the only safety for the conquered is to hope for no safety, Less literally, "the only safe bet for the vanquished is to expect no safety". The phrase refers to perfect transcription or quotation. "), i.e., "nothing is heavy to those who have wings"; motto of the, let no man be another's who can be his own. Something that cannot be classified into either of two groups considered exhaustive; an intermediate thing or factor. The traditional Latin expression for this meaning was. Some of the beauty in these quotes is in their short and to-the-point nature. Sometimes miswritten as, Indicates a right exercised by a son on behalf of his mother, Indicates a right exercised by a husband on behalf of his wife, it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights, Commonly referred to as "right of survivorship": a rule in property law that surviving joint tenants have rights in equal shares to a decedent's property. Much of the commonly spoken Romanic languages like Spanish, French, and Italian derived from Vulgar Latin. Used, e.g., in "as we agreed in the meeting d.d. ", Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to, "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may", 1909, by, One year with another; on an average. Thus, the essential or most notable point. Originates from editions of Greek and Roman classics which, i.e., "to life everlasting." Of tastes there is nothing to be disputed, Less literally, "there is no accounting for taste", because they are judged subjectively and not objectively: everyone has his own and none deserve preeminence. For instance, this common state motto—which also happens to adorn the memorial plaque for the astronauts who died on Apollo 1—can be used in conversation when you're having a terrible go of things, but you're confident a greater outcome awaits you. Most of our prefixes and some of the roots of common English words derive from Latin. Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "..., respectively.". where [there is] liberty, there [is] the fatherland. Latin translation of the inscription of the, Or just "nothing new". (Horace). so that they might drink, since they refused to eat, though the power be lacking, the will is to be praised all the same, Poetically, "Loyal she began, loyal she remains." Enough said, Veritas Lux Mea - The truth enlightens me / The truth is my light, Veritas numquam perit - Truth never perishes.
From the Middle Ages until about the middle of the 20th century, Latin was a central part of a man’s schooling in the West. Latin phrases don't get much more iconic than "alea iacta est," or "the die is cast," an expression reportedly uttered by Julius Caesar as he crossed Italy's Rubicon river with his army. Pseudo-explanation for why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a, nature does not make a leap, thus neither does the law, Nature is exceedingly simple and harmonious with itself, You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.