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Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo - a drop hollows a stone not by force, but by frequent falling

Fortiter ac firmiter - Strong and strong

Aucupia verborum sunt judice indigna - literalism below the dignity of a judge

Benedicite! - Good hour!

Quisque est faber sua fortunae - every blacksmith of his own happiness

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Natura incipit, ars dirigit usus perficit - nature begins, art directs, experience improves.

Scio me nihil scire - I know I know nothing

Potius sero quam nun quam - Better late than never.

Decipi quam fallere est tutius - it is better to be deceived than to deceive another

Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori »- Love conquers all, and we submit to love

Dura lex, sed lex - the law is harsh, but it is the law

Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning.

O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity

Quod non habet principium, non habet finem - that which has no beginning has no end

Facta sunt potentiora verbis - actions are stronger than words

Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere - accepting a reward for the administration of justice is not so much acceptance as extortion

Bene sit tibi! - Good luck!

Homo homini lupus est - a man to a wolf

Aequitas enim lucet per se - justice shines by itself

citius, altius, fortius! - Faster, higher, stronger

AMOR OMNIA VINCIT - Love conquers everything.

Qui vult decipi, decipiatur - who wants to be deceived, let him be deceived

disce gaudere - Learn to rejoice

Quod licet jovi, non licet bovi - what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to a bull

Sogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I exist

Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis - when one dog barks, the other immediately barks

Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus - All of us, when healthy, easily give advice to patients.

Aut bene, aut nihil - Either good or nothing

Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro - those who want to study without a book draws water with a sieve

Vona mente - With good intentions

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides The trust shown to the treacherous gives him the opportunity to harm

Igni et ferro - Fire and iron

Bene qui latuit, bene vixit - the one who lived imperceptibly lived well

Amor non est medicabilis herbis - there is no cure for love (love cannot be cured with herbs)

Senectus insanabilis morbus est - Old age is an incurable disease.

De mortuis autbene, aut nihil - about the dead, or good, or nothing

A communi observantia non est recedendum - one cannot neglect what is accepted by everyone

Intelligenti pauca - The wise will understand

In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas - truth in wine, health in water.

Vis recte vivere? Quis non? - Do you want to live well? Who doesn't want to?

Nihil habeo, nihil curo - I have nothing - I don't care about anything

Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem - knowing the laws is not about remembering their words, but about understanding their meaning

Ad notam - For a note ", note

Panem et circenses - Bread and circuses

DIXI ET ANIMAM LEVAVI - I said and made my soul easier.

Sivis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, get ready for war

Corruptio optimi pessima - the worst fall is the fall of the purest

Veni, vidi vici - I came, I saw, I won

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem - the wolf changes fur, not nature

Ex animo - From the heart

Divide et impera - divide and conquer

Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo - by concealing the vice is nourished and maintained

AUDI, MULTA, LOQUERE PAUCA - listen a lot, say a little.

Is fecit cui prodest - Made by the one who benefits

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem - the wolf changes fur, not nature

Ars longa, vita brevis - art is durable, life is short

Castigat ridento mores - Laughing morals "

De duobus malis minimum eligendum - the lesser of two evils must be chosen

Desipere in loco - Crazy where appropriate

Bonum factum! - For the good and happiness!

In maxima potentia minima licentia - the stronger the power, the less freedom

Usus est optimus magister - experience is the best teacher

Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning

Fac fideli sis fidelis - Be faithful to the one who is faithful (to you)

DOCENDO DISCIMUS - learning, we learn ourselves.

Memento mori - remember death.

Vis dat, qui cito dat - the one who gives quickly gives in double

Mens sana in corpore sano - a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule without exceptions.

Erare humanum est, stultum est in errore perseverare - it is common for a person to make mistakes, it is stupid to persist in a mistake

Primus inter pares - First among equals

Festina lente - hurry slowly

omnia praeclara rara - Everything beautiful is rare

Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning.

Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas - Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer

Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae - a good name is better than great wealth.

Ipsa scientia potestas est - knowledge itself is power

FRONTI NULLA FIDES - don't trust your looks!

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides - the trust shown to the treacherous allows him to harm

Qui nimium properat, serius ab solvit - who is in a hurry, he later copes with matters

Cornu copiae - Cornucopia

Dulce laudari a laudato viro - it's nice to receive praise from a person worthy of praise

dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope

Feci auod potui, faciant meliora potentes - I did what I could, who can, let him do better

Dum spiro, spero - while I breathe, I hope

Abusus non tollit usum - abuse does not cancel use

Aliis inserviendo consumor - serving others, I burn myself

Fortunam citius reperifs, quam retineas / Happiness is easier to find than to keep.

Fiat lux - Let there be light

AUDIATUR ET ALTERA PARS - the other side should also be heard.

