Simple phrases 26

30 Latin sentences with their English equivalents:

  • Vita est brevis. Life is short.
  • Amicus meus, quid agis? My friend, what are you doing?
  • Multa mihi de vita cogitanda sunt. Many things about life must be thought about by me.
  • Difficile est scire quid sit optimum. It is difficult to know what is best.
  • Fortuna est caeca. Fortune is blind.
  • Numquam te relinquam. I will never abandon you.
  • Veritas in vino est. The truth is in wine.
  • Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. All things change, nothing perishes.
  • Nihil sine labore. Nothing without labor.
  • Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
  • Carpe diem. Seize the day.
  • Errare humanum est. To err is human.
  • Scientia est potentia. Knowledge is power.
  • Tempus fugit. Time flies.
  • Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe, I hope.
  • Amor omnia vincit. Love conquers all.
  • Fama volat. Rumor flies.
  • Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent. Light cares speak, huge ones are struck dumb.
  • Non scholae sed vitae discimus. We learn not for school but for life.
  • Deo gratias. Thanks be to God.
  • Pacta sunt servanda. Pacts must be kept.
  • Manus manum lavat. A hand washes a hand.
  • Audentes fortuna iuvat. Fortune favors the bold.
  • Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.
  • Varium et mutabile semper femina. A woman is always a fickle and changeable thing.
  • Nosce te ipsum. Know yourself.
  • Et tu, Brute? And you, Brutus?
  • Post tenebras lux. After darkness, light.
  • Non ducor, duco. I am not led, I lead.
  • Gaudeamus igitur. Therefore, let us rejoice.

Posted Sep 14, 2025, 8:41 AM UTC

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