A Latin Reader
28. Maxims and Mottoes
1. Ad astra per aspera.
2. Alis volamus propriis.
3. Labor omnia vincit.
4. Ubi mei, ibi apes.
5. Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum.
6. Audācēs fortūna iuvat, timidōsque repellit.
7. Bis dat quī cito dat.
8. Corrumpunt bonōs mōrēs conloquia prāva.
9. Dē mortuīs nīl nisi bonum.
10. Duōs quī sequitur leporēs neutrum capit.
11. Esse quam vidērī mālim.
12. Fēlīx quī nihil dēbet.
13. Fortēs fortūna iuvat.
14. Fortī et fidēlī nil difficile.
15. Fortis cadere, cēdere nōn potest.
16. Gutta cavat lapidem nōn vi sed saepe cadendō.
17. Nōn est fūmus absque igne.
18. Palma nōn sine pulvere.
19. Nōlī mē tangere.
20. Vae vīctīs.
21. Vitae via virtūs.
22. Vincit vēritās.
23. Vultus est index animī.
24. Vōx populī, vōx Deī.
25. Vestīgia nūlla retrōrsum.
26. Tempus fugit.
27. Suāviter in modō, fortiter in rē.
28. Sī vīs pācem, parā bellum.
29. Sīc ītur ad astra.
30. Semper parātus.
31. Semper fidēlis.
32. Hinc illae lacrimae.
33. Procul este, prōfānī.
34. Nōscitur homō ā sociīs.
35. Nē quid nimis.
36. Cor ūnum, via ūna.
37. Dum vīvimus, vīvāmus.
ad astra, to fame, since stars were named after famous personages. Translate : The road to fame lies through difficidties.
An expression of independence, We fly with our own wings.
Do not sing your triumph song before winning your victory. The triumphus grand triumphal procession allowed a general who had won a notable victory over foreign foes.
dīcendum est is understood. Nothing but good is to be said of the dead.
mālim: present subjunctive, I should prefer.
Ablative of the gerund of cadō, by falling.
No palm (of victory) without the dust (of the race course).
Be unwilling to touch me was the regular classical expression for Don’t touch me.
Woe to the conquered!
Sc. est.
Sc. est.
in rē: in essentials.
This is the way to fame. itur is used impersonally.
Stand afar off, ye unholy ones.
We say, A man is known by the company he keeps.
Not anything too much, i.e. Do nothing to excess.