the rain on Thursday)
59. Quo usque Catlina, abuter patientia nostra? How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
60. Vox populi - vox Dei. The voice of the people is the voice of God.
61. In vene veritas. The truth is in wine.
62. Qualis rex, talis grex. What is the pop, such is the arrival.
63. Qualis dominus, tales servi. What is the master, such is the servant.
64. Si vox est - canta! If you have a voice - sing!
65. I, pede fausto! Go happy!
66. Tempus consilium dabet. Time will tell.
67. Barba crescit, caput nescit. The hair is long, the mind is short.
68. Labores gigunt hanores. Works generate honors.
69. Amicus cognoscitur in amore, more, ore, re. A friend is known in love, disposition, speeches, deeds.
70. Ecce homo! Here's a man!
71. Homo novus. New man, upstart.
72. In pace litterae florunt. In the name of peace, the sciences are flourishing.
73. Fortes fortuna juiat. Fortune favors the brave.

74. Carpe diem! Seize the moment!
75. Nostra victoria in concordia. Our victory is in agreement.
76. Veritatis simplex est orato. True speech is simple.
77. Nemo omnia potest scire. Nobody can know everything.
78. Finis coronat opus. The end is the crown.
79. Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything with me.
80. Sancta sanctorum. Holy of Holies.
81. Ibi victoria ubi concordia. There is victory where there is agreement.
82. Experentia est optima magistra. Experience is the best teacher.
83. Amat victoria curam. Victory loves care.
84. Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think.
85. Epistula non erubescit. The paper does not turn red.
86. Festina lente! Hurry slow!
87. Nota bene. Remember well.
88. Elephantum ex musca facis. To make mountains out of molehills.
89. Ignorantia non est argumentum. Denial is not proof.
90. Lupus non mordet lupum. The wolf does not bite the wolf.
91. Vae victis! Woe to the vanquished!
92. Medice, cura te ipsum! Doctor, heal yourself! (Luke 4:17)
93. De te fabula narratur. A story is told about you.
94. Tertium non datur. There is no third.
95. Age, quod agis. Do what you do
96. Dout des. I give so that you can give.
97. Amantes - amentes. The lovers are insane.
98. Alma mater. University.
99. Amor vincit omnia. Love conquers everything.
100. Aut Caesar, aut nihil. Either all or nothing.
101. Aut - aut. Or or.
102. Si vis amari, ama. If you want to be loved, love.
103. Ab ovo ad mala. From egg to apple.
104. Timeo danaos et dona ferentes. Be afraid of the Danes who bring gifts.
105. Sapienti sat est. It's said by a man.
106. Periculum in mora. Danger in delay.
107. O fallacem hominum spem! O deceptive human hope!
108 Quoandoe bonus dormitat Homerus. Sometimes our good Homer dozes.
109. Sponte sua sina lege On my own initiative.
110. Pia desideria Good intentions.
111. Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant Those who are about to die, Caesar, greet you!
112. Modus vivendi Way of life
113. Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
114. Ne quid nimis Nothing beyond measure
115. De qustibus et coloribus non est disputantum. Every man to his own taste.
116. Ira furor brevis est. Anger is a momentary frenzy.
117. Feci quod potui faciant meliora potentes I did my best. Who can, let him do better.
118. Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade. Something greater than the Iliad is being born.
119. In media res. In the middle of things, in the very essence.
120. Non bis in idem. One time is enough.
121. Non sum qualis eram. I'm not the same as I was before.
122. Abussus abussum invocat. Misfortunes never come alone.
123. Hoc volo sic jubeo sit pro ratione voluntas. I command it, let my will be the argument.
124. Amici diem perdidi! Friends, I lost a day.
125. Aquilam volare doces. Teaching an eagle to fly.
126. Vive, valeque. Live and hello.
127. Vale et me ama. Be healthy and love me.
128. Sic itur ad astra. This is how they go to the stars.
129 Sitaces, consentus. Who is silent, agrees.
130. Littera scripta manet. What is written remains.
131. Ad meliora tempora. Until better times.
132. Plenus venter non studet libenter. A full belly is deaf to learning.
133. Abussus non tollit usum. Abuse does not cancel use.
134. Ab urbe conita. From the founding of the city.
135. Salus populi summa lex. The welfare of the people is the supreme law.
136. Vim vi repellere licet. Violence is allowed to be repelled by force.
137. Sero (tarle) venientibus - ossa. Latecomers get the bones.
138. Lupus in fabula. Easy to remember.
139. Acta est fabula. The show is over. (Finita la comedy!)
140. Legem brevem esse portet. The law must be short.
141. Lectori benevolo salutem. (L.B.S.) Hello dear reader.
142. Aegris somnia. The patient's dreams.
143. Abo in pace. Go in peace.
144. Absit invidia verbo. Let me not be judged for these words.
145. Abstractum pro concrete. abstract instead of concrete.
146. Acceptissima semper munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit. Best of all are those gifts, the value of which is in the giver himself.
147. Ad impossibilia nemo obligatur. Nobody is forced to do the impossible.
148. Ad libitum. Optional.
149. Ad narrandum, non ad probandum. To tell, not to prove.
150. Ad note. Note.
151. Ad personam. Personally.
152. Advocatus Dei (Diavoli) Advocate of God. (Devil).
153. Aeterna urbs. The eternal City.
154. Aquila non captat muscas. The eagle does not catch flies.
155. Confiteor solum hoc tibi. I confess this only to you.
156. Cras amet, qui nunquam amavit quique amavit cras amet. Let the one who has never loved love tomorrow, and the one who loved, let him love tomorrow.
157. Credo, quia verum (absurdum). I believe because it is the truth (this is absurd).
158. Bene placito. By good will.
159. Cantus cycneus. A swan song.

