Being the 太过空闲 guy who hasnt packed his NZ bag yet, i went and searched for nice latin phrases, and found alot.
Will be posting both the good and funny ones here, for your own entertainment. Beware the list is ultra long.
So here are the serious ones first:
Serious Quotes
A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality
Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulty
Ad infinitum - To infinity without end
Ad multos annos - To many years!, i.e. Many happy returns!
Ad vitam paramus - We are preparing for life
Annus mirabilis - Year of wonders
Ave atque vale - Hail and farewell. (Catullus)
Cura ut valeas - Take care
Cursum perficio - My journey is over, or I finish my journey
Dominus tecum - May the Lord be with you (Singular)
Dominus vobiscum - May the Lord be with you (Plural)
Donna nobis pacem - Grant us peace
E pluribus unum - From many, one (motto of the USA)
Esto perpetua - Let it be forever
Esto perpetue - May you last for ever
Excelsior - Ever upward. (state motto of New York)
Fax mentis incedium gloriae - The passion of glory is the torch of the mind
Finis - The end
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
Fortitudine vincimus - By endurance we conquer
Fortius quo fidelius - Strength through loyalty
Fortes fortuna adiuvat - Fortune favors the brave. (Terence)
Fortes fortuna iuvat - Fortune favours the brave
Fortiter fideliter forsan feliciter - Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully
Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros - Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men
In aeternum - For eternity
In infinitum - To infinity; without end
In omnia paratus - Prepared for all things
Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before. (Star Trek)
Non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive)
Non omnia moriar - Not all of me will die. (Horace)
Novus homo - A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office
Nulla vit melior quam bona - There's no life better than a good life
Nulli expugnabilis hosti - Conquered By No Enemy. (motto of Gibraltar)
Numquam non paratus - Never unprepared
Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis - All things change, and we change with them
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit - Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid)
Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis - All things are changing, and we are changing with the
Pactum serva - Keep the faith
Pax tecum - May peace be with you (Singular)
Pax vobiscum - May peace be with you (Plural)
Primus inter pares - First among equals
Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit! - May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero)
Quod incepimus conficiemus - What we have begun we shall finish
Respice finem - Look to the end
Respice, adspice, prospice - Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future)
Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit - If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well)
Sic erat in fatis - So it was fated
Sit tibi terra levis - May the earth be light upon you - tombstone inscription
Summa cum laude - With highest honor
Svi generis - Of its own kind unique
Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri - To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe
Transit umbra, lux permanet - Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial)
Ubi concordia, ibi victoria - Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus)
Vade in pace - Go in peace. (Roman way of saying goodbye)
Veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)
Veritas numquam perit - Truth never perishes. (Seneca)
Vincit qui se vincit - He conquers who conquers himself
Vinculum unitatis - The bond of unity
Vires acquirit eundo - It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil)
Virtute et armis - By courage and by arms
Virtvs probata florescit - Manly excellence in trial flourished
Vita mutatur, non tollitur - Life is changed, not taken away
Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is more than merely staying alive
Vivat, crescat, floreat! - May he/she/it live, grow, and flourish!
Vltima ratio regvm - The final argument of kings. (motto of Louis XIV on his cannon)
Here comes the funny ones:
Funny Quotes
Aeternum vale - Farewell forever
Acta est fabula, plaudite! - The play is over, applaud! (Said to have been emperor Augustus' last words)
Advocatus diaboli - The devil's advocate
Apage Satanas - Begone, Satan
Aut disce aut discede - Either learn or leave
Fac ut vivas - Get a life
In banco - On the bench
Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent - Stern masters do not reign long. (Seneca Philosophus)
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est - The designated hitter rule has got to go
Magnus frater spectat te - Big Brother is watching you
Memoria in aeterna - In everlasting remembrance
Mittimus - We send (to prison)
Non illigitamus carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down
Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te - I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial)
Nvnc dimittis - Now let [thy servant] depart - generally any permission to go, specifically to express one's readiness to depart or die
O diem praeclarum! - Oh, what a beautiful day!
Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis - You don't know the power of the dark side. (Star Wars)
Promoveatur ut amoveatur - Let him be promoted to get him out of the way
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum - Garbage in, garbage out
Quam terribilis est haec hora - How fearful is this hour
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound
Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii? - What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you?
Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit - [that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go
Raptus regaliter - Royally screwed
Requiescat in pace (RIP) - May he/she rest in peace
Romani ite domum - Romans go home!
Si hoc non legere potes tu asinus es - If you can't read this, you're an ass
Sic transit gloria mundi - So passes the glory of the world
Sit vis vobiscum - May the Force be with you. (Star Wars)
Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! - May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas - Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid)
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! - May barbarians invade your personal space!
Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! - May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!
Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home
Victis honor - Honour to the vanquished
Vita contin git. Vive com eo - Life happens. Live with it
Vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri - Everybody lives; not everybody deserves to
Thats all. Wonder how long you guys take to read through it.
[edit: forgot to put my references: http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html]
[edit: this is Jia Jun]
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