- 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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