A posteriori. "From the next"; on the basis of experience, on the basis of experience. In logic, a conclusion drawn from experience.

A priori. "From the previous", on the basis of the previously known. In logic, a conclusion based on general propositions taken as true.

Ab altĕro expectes, altĕri quod fecĕris. Expect from the other what you yourself did to another (cf. As it comes around, it will respond).

Ab ovo usque ad mala. "From eggs to apples", from beginning to end. The dinner of the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.

Ab urbe condata. From the founding of the city (i.e. Rome; the founding of Rome is attributed to 754–753 BC). Era of the Roman chronology. That's what it was called historical work Titus Livy, who recounted the history of Rome from its legendary founding to 9 AD.

ad hoc. “For this”, “in relation to this”, specifically for this occasion.

Ad libtum. On request, on<своему>discretion (in music - the tempo of a piece of music, provided at the discretion of the performer).

Ad majōrem dei gloriam. "To the greater glory of God"; often in paraphrases for glorification, glory, in the name of the triumph of someone or something. The motto of the Jesuit order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola.

Alea jacta est. “The die is cast” is about an irrevocable decision, about a step that does not allow retreat, a return to the past. The words of Julius Caesar, who decided to seize sole power, spoken before crossing the Rubicon River, which served as the beginning of the war with the Senate.

Alma mater. "Nourishing mother" (traditional figurative name educational institutions, usually higher).

alter ego. The other me, the second me (about friends). attributed to Pythagoras.

Amīcus certus in re incertā cernĭtur. " True friend is known in a wrong deed”, i.e. a true friend is known in trouble (Cicero, Treatise on Friendship).

Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca vertas. Plato is my friend, but truth is an even greater friend. The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.

Amōrem canat aetas prima. Let youth sing about love (Sextus Propertius, "Elegies").

Aquala non captat muscas. The eagle does not catch flies (Latin proverb).

Ars longa, vita brevis. Science is vast (or Art is vast), but life is short. From the 1st aphorism of the ancient Greek physician and naturalist Hippocrates (translated into Latin).

Audiātur et altera pars. The other (or opposing) side should also be heard. On the impartial consideration of disputes. The expression goes back to the judicial oath in Athens.

Aurea mediocritas. Golden mean. The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the worldly philosophy of Horace ("Odes").

Auri sacra fames. Damned thirst for gold. Virgil, Aeneid.

