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  2. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    Latin Translation Notes labor ipse voluptas: The pleasure is in the work itself. Motto of Peter King, 1st Baron King as mentioned within 'The Improvement of the Mind. To Which is Added, a discourse on the Education of Children and Youth' by Isaac Watts 1741. labor omnia vincit: Hard work conquers all.

  3. Vegetius - Wikipedia

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    Vegetius' epitome mainly focuses on military organization and how to react to certain occasions in war. Vegetius explains how one should fortify and organize a camp, how to train troops, how to handle undisciplined troops, how to handle a battle engagement, how to march, formation gauge and many other useful methods of promoting organization and valour in the legion.

  4. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    This formula appears in the 1668 Latin revised edition of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, book 2, chapter 26, p. 133. audacia pro muro et scuto opus: boldness is our wall, action is our shield: Cornelis Jol, [14] in a bid to rally his rebellious captains to fight and conquer the Spanish treasure fleet in 1638. audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret

  5. Rhetorica ad Herennium - Wikipedia

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    Definition is the concise statement of a person or object's characteristic traits, transition restates a previous statement to set up the presentation of a new one, and correction is the deliberate retraction of a statement in order to replace it with a more fitting one.

  6. In hoc signo vinces - Wikipedia

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    The bishop Eusebius of Caesaria, a historian, states that Constantine was marching with his army (Eusebius does not specify the actual location of the event, but it is clearly not in the camp at Rome), when he looked up to the sun and saw a cross of light above it, and with it the Greek words " τούτῳ νίκα" ("In this, conquer"), [3] a ...

  7. Divide and rule (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Divide and rule or divide and conquer (Latin: divide et impera) is a method for gaining and maintaining power in politics and sociology. Divide and rule or divide and conquer may also refer to: Arts and entertainment

  8. Veni, vidi, vici - Wikipedia

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    A view from the 2000-year-old historical castle column piece in Zile, Turkey where Julius Caesar said "Veni, vidi, vici".. Veni, vidi, vici (Classical Latin: [ˈu̯eːniː ˈu̯iːd̪iː ˈu̯iː.kiː], Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈveːni ˈviːd̪i ˈviː.t͡ʃi]; "I came; I saw; I conquered") is a Latin phrase used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory.

  9. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    From the second letter by Horace in his First Book of Letters: Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet; sapere aude, incipe. [... dare to know, begin]. [7] dirigo: I direct: In Classical Latin, "I arrange". Motto of the State of Maine, United States; based on a comparison of the State to the star Polaris. dis aliter visum: It seemed otherwise to the gods