Loyaute me lie – Loyalty Binds Me

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.(Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands.)

Stercus Accidit.[barren happens]

Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas” – “Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

(on the word “fuck”)’Oh, come on, Mum,’ I sighed at her protest. ‘It’s just an old Anglo-Saxon word for the female organ which has been adopted by an inherently misogynist language as a negative epithet....

On the third, directly before me, were embedded more polished letters: PER OMNIA SAECULA SAECULORUM.For ever and ever. In the red light, the brushed steel glowed softly, like embers. The polish letters blazed.Without a hiss,...

‘Livin’ la Vida Loca’ is not Latin music. It does not represent Latin music.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.

Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)

Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit. ‘Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.

Omnia mutantur; nihil interit

Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb?

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for...

I have indeed lived and worked to my taste either in art or science. What more could a man desire? Knowledge has always been my goal. There is much that I shall leave behind undone…but...

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for ”the mess we’re in.”

Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur.”If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is...

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

You Can’t Replace A Star with A Lightbulb

Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna.”[“Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank.”]

You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the international language for smart people?”-Shane (Glass Houses)

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)

Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)

A Memory Is Better Than A Phony!

I should think a dead language would be rather boring, sociallyspeaking.

Veni, vidi, flevi.I came. I saw. I cried.

Mister Cameron – I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great many texts in Greek and Latin histories that were not though fit for...

I started studying law, but this I could stand just for one semester. I couldn’t stand more. Then I studied languages and literature for two years. After two years I passed an examination with the...

Non nobis solum nati sumus.(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)

My Name Is Latif Mercado, And I Am… A Workaholic!

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via” – “There is no easy way from the earth to the stars

[Giordano] Bruno died, despised and suffering, after eight years of agony. From that moment, his works have attracted interest, and he has long been recognized as an important figure in the development of modern thought....

Mens videt astra.(The soul sees the stars.)

Do you know who ’twas that first knew our Lord had caused Himself to be born? ‘Twas the cock; he saw the star, and so he said–all the beasts could talk Latin in those days;...

I’d like to write gibberish in Latin, because if people aren’t going to be able to read it, they might as well not read it in a dead language.

Noli me tangere,noli me legere,noli me videre,noli me

My Friends I Will Always Remember, And My Enemies I Will Never Forget!

Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.

He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the birds. He had once nearly killed himself trying to read and ride a...

A man leaves his great house because he’s boredWith life at home, and suddenly returns,Finding himself no happier abroad.He rushes off to his villa driving like mad,You’ld think he’s going to a house on fire,And...

Out in the field, any connection with home just makes you weaker. It reminds you that you were once civilized, soft; and that can get you killed faster than a bullet through the head.

Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)

Failures Are The Cornerstones Of Success!

Aequat omnes cinis

Ars longa vita brevis

What do you think that fish is?’ Sam asked Astrid.She peered closely at the alleged fish. ‘I think that’s an example of Pesce inedibilis,’ she said.’Yeah?’ Sam made a face. ‘Do you think it’s okay...

No, it’s all Greek to me.

Exactly,” she agreed.