Spartan Sayings in Latin
Si vis pacem, para bellum. – If you want peace, prepare for war.
Memento mori. – Remember death.
Audentes fortuna iuvat. – Fortune favors the bold.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. – It is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country.
Veni, vidi, vici. – I came, I saw, I conquered.
Sparta nonnisi tyrannis. – Sparta is nothing if not tyranny.
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi. – What is allowed for Jupiter is not allowed for the ox.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. – I will either find a way or make one.
Per aspera ad astra. – Through hardships to the stars.
In omnia paratus. – Ready for anything.
Nemo me impune lacessit. – No one provokes me with impunity.
Si vis pacem, para iustitiam. – If you want peace, prepare justice.
Fortuna audaces iuvat. – Fortune favors the audacious.
Nihil magis praestandum est quam ne pecuniam amatorem esse. – Nothing is more praiseworthy than not being a lover of money.
Vivere militare est. – To live is to fight.
Utinam ne esses, mi amice. – I wish you were not my friend.
Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur. – Those whom the gods love die young.
Vivere aut mori. – To live or to die.
Sic semper tyrannis. – Thus always to tyrants.
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. – Fate leads the willing, drags the unwilling.
Spartan Sayings in Latin part 2
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. – I don’t care about your stupid superstition.
Pugna pro vita. – Fight for life.
Iuncti sed non uniti. – United but not joined.
Fortis fortuna adiuvat. – Fortune favors the brave.
Optimismus est armor victoriae. – Optimism is the armor of victory.
Si vis amari, ama. – If you want to be loved, love.
Sanguis nobis non sanguis sumus. – We are not blood but we are blood.
Homines enim cum hominibus discunt. – Men learn from men.
Non nobis solum nati sumus. – We are not born for ourselves alone.
In hoc signo vinces. – In this sign, you will conquer.
Vivere est militare. – To live is to fight.
Molon labe. – Come and take them.
Macte animo. – Courageous spirit.
Aut bibat aut abeat. – Either drink or leave.
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. – A true friend is seen in uncertain times.
Nihil est incertius volgo. – Nothing is more uncertain than the common folk.
Dum spiro, spero. – While I breathe, I hope.
Gutta cavat lapidem. – The drop hollows out the stone.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis. – Love cannot be cured with herbs.
Natura non facit saltum. – Nature does not make leaps.
Vivamus, moriendum est. – Let us live, for we must die.
Cogito, ergo sum. – I think, therefore I am.
Scio me nihil scire. – I know that I know nothing.
Tempus fugit. – Time flies.
Ubi concordia, ibi victoria. – Where there is harmony, there is victory.
Audaces fortuna adiuvat. – Fortune favors the bold.
Sane qui nihil occultare potuit, titulum imbres legens ceu protinus signum. – The one who could not hide anything at all, reading the title as if a sign.
Procul a videre. – Far from sight.
Vires acquirit eundo. – It gains strength by advancing.
Vestis virum reddit. – Clothes make the man.
