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Saturday, July 09, 2005

Latin Quotations and Phrases 2





26. Bellum omium contra omnes - Everyman's struggle against everyman. (Thomas Hobbes)
27. Bene legere saecla vincere - To read well is to master the ages. (Professor Isaac Flagg)
28. Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit - He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms. (Syrus)
29. Bis repetita placent - The things that please are those that are asked for again and again. (Horace)
30. Bis vivit qui bene vivit - He lives twice who lives well
31. Bona fide - Acting in good faith
32. Bona fides (noun) - Honest intention
33. Bona fortuna - Good luck!
34. Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis - Good wine gladdens a person's heart
35. Bovina Sancta! - Holy cow!
36. Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior - Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes. (Publilius Syrus)
37. Cacoethes scribendi - An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal)
38. Cadit quaestio - The question drops
39. Caeca invidia est - Envy is blind. (Livy)
40. Caeci caecos ducentes - Blind are led by the blind.
41. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt - They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)
42. Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it
43. Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet - A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus)
44. Caro putridas es! - You're dead meat
45. Carpe Cerevisi - Seize the beer!
46. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)
47. Carpe diem - Seize the day (opportunity) (Horace)
48. Casus belli - An act used to justify war
49. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam - I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
50. Cave canem, te necet lingendo - Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death

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