Latin Quotes with Meaning
Carpe diem – Seize the day.
Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered.
Cogito, ergo sum – I think, therefore I am.
In vino veritas – In wine, there is truth.
Amor vincit omnia – Love conquers all.
Tempus fugit – Time flies.
Dum spiro, spero – While I breathe, I hope.
Per aspera ad astra – Through hardships to the stars.
Alea iacta est – The die is cast.
Memento mori – Remember that you will die.
Sic parvis magna – Greatness comes from small beginnings.
Audentes fortuna iuvat – Fortune favors the bold.
Festina lente – Make haste slowly.
Nil desperandum – Never despair.
Veritas vos liberabit – The truth shall set you free.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori – It is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country.
Vivere est cogitare – To live is to think.
Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis – Good wine gladdens the human heart.
Sapere aude – Dare to be wise.
Nunc est bibendum – Now is the time to drink.
Per angusta ad augusta – Through difficulties to honors.
Ad astra per aspera – To the stars through difficulties.
Sapientia est potentia – Knowledge is power.
Nihil est incertius vulgo – Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob.
Quod me nutrit me destruit – What nourishes me also destroys me.
Latin Quotes with Meaning part 2
Scientia potentia est – Knowledge is power.
Inter arma enim silent leges – In times of war, the law falls silent.
Nosce te ipsum – Know thyself.
Ego sum qui sum – I am who I am.
Non ducor, duco – I am not led, I lead.
Pulvis et umbra sumus – We are dust and shadows.
Faber est suae quisque fortunae – Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur – A true friend is seen in times of uncertainty.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit – Perhaps one day it will be pleasing to remember even this.
Lex non scripta – The unwritten law.
Quid pro quo – Something for something.
Odi et amo – I hate and I love.
Aqua vitae – Water of life.
Fortis fortuna adiuvat – Fortune favors the brave.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione – I’m not interested in your foolish superstitions.
Salus populi suprema lex esto – Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.
Praemonitus, praemunitus – Forewarned is forearmed.
Qui tacet consentire videtur – Silence gives consent.
Ex nihilo nihil fit – Nothing comes from nothing.
O tempora! O mores! – Oh, the times! Oh, the customs!