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thanks to eyeawry i got myself into investigating latin quotes and sayings. i proffer some of my more favorites
Quod me nutrit me destruit.
- What nourishes me also destroys me
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.
- Art (is) Long, Life (is) Short --Hippocrates
Difficile est satiram non scribere.
- It is difficult not to write satire. --Juvenal
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
- May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Re vera, potas bene.
- Say, you sure are drinking a lot.
Nulla in mundo pax sincera.
- There is no real peace in the world.
Nosce te ipsum.
- Know thy self
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
- It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country. --Taken from Wilfred Owen's great poem. Dulce Et Decorum Est
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
- If you can read this you're overeducated
and finally, the famous saying about the language:
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people
- Dan Quayle
Quod me nutrit me destruit.
- What nourishes me also destroys me
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.
- Art (is) Long, Life (is) Short --Hippocrates
Difficile est satiram non scribere.
- It is difficult not to write satire. --Juvenal
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
- May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Re vera, potas bene.
- Say, you sure are drinking a lot.
Nulla in mundo pax sincera.
- There is no real peace in the world.
Nosce te ipsum.
- Know thy self
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
- It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country. --Taken from Wilfred Owen's great poem. Dulce Et Decorum Est
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
- If you can read this you're overeducated
and finally, the famous saying about the language:
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people
- Dan Quayle