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Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore Cicero


I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.

2. Vestis virum reddit Quintilianus
The clothes make the man.

3. Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem Horace
Remember when lifes path is steep to keep your mind even.

4. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur Unknown
That man is wise who talks little.

5. Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora Unknown
Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow or A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

6. Vires acquirit eundo Virgil
It gains strength by going (or as it goes).

7. Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur Unknown
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.

8. Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia Cicero
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

9. Alea iacta est Caesar
The dice has been cast.

10. Vitanda est improba siren desidia Horace
One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.

11. Disiecti membra poetae Horace
Limbs of a dismembered poet.

12. Semper inops quicumque cupit Claudian
Whoever desires is always poor.

13. A fronte praceipitium a tergo lupi Unknown
A precipice in front, wolves behind or Between a rock and a hard place.

14. Semper idem Cicero
Always the same thing.

15. Dulce bellum inexpertis Pindaros
War is sweet for those who havent experienced it.

16. . Serva me, servabo te Petronius Arbiter
Save me and I will save you.

17. Dum excusare credis, accusas St. Jerome
When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.

18. Si vis pacem, para bellum Vegetius
If you want peace, prepare for the war.

19. Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem Seneca
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

20. Si vis amari, ama Seneca
If you wish to be loved, love.

21. Dum viviumus, vivamus Epicurean Philosophy
When we live, let us live.

22. Etiam capillus unus habet umbram Publilius Syrus
Even one hair has a shadow.

23. Timendi causa est nescire Seneca
Ignorance is the cause of fear.

24. Extinctus ambitur idem Horace
The same (hated) man will be loved after hes dead. How quickly we forget.

25. Transit umbra, lux permanet Unknown
Shadow passes, light remains.

26. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus highly disputed phrase of the Roman Catholic theology
Outside the Church, (there is) no salvation.

27. Ubi concordia, ibi victoria Publius Syrus
Where there is unity, there is the victory.

28. Fabas indulcet fames Unknown
Hunger sweetens the beans or Hunger makes everything taste good.

29. Una hirundo non facit ver Horace
One Sallow does not make Summer.

30. Faber est suae quisque fortunae Appius Claudius Caecus
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.

31. Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas Ovid
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

32. Fluctuat nec mergitur Unknown
It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink.

33. Tantum religio potuit saudere malorum Lucretius
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

34. Materiam superabat opus Ovid
The workmanship was better than the subject matter.

35. Malum consilium quod mutari non potest Publilius Syrus
Its a bad plan that cant be changed.

36. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur Virgil
For those in misery, perhaps better things will follow.

37. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono Pliny The Elder
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

38. Forest fortuna adiuvat Terence
Fortune favors the brave.

39. Manus manum lavat Petronius
The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

40. Gladiator in arena consilium capit Seneca
The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

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