Latin Quotations and Phrases

[ photo: Waterlillies - Monet ]

1. A fortiori - With yet stronger reason
2. A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place)
3. A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality
4. A verbis ad verbera - from words to blows
5. Absit invidia - No offence intended
6. Absum! - I'm outta here!
7. Abusus non tollit usum - Wrong use does not preclude proper use
8. Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
9. Acta non verba - Action not words
10. Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulty
11. Ad augusta per angusta - To high places by narrow roads
12. Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before
13. Ad infinitum - To infinity without end
14. Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora - Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush)
15. Age quod agis - Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing
16. Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!
17. Alea iacta est - The die has been cast. (Caesar)
18. Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi - The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. (still waters run deep)
19. Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore - I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting. (Cicero)
20. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur - A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter
21. Amor caecus est - Love is blind
22. Amor est vitae essentia - Love is the essence of life. (Robert B. Mackay)
23. Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine?
24. Audere est facere - To dare is to do. (Motto of Tottenham Hotspur)
25. Aut disce aut discede - Either learn or leave

[ To be Continued...]

~ Rads