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Latin Proverbs

And now you can have a look to famous Latin proverbs...You won't believe it, but we are sure at least once you have used one of them.

Acta non verba: "Actions, not words,"
Ars longa, vita brevis: "Art is long, life is short." The Latin translation by Horace of a phrase from Hippocrates,
Cogito ergo sum: "I think, therefore I am." Argument used by René Descartes as proof of his own existence.
Justitia omnibus: "Justice for all."
Labor omnia vincit: "Work conquers all things."
Memento mori: "Remember your mortality." Also, ironically, "Remember to die."
Mens sana in corpore sano: "Healthy mind in healthy body." (Usually understood as "a healthy mind requires a healthy body", but actually Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano, "One prays that there is a healthy mind in (that) healthy body." Juvenal, Satires 10, 356).
Si vis pacem, para bellum: "If you want peace, prepare for war." (Vegetius, Epitoma rei militaris)
Veni Vidi Vici: "I came, I saw, I conquered." Message sent to the Senate by Julius Caesar after defeating Pharnaces in 47 BCE
Deliriant isti Romani: "They are mad, those Romans"-René Goscinny, Asterix and Obelix comic
Deus vult!: "God wills it!"-slogan of the Crusades.
Errare humanum est: Perseverare diabolicum.-"To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil." (Seneca)

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