Ab urbe condita (a.u.c.). Since the
foundation of RomeThe your of the foundation of Rome (753 BC)
was the starting-point for the Roman chronology
Memento mori! Remember, that you have to die one day!
Veni, vidi, vici. I think everyone knows this one...
Alea iacta est. ...and this one, too
Noli turbare circulos meos! Dont's disturb my circles it
is said that these were the last words of the famous Aristoteles
before he was killed by a Roman soldier when Syrakrus was captured
by the Romans
Quo vadis? Where do you go? read the bible!
Nomen est omen. The name is the omen
Mors certa, hora incerta. The death is sure, the time (hour)
not
Hannibal ante portas. Hannibal is in front of the gates.
Errare humanum est. to err is human Pacta sunt
servanda. Contracts have to be hold
Mos maiorum. morals of the ancestors
Cave canem! Beware of the dog
Ex oriente lux. The light comes from the East Vita
brevis, ars longa. life is short, art is long. Latine
version of a proverb by Hippokrates
Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. If you had been silent,
you would have stayed a philosophist this means: if you had not
said something wrong but nothing, the others would still think that
you are intelligent
Hoc signo vincens. under this signal you'll win
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. By the way: I
think Carthago has to be destroyed
Homo homini lupus. A man is an enemy to a man. Hobbes
(1588-1679).
Quod erat demonstrandum. oh - we all love mathematics
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. We do not learn for school
but for life Omnia mea mecum porto. Everything I posses is
within me
Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem! Whatever you
do, do it carefully and think about the results