Melius sero quam nunquam - better late than never

Et tu quoque, Brute! - And you Brute!

Ad impossibilia lex non cogit - the law does not require the impossible

You can do whatever you believe in!
Tanatum potes, quod credis.

The reason is always in us, and not in others who leave, abandon, do not love.
Causa semper sumus, non ei, qui abient, abjiciunt, non amant.

An easy death is the last gift that fate can give.
Mors levis donum ultimum est, que fortuna dare potest.

Avoid those who try to undermine your self-confidence.
Illos vitare, qui fidem vestam in se afficere volunt.

Sometimes you just want silence.
Interdum silentium volo.

Live for yourself, but not in yourself, this is worse than any pain.
Vive pro se, sed not in se, quid pejor omni dolore est.

I do not climb into other people's souls - and I do not invite guests to mine.
In animas alienorum non ascendo et in meam hospites non voco.

You never know which song will inspire you tomorrow. And what was in the past, let it remain there.
Nunquam scis, quod carmen tei cras inspirabit. Quod erat, in veteribus relinquire debet.

Whether it is bad or good, it is not worth stirring up. That is why it is the past, so that they no longer live!
Noli permovere bonum et malum, vetera noli vivere!

True happiness is transferred in silence and does not need the whole world to know about it.
Felicitas vera silentium amat et non egit, ut orbis omnis id sciat.

Soul is a cemetery where the closest people and the most poignant memories are buried.
Anima sepulcretum est, ubi affines nostri et memorias acerrimas sepultae sunt.

I trust the person in the mirror, because he will never laugh while I cry.
Hominem in speculo credo, quia nunquam ridet, dum flo.

Sometimes it's worth freezing your heart.
Interdum nesecce est cor suum stringere.

Be yourself, do not merge with the gray blind crowd.
Este quod estis, nolite confluere cum vulgo griseo caeco.

May God judge me by my truth
And not because of the backbiting of blind people.
Deus me veritate mea judicat,
non maledico hominum caecorum.

As the waters flow quickly into the sea, so days and years flow into eternity.
Aquae in mae fluunt et dies et anni in aeternitatem fluunt.

Change is painless. It is painful to confront them.
Mutationes placide sunt. Oppositio eis dolorosa est.

Phrases in Latin
Fac fideli sis fidelis (lat.) - Be faithful to the one who is faithful to you

Time does not heal, time helps to forget.
Tempus non curat, tempus oblivisci juvat.

Instead of wiping the tears off your face, erase from your life the people who made you cry.
Cum lacrimas ab facie obliteretis, obliterate homines, qui vos flere jubent, de vita obliterate.

Sometimes you don't need to look for some meaning, just enjoy it.
Interdum non nesecce est mentem quaerere, voluptas sat.

What could be worse than the indifference of the people you love.
Indeffirentia eorum, quos amas, pessima est.

No one can judge my choice or my thoughts, because no one has ever experienced my emotions or my pain.
Nemo potest dilectum meum aut sensus meos judicare, quia nemo affectus meos et doloremmeum nunquam tentavit.

I do not take offense at people, I just change my opinion about them.
Homines non offendo sententiam meam de eis muto.

I love the stars too much to be afraid of the night.
Stellas nimis amo, ut noctem timeam.

Fighting with your soul is harder than fighting your enemy.
Pugna cum anima sua difficilior est, quam pugna cum hostibus suis.

Let the iron saw work
My mother did not give birth to me for work.
Serra ferrata laborare docet,
ego ab matre non ad laborem natus sum.

Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from the other what you yourself did to the other.

Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.

Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!

Adversa fortuna.
Evil rock.

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to maintain your presence of mind in difficult circumstances.

Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Take advantage of life, it is so fleeting.

Actum ne agas.
What is done with, do not return to that.

Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are before our eyes, ours - behind our backs.

Aliis inserviendo consumor.
I waste myself in serving others.
(The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of the collections of symbols and emblems.)

Amantes sunt amentes.
The lovers are insane.

Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Friendship creates happiness, unhappiness experiences them.

Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.

Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love cannot be treated with herbs.
(i.e. there is no cure for love.
Ovid, "Heroids")

Amor omnia vincit.
Love conquers all.

Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.

Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.

Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, speak a little.

Audi, vide, sile.
Listen, look and be silent.

Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.

Phrases in Latin
carpe diem (lat.) - seize the moment

Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I will find a road, or I will make it myself.

Aut vincere, aut mori.
Or win or die.

Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Or Caesar, or nothing.

Beatitudo nоn est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is valor itself.

Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
Benefits rendered to the unworthy, I consider evil deeds.
(Cicero)

Calamitas virtutis occasio.
Calamity is the touchstone of valor (Seneca)

Carpe diem.
Seize the day. (Horace)
Usually translated as "Seize the moment", although "Seize the day" is more accurate.

Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate, but because I love you.

Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).

Cogitationes poenam nemo patitur.
No one is punished for thoughts. (One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta))

Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
(The position on the basis of which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from the elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of reason.
René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy, I, 7, 9.)

Conscientia mille testes.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
(Latin proverb)

Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful advisor to a person.

Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Correct the past, guide the present, envision the future.

Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
Whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.

Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
It is common for every person to make mistakes, but only a fool is inherent in persisting in a mistake.

Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, the one who lives honestly suffers.

Damant, quod non intelegunt.
They condemn because they do not understand.

De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes differ.
(Wed Russian: No friend for taste and color.)

De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead, or good, or nothing.
(A probable source is Chilo's dictum “do not speak evil of the dead.”)

Descensus averno facilis est.
The way to hell is easy.

Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.

Divide et impera.
Divide and rule.
(The Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.)

Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who is going to sort out between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy?
(Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390)

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Destiny leads the one who wants to go, but the unwilling one drags along.
(The saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin language Seneca.)

Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law.
(As harsh as the law is, it must be obeyed.)

Dum spiro, spero!
While I breathe I hope!

Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.

Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
(From an old student song. A common motif of antique inscriptions on gravestones and tableware.)

Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!

Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
One must eat in order to live, not live in order to eat.
(A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”)

Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.

Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor.
Pain makes even innocent lie.
(Publius, "Sentences")

Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.

Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of the evils.

Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.

Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.

Experientia est optima magistra.
The experience is the best teacher.

Phrases in Latin
Custodi et serva (lat.) - Save and save

Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.

Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.

Factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).

Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.

Fama volat.
The land is full of rumors.

Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did everything I could, whoever can, let him do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their report speech, delegating authority to a successor.)

Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.

Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought of humiliating a woman's disposition, say goodbye to peace!

Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.

Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but look who you trust.

Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and courageous.

Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.

Flagrante delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.

Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).

Fortes fortuna adjuvat.
Fate helps the brave.

Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in business, gentle in handling. (To persevere by acting softly.)

Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.

Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds their own destiny.

Fructus temporum.
Fruit of time.

Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, be quiet.

Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
The irreversible time is running.

Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have fun.

Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.

Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste does not obey laws.

Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop wears away a stone.

Phrases in Latin
Dum Spira Memini (lat.) - While breathing, I remember.

Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery is remorse.

Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who honors death for the good!

Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.
To be able to enjoy a life lived is to live twice.
(Martial, "Epigrams")

Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People believe more in their eyes than in their ears.

Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People, teaching, learn.

Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.

Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I do not hate a person, but his vices.

Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
How more people have, the more they want to have.

Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is a friend to man.

Homo homini lupus est.
Man is a wolf to man.
(Plautus, "Donkeys")

Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am a human being, and nothing human is alien to me.

Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.

Igne natura renovatur integra.
The whole nature is renewed by fire.

Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Goodbye to others often, to yourself - never.
(Publius, Sentences)

Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.

Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.

In aeternum.
Forever, forever

In Daemon Deus!
In the Demon, God!

In dubio abstine.
When in doubt, refrain.

Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect terrible (literally: "unspeakable") pain
(that is, talking about the sad past).
(Virgil, "Aeneid")

Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.

Doubt is half of wisdom.

In pace.
In peace, at ease.

Incedo per ignes.
I walk among the fire.

Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.

Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
It is easy to offend, harder to endure.

In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.

In memoriam.
In memory.

In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In time of peace - lions, in battle - deer.
(Tertullian, "About the wreath")

Inter arma silent leges.
When the weapon rattles, the laws are silent.

Inter parietes.
In four walls.

In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.

In vino veritas.
The truth is in wine.
(Compare Pliny the Elder: "It is customary to attribute truthfulness to guilt.")

In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
The truth is in wine, health in water.

In vitium ducit culpae fuga.
The desire to avoid mistakes leads to another.
(Horace, "The Science of Poetry")

In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
Pain and joy always compete in love.

Ira furor brevis est.
Anger is a momentary frenzy.
(Horace, "Messages")

Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of insanity.

Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
Those who grieve less are the ones who flaunt their grief the most.

Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but no less pleasant to love yourself.

Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus.
The load becomes light when carried with obedience.
(Ovid, "Love Elegies")

Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet.
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter what it comes from.
(Juvenal, "Satyrs")

Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes its coat, not its nature.

Phrases in Latin
Amat victoria curam (lat.) - Victory loves patience

Manus manum lavat.
Hand washes his hand.
(A proverbial expression that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)

Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.

Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.

Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.

Meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.

Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.

Memento mori.
Memento Mori.
(A form of greeting exchanged at a meeting by the monks of the Trappist order. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense - of impending danger.)

Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.

Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our destiny depends on our morals.

Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death knows no law, it takes both the king and the poor.

Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.

Mortem effugere nemo potest.
No one can escape death.

Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature abhors a vacuum.

Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.

Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
There is nothing safe in all respects (i.e., there is no complete well-being
Horace, "Odes").

Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I have nothing - I do not care about anything.

Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and wish for the unlawful.
(Ovid, "Love Elegies")

Nolite dicere, si nescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.

Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.

Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Having learned the misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers.
(Virgil)

Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward is going backward.

Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingredients.
Not one step back, always forward.

Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere are there those who are everywhere.

Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, if only they were afraid.
(The words of Atreus from the tragedy of Akzia named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.)

Odi et amo.
I hate and love.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
All the unknown is majestic.
(Tacitus, Agricola)

Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.

Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.

Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants in flight tried to seize more of their belongings, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “I do so, because I carry everything with me,” he replied, meaning your spiritual wealth.)

Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.

Phrases in Latin
Ut ameris, amabilis esto (lat.) - To be loved, be worthy of love.

Omnia mors aequat.
Death equals everything.

Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare (Cicero)

Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I achieve everything I want.

Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers all, and we submit to love.

Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are the dead.

Optimum medicamentum quies est.
The best medicine is rest.
(A medical aphorism authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.)

Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.

Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
(Through difficulties to a lofty goal.)

Per fas et nefas.
By hook or by crook.

Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
You must recognize the fool by laughing too often.
(Medieval proverbial expression.)

Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.

Persona grata.
Desirable or trusted person.

Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; search and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you. (Matt. 7; 7)

Primus inter pares.
First among equals.
(A formula characterizing the position of a monarch in a feudal state.)

Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices is now mores.

Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts teaches.

Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our entire mind will be false.

Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
The one who is silent is considered as agreeing.
(Wed Russian. Silence is a sign of consent.)

Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis cautum est in horas.
No one can know when to beware of danger.

Quo quisque sapientior est, eo solet esse modestior.
How smarter man, the more modest he is usually.

Quod cito fit, cito perit.
What is done soon will soon fall apart.

Quomodo fabula, sic vita; non quam diu, sed quam bene acta sit refert.
Life is like a play in the theater; what matters is not how long it lasts, but how well it is played.

Respue quod non es.
Throw away that which is not you.

Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
(Latin translation of the freely interpreted words of Socrates.
Wed Russian Learn a century, you will die a fool.)

Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
We are all insane one day.

Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.

Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.

Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if that's all, it's not me.
(i.e. even if everyone does, I won't)

Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love.

Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(Source - Vegetius. Also compare Cicero: “If we want to use the world, we have to fight” and Cornelius Nepos: “The world is created by war.”)

Phrases in Latin
Vive ut vivas (lat.) - Live to live.

Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over oneself.

Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices like.

Sic itur ad astra.
So they go to the stars.

Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines on everyone.

Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother is worthy of love, a father is worthy of respect.

Sua cuique fortuna in manu est.
Everyone has their own destiny in their hands.

Suum cuique.
To each his own
(that is, to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts, the Regulation of Roman law).

Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we value it even with the enemy.

Tanto brevius omne tempus, quanto felicius est.
The faster time flies, the happier it is.

Tantum possumus, quantum scimus.
We can as much as we know.

Tarde venientibus ossa.
Whoever comes late - the bones.
(Latin proverb)

Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
Times change, and we change with them.

Tempus fugit.
Time is running out.

Terra incognita.
Unknown land (transfer something completely unknown or inaccessible area
on old geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were denoted).

Tertium non datur.
There is no third; there is no third.
(In formal logic, one of the four laws of thinking is formulated in this way - the law of the excluded third. According to this law, if two diametrically opposite positions are given, one of which asserts something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then the third, middle judgment between them is can not.)

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!
Do not submit to misfortune, but boldly go to meet it!

Phrases in Latin
Vincit Qui Se Vincit (lat.) - The one who conquers himself wins

Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis.
Where you are not capable of anything, you should not want anything.

Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be worthy of love.

Utatur motu animi qui uti ratione non potest.
Whoever cannot follow the dictates of reason, let him follow the movements of the soul.

Varietas delectat.
Variety is a pleasure.

Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.

Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I won.
(According to Plutarch's testimony, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zele in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnacs.)

Veni, vidi, fugi.
I came, I saw, I ran away. 🙂

Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
The only real victory is when the enemies themselves admit that they are defeated.
(Claudian, "On the Sixth Consulate of Honorius")

Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.

Viva vox alit plenius.
Live speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., what is spoken is more successfully absorbed than what is written).

Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.

Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe by the power of truth during my lifetime.

Vivere est agere.
To live is to act.

Vivere est vincere.
To live is to win.

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