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Persevere with truth. Sapere aude.
Dare to be wise. Sapiens omnia sua secum portat.
A scholar carries everything he or she owns (i.e. wisdom is his or her wealth). Sapientia est potentia.
Wisdom is power. Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing (Socrates) Semper fidelis.
Always faithful. Motto of the United States Marine Corps. Senatus Populusque Romanus.
The Senate and the Roman People, abbreviated as SPQR and carried on the Roman battle standards. Si decem habeas linguas, mutum esse addecet.
Even if you had ten tongues, you should hold them all. Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more, si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.
If you are in Rome, live in the Roman way, if you are somewhere else, live like there. Sine ars scientia nihil est.
Knowledge without humanism is nothing. Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
If you have been silent, you could have remain a philosopher. Si uno adhuc proelio Romanos vincemus, funditus peribimus.
If we defeat the Romans in a battle like this, we will completely perish. (Pyrrhus) Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war. (Vegetius, Epitoma rei militaris.) Origin of the name parabellum (a firearm). Sic.
Thus. (In parentheses, indicats that the quote exactly as it was in the original which had a misspelling or some falsity in it. It shows that you recognize the error and are not making a mistake yourself when writing the quote. Sic semper tyrannis.
Thus always to tyrants.
Said by John Wilkes Booth as he shot Abraham Lincoln. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Thus passes the glory of the world. Repeated during the coronation of the Pope. Sine labore non erit panis in ore.
Without work there won't be any bread in your mouth. Sit tibi terra levitas (S.T.T.L.)
May the earth rest lightly on you; often inscribed on gravestones. Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines for everyone. (Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Satyricon 100) Stat sua cuique dies.
The date is set for each and everyone. (Vergil) Sub rosa.
Under the rose, secretly. In ancient times, a rose was placed above a door of a room to indicate what was said in the room was not to be repeated outside. Sub poena
Under penalty, on pain of punishment (if you don’t appear in court after having been summoned). Summa cum laude.
With the highest praise, found on the college diplomas of students making straight A’s. Sum quod eris; fui quod es.
I am what you will be. I was what you are. (Frequent inscription on Roman tombstones). Summum ius summa inuria.
More law, less justice. (Cicero) Sunt facta verbis difficiliora.
Works are harder than words, i.e., easier said than done. Sunt pueri pueri pueri puerilia tractant.
Boys are boys and boys will act like boys. Suum cuique.
To each what he deserves. Status quo.
Existing state of affairs. |