Saturday, October 16, 2010

How's My Latin??

Cogito, ergo sum
I think, therefore I am - Descartes

Aegri somnia vana
A such man's empty dreams – Horace

Alter idem
Second self: alter ego - Cicero

Errare humanum est
To err is human.

Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare diabolicum
To err is human, but to continue to err is diabolical.

Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit
Wise man does not urinate against the wind.

quos deus vult perdere prius dementat
those whom a god wishes to destroy he first drives mad

non omnia possumus omnes
we can't all do all things

oderint dum metuant
let them hate, so long as they fear

exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis
an exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted

ex nihilo nihil fit
from nothing nothing is produced

fiat experimentum in corpore vili
let experiment be made on a worthless body

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
it is sweet and seemly to die for one's country

Credo Elvem ipsum etian vivere.
I think that Elvis is still alive.

Labra lege.
Read my lips.

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.
Thank you for not smoking. 

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