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Latin Phrases


tempus edax rerum

posted ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 11:34 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali

time, devourer of all things

sum quod eris

posted ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 11:32 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali

I am what you will be

A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death (cf. memento mori). Also rendered fui quod sis ("I have been what you are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I").

quod natura non dat Salmantica non praestat

posted ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 11:42 AM‎‎ by Saqib Ali

what nature does not give, Salamanca does not provide
Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, meaning that education cannot substitute the lack of brains.

quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius

posted ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 11:08 AM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 11:08 AM‎‎ ]

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make insane

those whom a god wishes to destroy he first drives mad
. Mirriam webster

omnes feriunt, ultima necat

posted ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 10:51 AM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 7, 2008 10:51 AM‎‎ ]

All [the hours] wound, last one kills

non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum

posted ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:36 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:37 PM‎‎ ]

you should not make evil in order that good may be made from it

nemo malus felix

posted ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:36 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:36 PM‎‎ ]

peace visits not the guilty mind

mors vincit omnia

posted ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:30 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:30 PM‎‎ ]

death conquers all

mors certa, hora incerta

posted ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:28 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:28 PM‎‎ ]

death is certain, its hour is uncertain

minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus

posted ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:26 PM‎‎ by Saqib Ali   [ updated ‎‎Jun 6, 2008 11:26 PM‎‎ ]

he threatens the innocent who spares the guilty

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