Latin Quotes and Sayings

Latin Quotes and Sayings

Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion.
Studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat.


Have a nice day.
Die dulci fruere.

Make my day.
Fac ut gaudeam.


Pretty please with a cherry on top!
Te precor dulcissime supplex!

I hope we’ll still be friends.
Spero nos familiares mansuros.


God and nature do not work together in vain.
Deus et natua non faciunt frusta.

To err is human.
Errare humanum est.


The Truth Shall Set You Free.
Veritas Vos Liberabit.

I forgot to polish the clocks!
Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!


They condemn what they do not understand.
damnant quod non intelligunt.

To accept a favour is to sell one’s freedom .
beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.


I’ll either find a way or make one .
aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

It is a wise man who speaks little.
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.


I am the Master of the Universe!
Magister Mundi sum!

No reliance can be placed on appearance.
Fronti nulla fides.


From the older ox the younger learns to plow.
ab ove maiori discit arare minor .

Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap.
adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Corruption of the best is worst.
Corruptio optimi pessima.

To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.
absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat.


War is sweet to those who have never fought.
dulce bellum inexpertis.