Latin Phrases

Latin Phrases

Alea iacta est - The die is cast (Julius Caesar)

Amore et melle et felle es fecundissimus - Love is rich with honey and venom

Aquila non capit muscas - The eagle does not catch flies

Ars longa, vita brevis - Art is long, life is short

Destitus ventis, remos adhibe - If the wind fails you, use the oars 

Faber est suae quisque fortunae - Every man is the artisan of his own fortune

Finis coronat opus - The end crowns the work

Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell (Virgil - Aeneid)

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps even these things will be good to remember one day (Virgil - Aeneid)

Huc venite pueri ut viri sitis - Come hither, boys, and become men

In absentia lucis, Tenebrae vincunt - In the absence of light, darkness prevails

Lupus non timet canem latrantem - A wolf is not afraid of a barking dog

Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - Bad is the plan that cannot change (Syrus)

Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit - Of mortal men, none is wise at all times

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixture dementia fuit - There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness

Omnes una manet nox - One night is awaiting us all (The night of our deaths - Horace)

Qui totum vult totum perdit - He who wants everything loses everything

Solve et coagula - Separate and bring together

Ut ameris, amabilis esto - If you want to be loved, be lovable (Ovid)

Vivamus, moriendum est - Let us live, since we must die (Seneca)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy

It's my belief that history is a wheel. "Inconsistency is my very essence" -says the wheel- "Rise up on my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you are cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away".