Aut Caesar, aut nihil. Or Caesar, or nothing (cf. Russian. Or pan or disappeared). Motto of Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal and military adventurer. The source for this motto was the words attributed to the Roman emperor Caligula (12-41), known for his extravagance.

ave Caesar, moritūri te salūtant. Hello Caesar,<император,>those who are about to die greet you. Greetings from Roman gladiators addressed to the emperor. Attested by the Roman historian Suetonius.

Bellum omnium contra omnes. War of all against all. T. Hobbes, "Leviathan", about the natural state of people before the formation of society.

carpe diem. "seize the day", i.e. enjoy today, seize the moment. Epicurean motto. Horace, "Odes".

Cetĕrum censeo Carthagĭnem esse delendam. And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed. Persistent reminder; the expression is the words of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder, which he added at the end of every speech in the Senate, no matter what he had to say.

Cibi, potus, somni, venus omnia moderata sint. Food, drink, sleep, love - let everything be moderate (saying of the Greek physician Hippocrates).

Citius, altius, fortius! Faster, higher, stronger! The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913

Cogto, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. R. Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy".

Consuetūdo est altĕra natūra. Habit is second nature. Cicero, On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil.

Credo. "I believe." The so-called "creed" is a prayer that begins with this word, which is a short set of dogmas of Christianity. In a figurative sense: the basic provisions, the foundations of someone's worldview, the basic principles of someone.

Cujusvis homnis est errare; nullīus, sine insipientis, in irrōre perseverāre. It is natural for every person to err, but it is not for anyone but a fool to persist in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippi.

Curriculum vitae. "The Way of Life", a short biography.

De gustĭbus non est disputandum. They do not argue about tastes (cf. There are no comrades for taste and color).

De jure. de facto. Rightfully, legally. In fact, actually.

De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil. About the dead or good, or nothing. Saying of Chilo, one of the seven wise men of antiquity.

Divĭde et impĕra. Divide and rule. Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy.

Docendo discimus. By teaching, we learn ourselves. Seneca, Letters.

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. Fate leads the one who wants to go, drags the one who does not want to go. The saying of the Greek Stoic philosopher Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in his Letters.

Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe I hope. A modern formulation of a thought found in Cicero in the Letters to Atticus and in Seneca in the Letters.

Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Stupid, avoiding vices, fall into opposite vices (Quintus Horace Flaccus).

Dura lex, sed lex. “Severe is the law, but the law”, i.e. no matter how severe the law, it must be observed.

Epistula non erubescit. The letter does not blush. In a letter, you can express what you are ashamed to say in person.

Errare humānum est. "To err is a human property", it is human nature to err. Marc Annaeus Seneca the Elder, "Controversions".

Eruditio aspĕra optĭma est. Rigorous training is the best.

est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things, i.e. everything has a measure. Horace, "Satires".

Ex libris. "From books", bookplate. The name of a bookmark affixed to the inside of the front cover or cover of a book and containing the name of the owner of the book.

Ex ungue leōnem. “By the claw of a lion” (they recognize), i.e. by the part one can judge the whole, or by the hand one recognizes the master. Lucian, Hermotimus.

Exempli gratia (e.g.). For the sake of example, for example.

Feci, quod potui, faciant meliōra potentes. I did my best, who can, let him do better. A poetic paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring authority to the successor.

Femina nihil pestilentius. There is nothing worse than a woman. Homer.

Festival lente. “Hurry slowly”, do everything slowly. Latin translation of a Greek proverb (speude bradeōs) which Suetonius quotes in Greek form as one of the common sayings of Augustus ("Divine Augustus").

Fiat justitia et pereat mundus. Let justice be done and let the world perish. Motto of German Emperor Ferdinand I.

Fiat lux. Let there be light. Genesis 1:3.

Finis cornat opus. End crowns the work; the end is the crown. Proverb expression.

Gaudeamus igtur juvnes dum sumus. Let's rejoice while we are young (the beginning of a student song that arose from the Latin drinking songs of the Vagantes).

Gutta cavát lapidém non ví sed sáepe cadéndo. A drop hollows out a stone not by force, but by a frequent fall. Ovid, "Messages from Pontus".

