Blodwin`s Page-O-Quotes

Latin sayings, quotes and insults

Woo your lover... or insult your mother.. it`s all here...

Just a little indulgence on my part...... <grins>..... i`m sure most folks `ll find something of use in here :)

Got any quotes you think should be in here??   want to know what something means?? (can`t promise anything with the translations lol) then

Albae gallinae filius

A lucky devil

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Aliquando bonus dormitat homerus

You can`t win `em all

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Alis volat propriis

She/he flies on her/his own wings

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Amantes sunt amentes

Lovers are lunatics

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Amantium irae aoris integratio est

Lovers` quarrels are the renewal of love

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Amicus usque ad astra

A friend to the end

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Arcades ambo

Two of a kind

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Bis repetita placent

A little originality, please

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Castigat ridendo mores

Laughter succeeds where lecturing won`t

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Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui

Beware what you say, when and to whom

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Compus sui

Master of himself

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Cras amet qui nunquam amavit, quique amavit, cras amet

May he love tomorrow who never has loved before; and may he who has loved, love tomorrow aswell.

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Damnant quod non intelligunt

They condemn what they do not understand

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De asini umbra discepatare

Little things affect little minds

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

Choose the lesser of two evils

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Delerium tremens

The DT`s

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Docendo discimus

We learn by teaching

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Fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae

Each man the architect of his own fate

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Facilis desensus averno

The descent to hell is easy

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Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

Fortunate is he who has been able to learn the causes of things

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Haec olim meminisse iuvabit

Time heals all wounds

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Hinc illae lacrimae?

So that`s what`s eating you?

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Horas non numero nisi serenas

I do not count the hours unless they are bright

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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros

Life is not a bowl of cherries

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Incidis in scyllam cupiens vitare charybdim

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

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Insanus omnis furere credit ceteros

Every madman thinks everyone else is mad

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In vino veritas

Wine loosens the tongue

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Memento, homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem revertis

Remember, man, that dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return

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Mendacem memorem esse oportet

Liars should have good memories

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Multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi

Many are called but few are chosen

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Mundus vult decipi

There`s a sucker born every minute

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Naturam expelles furca tamen usque recurret

Leopard cannot change its spots

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Nil carborundum

Don`t let the bastards grind you down

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Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum

All that glitters is not gold

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Oleum perdisti

You`ve wasted your time

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Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis

All things change, and we change with them

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Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus

All that work and nothing to show for it

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Per ardua ad astra

Through difficulties to the stars

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Quae nocent docent

Things that hurt teach

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Qui bene amat bene castigat

He who loves well chastises well

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Quomodo vales?

How are you?

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Res age, tute eris

Wash that man right out of your hair

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Sic itur ad astra

This is the path to immortality or Thus you shall go to the stars

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Terra es, terram ibis

Dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return

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Unus vir nullus vir

Two heads are better than one

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Vae victis

It`s tough to be a loser

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Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor

Even though I know better, I keep doing the wrong thing

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Virtus probata florescit

Grace under pressure

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Volens et potens

Willing and able

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