Latin Mottos and Quotations

ars artis gratia

art for the sake of art

(Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer logo)

cave canem

beware of the dog

(found on a mosaic in Pompeii)

e pluribus unum

from many, one (one out of many)

(U.S. -- found on all coins)

Annuit Coeptis

he (God) looks with favor on our undertakings --(found on $1 bill)

Novus Ordo Seclorum

A new order of the ages

(found on $1 bill)

semper fidelis

always faithful

(U.S. Marine Corps)

semper paratus

always prepared

(U.S. Coast Guard)

veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered

(Julius Caesar)

errare humanum est

to err is human

(Seneca)

carpe diem

seize the day

(Horace)

ars longa, vita brevis

art is long, life is short

(Horace)

et tu, Brute!

even you, Brutus

(Julius Caesar)

festina lente

make haste slowly

(Augustus)

in hoc signo vinces

by this sign you will conquer

(Constantine saw this in the sky before the battle of the Milvian Bridge)

mens sana in corpore sano

a sound mind in a sound body

(Juvenal)

A mari usque ad mare

from sea to sea

(National motto of Canada)

citius, altius, fortius

swifter, higher, stronger

(motto of modern Olympics)

alea iacta est

the die is cast

veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered

(Caesar)

Audentis Fortuna iuvat

Fortune favors the brave

(Virgil)

Rident stolidi verba Latina.

Fools laugh at the Latin language

(Ovid)

Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres.

As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word

(Horace)

Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it

(Pliny the Younger)