Habent sua fata libelli. Books have their own destiny (depending on how the reader accepts them). Terentian Maurus, On Letters, Syllables, and Measures.

Hoc est (h.e.). It means, that is.

Homo novus. New person. A person of humble origin who has reached a high position in society.

Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum puto. I am human and I believe that nothing human is alien to me. It is used if you wish to emphasize the depth and breadth of interests, involvement in everything human, or in the meaning: I am a person and I am not immune from any human delusions and weaknesses. Terence, "Punishing Himself".

Honores mutant mores. Honors change morals. Plutarch, Life of Sulla.

Honris causā. "For the sake of honor", i.e. considering merit; sometimes - for the sake of one's honor, for prestige, or for the sake of honor alone, disinterestedly. Most often used to refer to the custom of awarding a degree without defending a dissertation, by virtue of merit.

Ignorantia non est argumentum. Ignorance is not an excuse. Benedict Spinoza, Ethics.

Malum nullum est sine alĭquo bono. There is no bad without good. Latin proverb.

Manus manum lavat. The hand washes the hand. Proverb expression.

memento mori. Memento Mori. A form of greeting exchanged upon meeting by the monks of the Trappist order.

Memento quia pulvis est. Remember that you are dust. Genesis 3:19.

Mens sana in corpŏre sano. In a healthy body healthy mind. Juvenal, "Satires".

Multis timēre debet, quem multi time. The one who is afraid of many should be afraid of many. Publius Sir.

Mutatis mutandis. By changing what needs to be changed; with the corresponding changes.

Nam sine doctrinā vita est quasi mortis imāgo. For without science, life is, as it were, the likeness of death. The original source has not been identified; found in Zh.B. Molière, "The tradesman in the nobility".

Ne quid nimis! Nothing extra! Don't break the rules! Publius Terentius Afr, The Girl from Andros.

Nomen est omen. “The name is a sign”, the name portends something, says something about its bearer, characterizes him. Plautus, "Persus".

Non est disciplus super magistrum. The student is not higher than his teacher. Gospel of Matthew.

Non olet. "Does not smell"<деньги>don't smell. Suetonius, "The Divine Vespasian".

Nosce te ipsum. Know yourself. Latin translation of the Greek saying gnōthi seauton, attributed to Thales and inscribed on the pediment of the temple at Delphi.

Nota bene! (NB!). "Notice well, pay attention." A mark that serves to draw attention to a particular noteworthy part of the text.

Nulla dies sine linea. Not a day without a stroke; not a day without a line (used in the "Natural History" by Gaius Pliny Caecilius the Elder in relation to the ancient Greek painter Apelles).

O tempra! About mores! O times! Oh manners! Cicero, Oration Against Catiline.

O sancta simplictas! Oh, holy simplicity! The phrase is attributed to the Czech Protestant Jan Hus. According to legend, Gus, who was being burned at the stake, uttered these words when some old woman, out of pious motives, threw an armful of brushwood into the fire.

Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything with me. Words attributed by Cicero to Biantus, one of the seven wise men.

Omnia víncit amór et nós cedamus amóri. Love conquers everything, and we will submit to love (Virgil, Eclogues).

Omnis ars imitatio est naturae. All art is an imitation of nature. Seneca, "Messages".

Optimum medicamentum quies est. The best medicine is rest. Statement of Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman physician.

Panem et circles. Meal'n'Real. An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd, which lost political rights in the era of the Empire and was content with the free distribution of bread and free circus spectacles.

Parturiunt montes, nascētur ridicŭlus mus. Mountains give birth, and a funny mouse is born; the mountain gave birth to a mouse (Quintus Horace Flaccus in The Science of Poetry ridicules writers who begin their works with grandiloquent promises that are not justified in the future).

Parva leves capiunt animos. Little things seduce the souls of the frivolous. Publius Ovid Naso.

Per aspera ad astra. "Through thorns to the stars", through difficulties to a lofty goal. Modification of a fragment from Seneca's Furious Hercules.

Per fas et nefas. “With the help of what is permitted and forbidden by the gods,” by hook or by crook. Titus Livius, "History".

Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. May those who said what we say before us die! A joking aphorism. The original source is not known.

Periclum in moro. "Danger in delay", i.e. delay is dangerous. Titus Livius, "History".

Persōna (non) grata. (Un)desirable person (term of international law). In a broad sense - a person who (not) enjoys confidence.

post factum. "After the fact", i.e. after the event has happened; retrospectively, belatedly.

Post scriptum (P.S.). "After written" or "After written", postscript at the end of the letter.

Pro et contra. Pros and cons.

Ask! To health! Cheers!

Qualis rex, talis grex. What is the king, such is the crowd. Latin proverb. Wed What a pop, such is the arrival.

Qui non labōrat, non mandūcet. Whoever does not work, let him not eat. 2nd Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians 3:10.

Qui pro quo. One instead of the other, i.e. confusion of concepts, confusion; misunderstanding.

Quia nomĭnor leo. For I am called a lion. Words from the fable of Phaedrus. Lion and Donkey share the prey after the hunt. The lion took one third for himself as the king of animals, the second - as a participant in the hunt, the third - because he is a lion.

Quidquid agís, prudenter agás et respĭce fínem. Whatever you do, do it wisely and foresee the result. "Roman Acts".

Quo vadis? Where are you going? Are you coming? Gospel of John; the words that Peter spoke to Jesus.

Quod erat demonstrandum (q.e.d.). Q.E.D. The traditional formula that completes the proof.

Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull. Latin proverb.

Repetitio est mater studiōrum. Repetition is the mother of learning. Latin proverb.

Salus popŭli - suprema lex. The good of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.

Salus populi suprema lex. The good of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.

Sapre aude. Decide to be wise. Horace, "Messages".

Sapienti sat. enough for those who understand<того, что уже было сказано>. Titus Maccius Plautus, The Persian.

Scientia est potentia. Knowledge is power. Aphorism based on the statement of F. Bacon in the New Organon.

Scio me nihil scire. I know that I know nothing. Translation into Latin of the words of Socrates, cited in Plato's work "Apology of Socrates".

Semper homo bonus tiro est. A decent person is always a simpleton. Martial.

Sero venientĭbus ossa. Whoever comes late (i.e., late), to that - the bones. Latin proverb.

Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how worldly glory passes. A phrase with which they address the future Pope of Rome during his elevation to this rank, while burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly existence.

Sine ira et studio. No anger or passion. Tacitus, Annals.

Sint ut sunt aut non sint. Let it stay as it is, or not at all. The words of Pope Clement XIII, spoken by him to the French envoy in 1761 in response to a demand to change the charter of the Jesuit order.

Sit tibi terra levis (STTL). “Let the earth be easy for you”, let the earth rest in peace for you (the usual form of Latin epitaphs).

Sit venia verbo. Let it be allowed to say; let me tell you. Latin phraseology.

Solus cum solā non cogitabuntur orāre "Pater noster". A man with a woman alone will not think of reading the Lord's Prayer. The original source has not been identified; found in V. Hugo, "Notre Dame Cathedral", "Les Misérables".

status quo. "The situation in which", the existing situation; used tzh. in meaning "previous position".

Sub rosa. "Under the rose", secretly, secretly. The rose was the emblem of mystery among the ancient Romans. If the rose was hung from the ceiling under the banquet table, then everything that was said “under the rose” should not have been disclosed.

Sub specie aeternitātis. "Under the guise of eternity, under the form of eternity"; in terms of eternity. An expression from Spinoza's Ethics, proving that "it is in the nature of reason to comprehend things under some form of eternity."

Sublatā causā, tollĭtur morbus. If the cause is eliminated, then the disease will also pass. Attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates.

Suum cueque. To each his own, i.e. to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts. position of Roman law.

Temeritas est florentis aetatis. Frivolity is characteristic of the flowering age. Mark Tullius Cicero.

Terra incognita. Unknown land. Peren. something completely unknown or inaccessible, incomprehensible area.

Tertium non datur. The third is not given; there is no third. The formulation of one of the four laws of thought - the law of the excluded middle - in formal logic.

Trahit sua quemque voluptas. Everyone is attracted by his passion (Publius Virgil Maron, Bucoliki).

