Latin Quotes

"Timendi causa est nescire."
(Ignorance is the cause of fear.)
Seneca

"Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit."
(Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it.)
Seneca

"Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur."
(We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole.)
Seneca

"Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet."
(He who feared he would not succeed sat still.)
Horace

"Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit."
(There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part.)
Plinty the Younger

"Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est."
(Delay-putting things off until tommorrow is hateful.)
Cicero

"Assiduus usus rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit."
(Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill.)
Cicero

"Mens regnum bona possidet"
(An honest heart is a kingdom in itself.)
Seneca

"Trahimur omnes laudis studio."
(We are all led on by our eagerness for praise.)
Cicero

"Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus."
(We are slaves of the laws in order that we may be free.)
Cicero

"Rident stoldi verba Latina."
(Fools laugh at the Latin Language.)
Ovid

"Saepe creat mollis aspera spina rosas."
(Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.)
Ovid

"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via."
(There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.)
Seneca

"Salus populi suprema lex."
(The safety of the people is the highest law.)
Cicero, from "De Legibus" (a variant of this quote is the Missouri state motto...)

"Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit."
(There has not been any great talent without an element of madness.)
Seneca

"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim."
(Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.)
Ovid

"Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes."
(It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid.)
Pubilius Syrus

"Ut sementem feceris ita metes."
(As you will have sown so shall you reap.)
Cicero

"Ignoscito saepe aliis, numquam tibi."
(Forgive others often, yourself never.)

"Ipsa scientia potestas est."
(Knowledge itself is power.)
Bacon

"Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit."
(The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.)
Horace

"Possunt quia posse videntur"
(They can because they think they can.)
Virgil

"Docendo discimus; spectemur agendo."
(Let us be judged by what we do)

"Semper paratus"
(Always prepared)

"Ad majorum dei gloriam"
(For the greater glory of God)
motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and St. Louis University

"Sic semper tyrannis"
(Thus always (death) to tyrants)
Virginia state motto