30 Latin phrases for those who like the elegance of this language

Come, see, Vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

Julio Cesar

Carpe diem. (Enjoy the day.)

Ex ore parvulorum veritas. (Children don’t lie.)

Carpe life. (Enjoy life.)

Alis volat propris. (Fly with your own wings.)

Except regulate probat. (The exception proves the rule.)

Memento will live. (Remember to live.)

Love vincit omnia. (Love conquers all.)

Virgil

In vino veritas. (The truth is in the wine.)

With a sigh. (As I breathe there is hope.)

Theocritus and Cicero

Morienti cuncta supersunt. (In the living, everything is lacking, and to the dead, everything is left.)

Luceat lux vestra. (Let your light shine.)

Hoc non pereo habebo fortior me. (What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.)

Nietzsche

Non videmus manicae quod intergo est. (We can’t see the load we carry on our backs.)

Verba volant, scripta manent. (Words fly, what is written remains.)

Cibi condimentum est fames. (Hunger is the best seasoning.)

cicero

Accipe quod tuum, alterique da suum. (Accept what is yours and give what is alien to its owner.)

Si hortum in bibliotheca habes deerit nihil. (If you have a garden and a library, you will lack nothing.)

cicero

Seges fertilior est alienis semper in agris. (The neighbor’s grass is always greener.)

ovid

Always flame smoke is nearby. (Smoke is always close to fire.)

Plautus

Donec eris sospes multos numerabis amicas. (As long as you are well, you will have many friends.)

ovid

Servant I serve you. (If you save me, I will save you.)

Veritas lux meã. (Truth is my light.)

Alea jacta est. (The lot is cast.)

Julio Cesar

Cogito, ergo sum. (I think therefore I am.)

Rene Descartes

Quisquis ama valia, peria qui noscit amare. (Long live who loves, die who doesn’t know how to love.)

Ad astra per rough. (Through difficulties, one reaches the stars.)

Si vis pacem, para bellum. (If you want peace, prepare for war.)

Nemo impunity me lacessit. (No one hurts me with impunity.)

Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore. (I hope the memory of our friendship is eternal.)

cicero