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vir quisque vir: every man a man: Motto of the US collegiate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. vires acquirit eundo: she gathers strength as she goes: A quotation from Vergil's Aeneid, Book 4, 175, which in the original context refers to Pheme. Motto on the Coat of arms of Melbourne: virgo intacta
Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:
List of Latin phrases; List of motu proprios; List of Latin phrases (full) A. List of Latin phrases (A) B. List of Latin phrases (B) C. List of Latin phrases (C) D.
Note that this is not accurate Latin but rather a mixture of Latin and Gothic [12] non sum qualis eram: I am not such as I was: Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". Expresses a change in the speaker. Horace, Odes 4/1:3. non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum: Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold: Also, "All that glitters ...
Latin Translation Notes faber est suae quisque fortunae: every man is the artisan of his own fortune: Appius Claudius Caecus; motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney, Australia fac et spera: do and hope: motto of Clan Matheson: fac fortia et patere: do brave deeds and endure: motto of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia ...
Nonsense Phrases To Repeat. 1. A bright bunch of blueberries sat on a big boat. 2. A clam crams cream in a cramped can. 3. A quiet ostrich quacks quietly. 4. Big brother beats beef. 5. Cell phones ...
inveniet quod quisque velit: each shall find what he desires: Attributed to Petronius [5] or Prudentius. Motto of the journal Nature in Cambridgeshire: [6] Inveniet quod quisque velit; non omnibus unum est, quod placet; hic spinas colligit, ille rosas ("Each shall find what he desires; no one thing pleases all; one gathers thorns, another roses ...