| Vade mecum.
Go with me. Refers to an item you carry with you, such as a travel book or a pocket dictionary. Vae Victis.
Woe to the conquered. Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.
Vanity of vanities and everything is vanity. (Vulgate, Ecclesiastes 1:2) Varitatio delectat.
Change pleases. Varium et mutabile semper femina.
Woman is always a changeable and capricious thing. (Aeneid) Vasa vana plurimum sonant.
Empty pots make the most noise. Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered. Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico (About the Gallic War) in reference to his conquering Gaul (France). Veni, vidi, futui.
I came, I saw, I fucked.
Inscription on a bathroom door in Pompeii. Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go even against the flow. Verba docent, exempla trahunt.
Words instruct, examples pull. Verba volant, scripta manent.
Words fly, written stays. Veritas odium paret.
Truth creates hatred. (Terence) Veritas vos liberabit.
The truth will set you free. Veritatem dies aperit.
Time discloses the truth. Vestigia terrent.
Traces deter. Refers to a fable about the wolf who refused to enter the lion's den,
as he saw many traces leading in, but none out. Vivat, crescat, floreat!
May it (he/she) live, grow, and flourish (bloom, flower)! Vincit qui patitur.
He, who perseveres, conquers. Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit.
Wise man does not urinate towards the wind. Volenti non fit injuria.
The willing do not suffer injury. Those who consent do not suffer an injustice. Vox audita perit littera scripta manet.
The spoken word perishes, the written words remain. Vox populi, vox Dei.
The voice of the people is the voice of God. Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores!
A fox may change its skin but not its character. (Suetonius)
|