2014年11月8日

More Latin Proverbs

  • "Latet enim veritas, sed nihil pretiosius veritate" Francisco Sanchez de las Brozas (Minerva I, 1, 40, 16).
    • Translation: "Truth is hidden, but nothing is more beautiful than the truth.

  • Memento mori.
    • Translation: Remember that you are going to die.

  • Mendacem memorem esse oportet.
    • English equivalent: A liar should have a good memory.
    • Meaning: "Liars must remember the untruths they have told, to avoid contradicting themselves at some later date."

Si hîc esses, seires qua me vellicent.

  • English equivalent: No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.
  • Meaning: "Nobody can fully understand another person's hardship or suffering."

Suum cuique Pulchrum.

  • Translation: To each its own is beautiful.
  • English equivalent: The bird loves her own nest.

Ulula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis.

  • Translation: "Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl."
  • Meaning: You will become like the people you surround yourself with.

Veritas odium paret
  • Translation: Truth creates hatred. 
Vincit qui patitur. - motto Berea College, Berea, KY
  • English equivalent: Persevere and never fear.