Latin sayings

"Nota bene."

"Note well; pay close attention."

"Disce pati."

"Learn to endure."

"Doctus cum multis libris."

"Learned with many books; a polymath."

"Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito."

"Yield not to misfortunes

"Quod cito acquiritur cito perit."

"That which is quickly gained is quickly lost."

"Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit."

"The one who follows two hares catches neither."

"Denique non omnes eadem mirantur amantque."

"Not all men admire and love the same things."

"Otium sine litteris mors est."

"Leisure without literature is death."

"Aut disce

aut discede."

"Qui non proficit

deficit."

"Si nescis loqui

auscultare disce."

"Patientia victrix."

"Patience is victorious."

"Quod scripsi scripsi."

"What I have written

"Labor omnia vincit improbus."

"Unceasing effort conquers all."

"Caeca invidia est."

"Envy is blind."

"Non omnia possumus omnes."

"All of us cannot do everything."

"De nihilo nihil fit."

"From nothing

"Est modus in rebus."

"There is a method/measure in all things."

"Tempus fugit."

"Time flies."

"Omnia praeclara rara."

"All excellent things are rare."

"Imperare sibi maximum imperium est."

"To rule yourself is the greatest power."

"Veritas numquam perit."

"Truth never perishes."

"Ad marginem."

"At the margin; in the margin."

"Festina lente."

"Make haste slowly."

"Vincit qui patitur."

"He who perseveres conquers."

"Sapiens qui prospicit."

"The wise one looks ahead."

"Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina."

"Everything sounds more powerful when said in Latin."

"Et ipsa scientia potestas est."

"Knowledge itself is power."

"Per scientiam ad salutem aegroti."

"Through knowledge to the healing of the sick."

"Plenus venter non studet libenter."

"A full belly does not like studying."

"Volo non valeo."

"I am willing but unable."

"Tempora mutantur

et nos mutamur in illis."

"Vultus est index animi."

"The face is the mirror of the soul."

"Non scholae

sed vitae discimus."

"Historia magistra vitae est."

"History is the teacher of life."

"Nulla est medicina sine lingua Latina."

"There is no medicine without Latin."

"Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago."

"Without learning

"Gutta cavat lapidem

non vi sed saepe cadendo."

"Parva scintilla saepe magnam flammam excitat."

"A small spark often creates a great flame."

"Nemo in amore videt."

"No one sees clearly in love."

"Medice

cura te ipsum!"

"Medicus curat

natura sanat."

"Similia similibus curantur."

"Like is cured by like."

"Contraria contrariis curantur."

"Opposites are cured by opposites."

"Aquila non captat muscas."

"The eagle does not catch flies."

"Qui tacet consentire videtur."

"He who is silent is seen to consent."

"Vir bonus dicendi peritus."

"A good man skilled in speaking."

"Memorandum."

"A reminder; a note."

"Erratum."

"An error in writing or printing."

"Curriculum vitae."

"The course of one’s life."

"Maximum remedium irae mora est."

"The best remedy for anger is delay."

"Tu ne cede malis."

"Yield not to misfortunes."

"Quae nocent docent."

"What harms

"Unius compendium

alterius dispendium."

"Post prandium stabis

post cenam ambulabis."

"Lupus pilum mutat

non mentem."

"Unius compendium, alterius dispendium.

The gain of one is the loss of another.

"Post prandium stabis, post cenam ambulabis

"After lunch stand, after dinner walk."

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem

"The wolf changes his fur, not his nature