Nationality: Latin Proverbs and sayings. Page 2



To the pure all things are pure.
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Not everything that is permissible is worthy of respect.
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Otium post negotium.
The rest after the case.
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Together forever.
Coniuncte in perpetuum.
Quote Explanation: Response of the Senate of Rome and the entire Roman Empire.
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You sow bad, reap a return.
Qui seminat mala, mala metet.
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Thus passes worldly glory.
Sic transit gloria mundi
(Variation: About how soon it passes worldly glory.
O quam cito transit gloria mundi )
Quote Explanation: These words are in the form of exclamation during the inauguration ceremony in San the new Pope, to whom the thrice-burn the piece of cloth as a sign that all of the earth, including the received power and the glory, — ghostly, changeable and perishable. Expression is used when talking about something lost (beauty, glory, power, Majesty, authority) who have lost the sense of variation, which is a minor alteration of the text of the book by the German philosopher-mystic Thomas à Kempis (XV V.) "the imitation Of Christ" (I, 3, 6)
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For the public good.
Pro bono publico.
Quote Explanation: First they ended the Senate's decrees concerning all the people of Rome, in consequence of the funds that provide professional assistance to philanthropists, public or commercial organizations on a gratuitous basis.
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So proceed to live happily ever after.
Naes fac ut felix vivas.
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To break the pride, rebellious.
Debellare superbos.
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Be careful!
Cave!
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So go to the stars.
Sic itur ad astra.
Quote Explanation: Latin proverb was first told about Archimedes, appeared during the siege of Syracuse by the Romans in 212 BC during the Second Punic war. Description of the siege of Syracuse by the Roman General Marcello and participation in defence of Archimedes, contained in the writings of Plutarch and Livy.
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Occultare turpem.
To hide the ugliness.
Quote Explanation: Horace said, seeing how the actors play it is false play.
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In hoc signo vinces.
SIM win. (With this sign you will win).
Quote Explanation: According to Christian tradition, the Emperor Constantine before a battle with his rival, an enemy of Christians by Maxentius, saw in a dream a cross with the inscription: "SIM win".
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Optime olere occisum hostem.
The corpse of an enemy smells good. (literally: the best smell accursed bones. )
Quote Explanation: the words of the Roman Emperor (69 ad) Vitellius Aulus of which, according to Roman historian Suetonius ("the Lives of twelve Caesars"), said them after the battle with his predecessor, mark Salesian Hotton.
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Tura per jura, secretum prodere noli!
Swear and bear false witness, but don't spill secrets!
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