Transeat a me calix iste. May this cup pass from me (Gospel of Matthew 26:39).

Tu vivendo bonos, scribendo sequāre perītos. In life, follow well-meaning people, in writing - kind (the original source has not been established; found in J.B. Molière, "Love Annoyance").

Ultima ratio regum. "The last argument of kings", the last resort of kings. Inscription on French cannons, made under Louis XIV at the behest of Cardinal Richelieu.

Ultra posse nemo obligatur. No one should be obligated beyond his capacity. Legal norm.

Urbi et orbi. "To the city (i.e. Rome) and the world"; to the whole world, to the whole world, to one and all. Words included in the accepted in the XIII-XIV century. the formula of the blessing of the newly elected pope, as the head of the Catholic Church for the city of Rome and the whole world, and which became the formula for the blessing of the pope to the entire Catholic world on holidays.

Vade mecum. "Come with me," vademekum. The traditional name of guidebooks and reference publications that serve as a constant companion in something.

Vae victis. Woe to the vanquished. During the siege of Rome by the Gauls, the inhabitants of the city had to pay a ransom of a thousand pounds of gold. On the scales, where the weights stood, one Gaul put his heavy sword, saying: "Woe to the vanquished." Titus Livius, "History".

Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. According to Plutarch in his Comparative Biography, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela.

Veto. "I forbid"; prohibition, veto. To "veto" someone's decision is to suspend its execution.

Vim vi repellĕre licet. Violence is allowed to be repelled by force (one of the provisions of Roman civil law).

Virtūtem primam esse puta compescĕre linguam. Consider the ability to curb the tongue as the first virtue (the saying from the collection “Instructive Couplets for the Son” by Dionysius Cato).

Vita sine liberalate nihil. Life without freedom is nothing (original source not established; found in R. Roland, "Against Italian Fascism").

Vivre est cogitare. To live is to think. Cicero, Tusculan Discourses. Motto of Voltaire

Vivre est militare. To live is to fight. Seneca, Letters.

Volens nolens. Like it or not, willy-nilly.

Latin is a language in which you can talk about anything, and always sound somehow especially smart and sublime. If you have ever studied it, it was hardly the brightest and most fun time in your life, but in any case it was useful.

But if you have not had a chance to study such a subject, then catch the 25 most famous Latin sayings. Remember at least a few of them, and then, having successfully screwed one or two phrases into a conversation, you will pass for a very intelligent and well-read person. And do not forget to languidly cover your eyes, quoting great philosophers.

25. "Ex nihilo nihil fit."
Nothing comes from nothing.

24. "Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur."
The world wants to be deceived, let it be deceived.

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23. Memento mori.
Remember that you are mortal.

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22. "Etiam si omnes, ego non."
Even if everything, then I - no.

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21. Audiatur et altera pars.
Let the other side be heard.

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20. Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
If you were silent, you would remain a philosopher.

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19. Invictus maneo.
I remain undefeated.

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18. Fortes fortuna adiuvat.
Fate favors the brave.

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17. Dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
Endure and be firm, this pain will someday benefit you.

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16. "Cogito Ergo Sum".
I think, therefore I am.

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15. "Oderint dum metuant".
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid.

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14. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who will guard the watchmen themselves?

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13. "Sic transit gloria".
This is how worldly glory passes.

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12. "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus".
Never tickle a sleeping dragon.

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11. "Utinam barbari spacium proprium tuum invadant."
Let the barbarians invade your personal space.

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10. In vino veritas.
The truth is in the wine.

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9. "Si vis pacem, para bellum."
If you want peace, prepare for war.

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8. "Pacta sunt servanda."
Treaties must be respected.

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7. "Non ducor, duco."
I am not led, I lead myself.

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6. "Quando omni flunkus moritati".
If everyone is down, pretend to be dead too.

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5. Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Whoever speaks Latin sees the highest peaks.

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4. "Dum Spiro, Spero".
While I breathe I hope.

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3. Tua mater latior quam Rubicon est.
Your mother is wider than the Rubicon (Italian river).

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2. Carpe diem.
Seize the moment.

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1. "Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam."
Either I'll find a way, or I'll pave it myself.

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