• a priori - from what comes before
  • abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calls to deep
  • ad absurdum - to the point of absurdity
  • ad hoc - for this purpose
  • ad infinitum - without limit/endlessly
  • ad nauseam - to a sickening extent
  • adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit - add a little to a little and there will be a great heap {Ovid}
  • aegrescit medendo - fall sick with the healing
  • alter ego - other/alternative self
  • ancipiti plus ferit ense gula - gluttony kills more than the sword/wine has drowned more than the sea
  • annus horribilis - a horrible year
  • ars longa, vita brevis - skill takes time to acquire, but life is short
  • auribus teneo lupum - I hold the wolf by the ears
  • aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
  • bellum se ipsum alet - war feeds itself
  • beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - to accept a favour is to sell one's freedom
  • capax infiniti - holding infinity
  • carpe diem - seize the day
  • castigat ridendo mores - one corrects customs by laughing at them
  • crede quod habes, et habes - believe that you have it, and you do
  • de gustibus non est disputandum - in matters of taste, there is no argument
  • dulce bellum inexpertis - war is sweet to those who have never fought
  • dum vivimus, vivamus - while we live, let us live
  • ita vero - thus indeed
  • luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge
  • lux aeterna - eternal light
  • nec aspera terrent - they do not fear the difficulties
  • non omnis moriar - not all of me shall die {Horace, Odes}
  • per adua ad astra (per aspera ad astra, sic itur ad astra, &c.) - through hardship, you will go the stars
  • semper ad meliora - always towards better things
  • veni, vidi, amavi - I came, I saw, I loved
  • veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw, I conquered
aug 27 2015 ∞
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