what is your favorite Latin saying?
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Topic: what is your favorite Latin saying?
Posted By: BaldJean
Subject: what is your favorite Latin saying?
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 09:38
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here the translations: aut Caesar aut nihil - either Caesar or nothing pecunia non olet - money does not smell amor vincit omnia - love conquers all audaces fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the brave acte non verba - deeds, not words alea iacta est - the die is cast manus manum lavat - one hand washes the other aquila non capit muscas - the eagle does not catch flies si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war simia est simia, etiamsi purpura vestiatur - a monkey is a monkey, even if dressed in purple quod licet Iovi, non, non licet bovi - what is permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to the ox qualis rex, talis grex - as the king so the people carpe diem - seize the day -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 09:42
e pluribis enum!   ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 09:53
you probably mean "e pluribus unum" meaning "out of many, one" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
micky wrote:Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 10:41
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Quid pro quo, and I'm being serious. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 10:47
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Noli nothis permittere te terere.
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 11:02
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"quid pro quo" is quite similar to "manus manum lavat" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 11:20
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Si vis pacem, para bellum sounds pretty badass. ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:06
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In vino veritas. (in wine, the truth) As for non-standard Latin (sometimes called Dog Latin), "Non illegitimus carborundum" or variations thereon. (don't let the b*****ds grind you down) ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:11
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Nil novo sub sole. From this list I pick option #11. ------------- 
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:31
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@ BaldJean (sorry, only German speakers are likely to get this): Sita us vilate ines et ab ernet. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:37
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omnia mea mecum porto k |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:41
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Cogito ergo sum - Rene Descartes -------------  
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:49
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I've always had my doubts about that one. A lot of people seem to exist although I'm pretty sure they don't think. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 14:53
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Som i believe just breathe oxygene Some eat carrion like candy -------------
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 15:05
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 15:06
Sieht aus wie Latein, ist es aber nicht - Looks like Latin but isn't. it should actually be "situs vilate ines et e ver net". because the German dialect emulated here is Kölsch, the dialect spoken in Cologne, the city Friede and I live in ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 24 2016 at 05:44
I have another one for Dutch speakers: MARCVS·AVRELIVS·AD·LIVERAS·PERGES·ASSVRE·AVGVR·CIES [Non-Dutch speakers should press Ctrl-A or click and drag in this post]. For non-Dutch speakers: This should be read as: Marcus Aurelius at liever asperges als zure augurkjes. In English: Marcus Aurelius ate asparagi rather than sour gherkins. -------------
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 24 2016 at 14:13
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what is permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to the ox is pretty funny ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 25 2016 at 04:28
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Alas, my two favourite Latin sayings are not in the list! - Qui habet aures, audendi - Homo sapiens non urinat in ventem (or "ventum"? I don't remember very well my lessons of Latin grammar) |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 25 2016 at 06:58
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Adtendite ad flumina deiectio. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: October 24 2016 at 16:29
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I'll fish for carpe. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |