Arcane Philosophy Sine Pyramide nihil sumus Without the Pyramid we are nothing Vim Pyramidis in saxibus quadratis The strength of the Pyramid is in the stones. Pyramidis tenet sanguine, sed ratio quoque The Pyramid is kept together (gets its strength from) the blood, but also from rationality (its order) Hodie animi nostri, postridie orbis. Today our souls, tomorrow the world. Mors principium est Death is the beginning. Scientia non est potentia, quae prologum potentia solidum est. Knowledge is not power, but the prelude to power. Facies quatro Pyramidis sunt: Velle, Noscere, Audere et Tacere. The four sides of the Pyramid is to will, to know, to dare and to keep silent. Ne invoces expellere non possis Do not call up that you cannot put down Sub Pyramidis umbra sumus We stand in the shadow (protection) of the Pyramid. Nox praesidium nostri The Night is our protection. Arcane Words Noctuabundus Being of the night, night-wanderer Natus Cainum The children of Caine. Domus et genus Tremere The House and Clan of Tremere Tremereides Tremerid, Tremere-descendant (Greek). Sanguis Blood Vitae Life (Blood in vampiric-occult context) Vis Force, energy. Lympha The water of blood, its mundane content. Cruor Spilt blood. Sanguis malus Evil blood. Sanguinis vinculum Blood Bond Ultio sanguinus cujus Revenge of the blood. Praesentia Presence Dominium Dominate Ars Magna et Ultima The great and ultimate art, thaumaturgy. Arcanum Arcanissimum The secret of secrets. Arcane Sayings Frontis nulla fides Do not trust appearances. Bestiae sumus, ut non bestiae simus Beasts we are, lest we beasts become. Scientia est potentia Knowledge is power. Exercitato Artem Parat Exercise gives skill. Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant Children are children, and do childish things. Labor improbus omnia vincit Great labor overcomes everything. Quid vesper ferat, incertum est What the evening brings is uncertain. Non est discipulus super magistrum nec servus super dominum. The apprentice is not over the teacher, nor is the slave over his master. Mundus vult decipi, ergo decepiatur The world wants to be fooled, thus it is fooled. Omne ignotum pro magnifico est Everything unknown seems magnificent. Repetitio est mater studiorum Repetition is the mother of study. Cavendi nulla est dimittenda occasio No occasion to be alert is to be overlooked. In re dubia melius est verbis edicti serviri In uncertain cases its best to follow orders. Pretium Scientiae. The price of knowledge. Scientia ultima stat pretio ultime Ultimate knowledge costs the ultimate price. In fidelitate et veritate universas ab aeternitate In universal truth and loyalty in eternity. Carpe noctem! Sieze the night! Words of Thaumaturgy Fiat ignem. Let there be fire. Scribit, fiet So it shall be written, so shall it be. Sanguis vitam est The blood is the life. Sanguis est vim The blood is the power. Vitae animum nobis est The blood is your soul. Vis tecum sit! May the force be with you! (Tremere in-joke) Sanguis est ignem et aquam. The blood is fire and water. Oculo omnividens te vigilet May the all-seing eye watch over you Nomen est. Res non est. The name exists, the thing does not exist. Nunc nox, mox lux Now it is night, suddenly it is day. 1. Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum. We are going to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz. 2. Noster populus facit discrepantiam. Our people make the difference. 3. Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum. Only you are can prevent forest fires. 4. Wal*mart. Semper. Wal*mart. Always. 5. ÒLuke, sum ipse patrem te.Ó ÒLuke, I am your father.Ó 6. Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua. The only good language is a dead language. 7. Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit. To boldly go where no man has gone before. 8. Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis. You do not know the power of the dark side. 9. Sit vis nobiscum. May the force be with you. 10. Tauri in decurso Bulls on parade 11. Quaeso esto meus vicinus. Please wonÕt you be my neighbor. 12. Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. 13. Magnus frater spectat te... Big Brother is watching you.... 14. Monstra mihi pecuniam! Show me the money! 15. Habetis bona diem. Have a nice day. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! God, look at the time! My wife will kill me! Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me? Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt. When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults. Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. Garbage in, garbage out. Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse. I think we're on the same wavelength. Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est. The designated hitter rule has got to go. Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. I think some people in togas are plotting against me. Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem. In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags. Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris. If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar. Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult. (At a poetry reading) Nullo metro compositum est. It doesn't rhyme. Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem. Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? How do you get your hair to do that? Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui. Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it. Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt. You know, the Romans invented the art of love. (At a barbeque) Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? Neutiquam erro. I am not lost. Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. Die dulci fruere. Have a nice day. Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi. Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog. Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin! Sona si Latine loqueris. Honk if you speak Latin. Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! Don't you dare erase my hard disk! Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. Gramen artificiosum odi. I hate Astroturf. Furnulum pani nolo. I don't want a toaster. Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. I think some people in togas are plotting against me. Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult. Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo. Don't call me, I'll call you. Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults. Canis meus id comedit. My dog ate it. Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? Seen any good movies lately? Nullo metro compositum est. It doesn't rhyme. Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem. Fac ut gaudeam. Make my day. Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur! Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket! Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio. Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway. Re vera, potas bene. Say, you sure are drinking a lot. Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! May barbarians invade your personal space! Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! May conspirators assassinate you in the mall! Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! Radix lecti Couch potato Illiud Latine dici non potest. You can't say that in Latin. MATER MEMENTO MORI Remeber your mortality. NUNC EST BIBENDUM Now it's time to drink. QUI ME AMAT, AMAT ET CANEM MEAM Love me, love my dog. DOCENDO DISCIMUS We learn by teaching. SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA Knowledge is power. SI HOC NON LEGERE POTES TU ASINUS ES If you can't read this, you're an ass. (asinus also means "idiot") TUA MATER TAM ANTIQUIOR UT LINGUAM LATINE LOQUATUR Your mother is so old she speaks Latin VENI VIDI DUCI I came, I saw, I calculated The inscription on the Fields Medal: TRANSIRE SUUM PECTUS MUNDOQUE POTIRI to overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe ERRARE HUMANUM EST To err is human MONSTRA MIHI PECUNIAM Show me the money. LUKE SUM IPSE PATREM TE Luke, I am your father. POTESTATEM OBSCURI LATERIS NESCIS You don't know the power of the dark side. SIT VIS VOBISCUM May the Force be with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IRE FORTITER QUO NEMO ANTE IIT To boldly go where no man has gone before. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGNUS FRATER SPECTAT TE Big Brother is watching you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDO ELVEM IPSUM ETAIM VIVERE I think Elvis is still alive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANCTA SIMPLICITAS O holy simplicity / O holy ignorance (choose the one you like best) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUTUE TE ET IPSUM CABALLUM Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The beginning of Catullus 16: PEDICABO EGO VOS ET IRRUMABO I will fuck you in the ass, and have you give me some good head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPUDENS ES LENO Bastard! (really "You shameless pimp" and it's a real insult) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPUCATUM TAURI bull shit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERITE Fuck off! (really "go through (to the netherworld)") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORCAE ITA Pretty straightforward -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUCO ERGO SUM I calculate therefore I am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAVE CANEM Beware of the dog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORS ULTIMA RATIO Death is the final accounting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUINON PROFICIT DEFICIT He who does not advance, go backwards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN VINO VERITAS In wine is truth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NE QUID NIMIS Moderation in all things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUIESCAT IN PACE Rest in peace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAX VOBISCUM Peace be with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARPE DIEM QUAM MINIMUM DREDULA POSTERO Sieze the day, put no trust in tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOMINA STULTORUM PARIETIBUS HOERENT The names of fools are seen upon the walls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELUA MULTORUM ES CAPITUM The people are a many-headed beast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TANTA STULTITIA MORTALIUM EST What fools these mortals be. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VAE VICTIS Woe to the conquered! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS When all else fails play dead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM Don't let the bastards get you down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CATAPULTAM HABEO. NISI PECUNIAM OMNEM MIHI DABIS, AD CAPUT TUUM SAXUM IMMANE MITTAM I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFACIMUS NAVEGEMUS Fuck it -- let's go sailing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON RAPE ME SI PLACET Please don't rob me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEI CAPILLI SUNT FLAGRANTES My hair is on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNTNE VACCI LAETI Are your cows happy? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA If less is more, then nothing is everything. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TU STUPIDUS ES You are dumb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEUM CEREBRUM NOCET My brain hurts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAPULAM TERRIBLEM HABEO I have a terrible hangover. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VITA CONTIN GIT. VIVE COM EO Life happens. Live with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPEDISNE Did you fart quietly? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUA TOGA SUSPINA EST Your toga is backwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUR ETIAM HIC ES Why are you still here? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOMINES QUOD VOLUNT CREDUNT Men believe what they want to. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UBI FUMUS IBI IGNIS Where there's smoke, there's fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALEA IACTA EST The die has been cast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXIGI MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNIUS I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVUS ORDO SAECULORUM A new order of ages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIAT LUX Let there be light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUI TACET CONSENTIT He who is silent agrees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NULLUM GRATUITUM PRANDIUM There is no free lunch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOMO HOMINI LUPUS A man to a man is like a wolf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIC PUER EST STULTISSIMUS OMNIUM This boy is the stupidest of all! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vergil, Aeinid II.49 QUIDQUID ID EST, TIMEO DANAOS ET DONA FERENTES. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUIDUID ID ESET TIMEO PUELLAS ET OSCULA DANTES Whatever it is, I fear the girls, even when they kiss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIR SAPIT QUI PAUCA LOQUITOR It is a wise man who speaks little -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quintilian Istitutio Oratia, III STUDIUM DISCENDI VOLUTATE QUAE COGI NON POTEST CONSTAT Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPETITIO EST MATER STUDIORUM Repetition is the mother of studies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard de BuryPhilobiblion, I, 9: POSTREMO PENSANDUM QUANTA DOCTRINAE COMMODITAS SIT IN LIBRIS QUAM FACILIS, QUAM ARCANA! QUAM TUTO LIBRIS HUMANAE IGNORANTIA PAUPERTATEM SINE VERECUNDIA DENUDAMUS! HI SUNT MAGISTRI QUI NOS INSTRUUNT SINE VIRGIS ET FERULA, SINE VERBIS ET CHOLERA, SINE PANNIS ET PECUNIA. SI ACCEDIS, NON DORMIUNT; SI INQUIRENS INTERROGAS, NON ABSCONDUNT; NON REMURMURANT SI OBERRES; CACHINNOS NESCIUNT, SI IGNORES And finally, one must consider how great the ease of learning there is in books, how yeilding, how trusty! How safely we reveal, without shyness, in the face of our books the poverty of our human ignorance! They are teachers who instruct us without switches or rods, without slaps or anger, without notice of rags or riches. If you approach them, they are not asleep; If you ask a question, they do not hide; They do not mutter at you if you make a mistake; When you are ignorant, they do not know how to laugh at you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VAH! DENUONE LATINE LOQUEBAR? ME INEPTUM. INTERDUM MODO ELABITUR. Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips pout. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FELES MALA! CUR CISTA NON UTERIS? STRAMENTUM NOVUM IN EA POSUI. Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (at a barbeque) ANIMADVERTISTINE, UBICUMQUE STES, FUMUM RECTA IN FACIEM FERRI? Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOCINE BIBO AUT IN EUM DIGITOS INSERO? Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMUS AD MAGUM OZI VIDENDUM, MAGUM OZI MIRUM MIRISSIMUM. We are going to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLUM POTESTIS PROHIBERE IGNES SILVARUM Only you can prevent forest fires. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAMO, CLAMATIS, OMNES CLAMAMUS PRO GLACE LACTIS I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HABETIS BONA DEUM Have a nice day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VACCA STULTA Stupid cow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTINAM LOGICA FALSA TUAM PHILOSOPHIAM TOTAL SUFFODIANT! May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECIDITE, PLEBES! GERO REM IMPERIALEM! Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTINAM BARBARI SPATIUM PROSPRIUM TUUM INVADANT! May barbarians invade your personal space! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MACDONALDUS SENEX FUNDUM HABET. E-I-E-I-O. ET IN HOC FUNDO, NONNULLAS BOVES DOMESTICAS HABET. E-I-E-I-O. CUM MOO MOO HIC, CUM MOO MOO IBI. HIC UNA MOO, IBI UNA MOO, UBIQUE UNA MOO MOO. MACDONALDUS SENEX FUNDUM HABET. E-I-E-I-O. Old MacDonald has a farm. E-I-E-I-O. And on this farm, he has some cows. E-I-E-I-O. With a moo moo here, with a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. Old MacDonald has a farm. E-I-E-I-O. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UBI SUNT PORCI QUOQUOMODO? Where are the pigs already? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEMUM VENIUNT PORCI. At last, here come the pigs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUISQUE COMOEDUM EST. Everybody is a comedian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON PLAUDITE. MODO PECUNIAM JACITE. Don't applaud. Just throw money. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLUS! PERGE! AIO! HUI! HEM! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPERO NOS FAMILIARES MANSUROS. I hope we'll still be friends. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TE PRECOR DUNCISSIME SUPPLEX! Pretty please with cherry on top! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGISTER MUNDI SUM! I am the Master of the Universe! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FACME COCLEARIO VOMERE! Gag me with a spoon! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VESCERE BRACIS MEIS! Eat my shorts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DI! ECCE HORA! UXOR MEA ME NECABIT! God, look at the time! My wife will kill me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESTNE VOLUMEN IN TOGA, AN SOLUM TIBI LIBET ME VIDERE? Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just glad to see me? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUM CATAPULTAE PROSCRIPTAE ERUNT TUM SOLI PROSCRIPT CATAPULTAS HABEBUNT. When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURGAMENTUM INIT, EXIT PURGAMENTUM Garbage in, garbage out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TE AUDIRE NO POSSUM. MUSA SAPIENTUM FIXA EST IN AURE. I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SENTIO ALIQUOS TOGATOS CONTRA ME CONSPIRARE. I think some people in togas are plotting against me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTIQUIS TEMPORIBUS, NATI TIBI SIMILES IN RUPIBUS VENTOSISSIMIS EXPONEBANTUR AD NECEM. In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAESAR SI VIVERET, AD REMUM DARERIS. If Ceasar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar. QUANTUM MATERIAE MATERIETUR MARMOTA MONAX SI MARMOTA MONAX MATERIAM POSSIT MATERIARI? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? DUCATOR MEUS NIHIL AGIT SINE LAGUNCULAE LEYNIDAE ACCEDUNT. My calculator does not work without batteries. NIHIL CURO DE ISTA TUA STULTA SUPERSTITIONE. I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult. ROMANI QUIDEM ARTEM AMATORIAM INVENERUNT. You know, the Romans invented the art of love. NEUTIQUAM ERRO. I am not lost. OLIM HABEAS EORUM PECUNIAM, NUMQUAM EAM REDDIS: PRIMA REGULA QUAESITUS. Once you have their money, you never give it back: the 1st Rule of Acquisiton. MAIOR RISUS, ACRIOR ENSIS: QUADRAGESIMA OCTAVA REGULA QUAESITUS. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th Rule of Acquisition NEMO SALTAT SOBRIUS NISI FORTE INSANIT. Nobody dances sober unless he's insane. FRUSTRA LABORANT QUOTQUOT SE CALCULATIONIBUS FATIGANT PRO INVENTIONE QUADRATURAE CIRCULI. Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544) Malum consilium quod mutari non potest. It's a bad plan that can't be changed.(Publilius Syrus 403) Homines libenter quod volunt credunt. Men believe what they want to. (used by Julius Caesar, but probably borrowed from Terentius.) Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare. He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much. Flamma fumo est proxima. Flame follows smoke. (Plautus, Curculio) Ubi fumus, ibi ignis. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Adversus incendia excubias nocturnas vigilesque commentus est. Against the dangers of fires, he (=Augustus) conceived of the idea of night guards and watchmen. (Suetonius, Life of Augustus) Trahimur omnes studio laudis. We are all attracted by the desire for praise. Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro. A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain. Alea jacta est. The die has been cast. (Caesar as he was crossing the Rubicon river ) Exegi monumentum aere perennius. I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace) Fama nihil est celerius. Nothing is swifter than rumor. Fama volat. Fame has wings. Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omium sermo. My conscience is more to me than what the world says. Cogita ante salis. (Think before you leap (or roughly - Look before you leap.) ) Modus operandi- method of work Ab ovo usque ad mala- from start to finish (from horsd'oeuvre to dessert) Ante bellum- before the war vademecum- go with me (for:'guide') novus ordo saeculorum- a new order of ages Agnus Dei- Lamb of god terra firma- solid ground annuit coeptis- God has favored us tabula rasa- a clean slate cui bono- for what good? sine qua non- necesssity Conditio sine qua non- condition, nexessarily to be fulfilled caeca invidia est- envy is blind rara avis- a rare bird lapsus alumni- error made dies irae- the Day of Wrath, or Judgment Day sub rosa- under the rose (i.e. confidentially) ex cathedra- with authority Fiat lux. Let there be light (Vulgate Genesis) Qui tacet consentit. He who is silent agrees. Fides Punica. Treachery (Livy) Quid Novi. What's New? Nullum Gratuitum Prandium. There is no free lunch! Homo homini lupus. A man to a man is like a wolf Carpe Diem! Seize the day (Horace) Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. (Caesar) Hic puer est stultissimus omnium! This boy is the stupidest of all! O di immortales! Good heavens! (uttered by Cicero on the Senate floor.) Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.(Vergil, Aeneid II.49) Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. Quidquid id est timeo puellas et oscula dantes. Whatever it is, I fear the girls, even when they kiss. Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat.(Horace, Satires) What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile? Venienti occurrite morbo.(Persius, Satires) Meet the misfortune as it comes. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur.(Virgil) For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur.(Pliny) Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. It is a wise man who speaks little. Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus). Therefore, let us rejoice (while we are young) infra dignitatem. undignified (beneath (our) dignity). lapsus calumni. A slip of the pen mirabile dictu. Wonderful to say E Pluribus Unum. One from many post proelia praemia. After the battles come the rewards "qualis pater talis filius." (As is the father, so is the son; like father, like son) "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" (always wear underwear) Maxima debetur puero reverentia. We owe the greatest respect to a child. Cogito Ergo Sum. I think Therefore I am. Uva Uvam Vivendo Varia Fit. Diverse grapes, through time, grow together. Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! Not Worth A Rats Ass! "Alma Mater." (Old school (actual translation - nourishing mother) ) Ad hoc. For one reason "Alter ego." ("Other 'I'" or "Other Self") naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back. Literally, "Nature can be expelled with a fork, but nevertheless always returns" Studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat (Quintilian Institutio Oratoria, iii) Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion. Vacca foeda. (Stupid cow.) Die dulci fruere. (Have a nice day.) Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi. (Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.) Raptus regaliter. (Royally screwed.) Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! (If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!) Sona si Latine loqueris. (Honk if you speak Latin.) Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! (Don't you dare erase my hard disk!) Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.) Gramen artificiosum odi. (I hate Astroturf.) Furnulum pani nolo. (I don't want a toaster.) Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. (I think some people in togas are plotting against me.) Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.) Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo. (Don't call me, I'll call you.) Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. (If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.) Canis meus id comedit. (My dog ate it.) Illiud Latine dici non potest. (You can't say that in Latin.) Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? (Seen any good movies lately?) Nullo metro compositum est. (It doesn't rhyme.) Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. (I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.) Fac ut gaudeam. (Make my day.) Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur! (Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!) Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio. (Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.) Re vera, potas bene. (Say, you sure are drinking a lot.) Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! (May barbarians invade your personal space!) Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! (May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!) Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! (May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!) Radix lecti. (Couch potato.) Quo signo nata es? (What's your sign?) Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt. (You know, the Romans invented the art of love.) O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! (Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!) Spero nos familiares mansuros. (I hope we'll still be friends.) Mellita, domi adsum. (Honey, I'm home.) Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio. (I am as dead as the nehru jacket.) Ventis secundis, tene cursum. (Go with the flow.) Totum dependeat. (Let it all hang out.) Te precor dulcissime supplex! (Pretty please with a cherry on top!) Magister Mundi sum! (I am the Master of the Universe!) Fac me cocleario vomere! (Gag me with a spoon!) Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.) Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? (Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?) Prehende uxorem meam, sis! (Take my wife, please!) Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? (How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?) Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui. (That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.) Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est. (Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.) Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! (Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.) Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras! (I forgot to polish the clocks!) Vescere bracis meis. (Eat my shorts.) Sic faciunt omnes. (Everyone is doing it.) Fac ut vivas. (Get a life.) Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus! (Let's all wear mood rings!) "Insula Gilliganis." (Gilligan's Island.) "illigitimi non carborundum" ((Check out http://latin.about.com/homework/latin/library/blhumez01.htm for the history of the phrase.) Roughly Translated: Don't let the bastards grind you down.) "Exterioris pagina puella." (Cover Girl.) "Coruscantes disci per convexa caeli volantes." (Flying saucers.) Escariorium lavator. (Dishwashing machine.) Instrumentum aeri temperando. (Airconditioner.) Aeronavis abstractio a prestituto cursu. (Hijacking.) Nummus americanus. (Greenback ($US) Latine loqui coactus sum. (I have this compulsion to speak Latin.) Qui vir odiosus! (What a bore!) Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! (Darn! There goes my beeper!) Labra lege. (Read my lips.) Non erravi perniciose! (I did not commit a fatal error!) Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! (Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!) Haec trutina errat. (There is something wrong with this scale.) Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europe vincendarum. (Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe.) Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum. (Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents.) Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! (I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals!) Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? (Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?) Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est. (The check is in the mail.) Braccae tuae aperiuntur. (Your fly is open.) In dentibus acticis frustrum magnum spinaciae habes. (You have a big piece of spinach in your teeth.) Prospice tibi--ut Gallia, tu quoque in tres partes dividareis. (Watch out--you might end up divided into three parts, like Gaul.) Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare. (Well, if you don't understand plain Latin, I'm not going to dirty my hands on you.) Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit. (I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken.) Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam. (I'll have a light beer.) Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo Gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum. (Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake.) Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret. (It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth.) Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat. (It's not the heat, it's the humidity.) Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! (God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!) Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt. (When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.) Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. (Garbage in, garbage out.) Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse. (I think we're on the same wavelength.) Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est. (The designated hitter rule has got to go.) Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem. (In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.) Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris. (If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.) Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? (How do you get your hair to do that?) Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui. (Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it.) (At a barbeque) Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? (Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?) Neutiquam erro. (I am not lost.) Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? (Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it?) Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. (Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.) In hoc signo vinces. (It reads: Under this sign (the cross of God) thou shalt conquer. This Latin phrase was said to have been writen in the sky before Consantine, with the sign of a burning cross, previous to the battled at Milvian Bridge north of Rome in 312ad.) Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware.) Cave canem (Beware of the dog.) Cave canem...te necet lingendo (Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death.) Dei gratia (By the grace of God.) De mortuis nil nisi bonum (Say nothing but good of the dead.) Diis aliter visum (The Gods decided otherwise.) Divide et impera (Divide and rule.) In vino veritas (There is truth in wine.) Fax mentis incedium gloriae (The passion of glory is the torch of the mind.) Docendo discimus (We learn by teaching.) Ex nilhilo nihil fit (From, or out of, nothing, nothing comes; nothing begetes nothing.) Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal)) Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur (Anything said in Latin sounds profound.) "Homo homini lupus" ((lit.: Man is to another man a wolf.", i.e., People are wolves to each other). For the correct use of this tag from Plautus, see for example http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/killing/wolf.html ) "Quod omne animal post coitum est triste." Aristoteles Every animal is sad after a copulation. "Ars longa, vita brevis." Hypocrates The work (art) is long, the life is short. "De gustibus non est disputandum." Ther's no accounting for tastes. "In his ordo est ordinem non servare." In this case the only rule is not obeying any rules. "Diligite justitiam, o judices terrae." (Cherish justice, o judges of the earth It is from the Vulgate version of the Bible, Wisdom of Solomon 1.1; see page http://www4.autoelect.com/BVL/xwis.htm .) "O diem praeclarum!" Oh, what a beautiful day! "Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris." The stars never lie, but the astrologs lie about the stars. "si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes." (essentially it says, "if you can read this, you're overeducated.") "Cogito Ergo Doleo." (I think therefore I am depressed.) "in flagrante delicto" (red-handed) "Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt"--Horace, Ars Poetica (The years as they come bring may agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.) "Exemplum de simia, quae, quando plus ascendit, plus apparent posteriora eius"--Saint Bonaventure (He doth like the ape, that the higher he clymbes the more he shows his ars. --Translation by Sir Francis Bacon) "Anicularum lucubrationes" (Old wives' tales.) "Sic transit gloriae mundi" (thus passes the glory of the world) "Errare humanum est" (mistakes are human) "Errare humanun est - sed perseverare diabolicum" (mistakes are human, but to continue making mistakes is devilish) "Vita luna" (crazy life) "Re vera, potas bene." (Say, you sure are drinking a lot.) "Primum viveri deinde philosophari" (Live before you philosophize. or Leap before you look.) "Quid pro quo?" (what for what?) "Cave cibum, valde malus est." (Beware the food, it is very bad.) "a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi" (The modern version would either be "between the devil and the deep blue sea" or "between a rock and a hard place" but I actually prefer the literal translation which translates as ... "a precipice in front, wolves behind"!) "Recta non toleranda sunt!" (No assholes will be tolerated!) "Nos morituri te salutant!" (which means "We, who are about to die, salute you" it was used when gladiatiors were about to undergo their punishment during the Roman Circus celebrations. They hailed Cesar with that saying.) "Veni Vidi Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) "Absconde obesito illegitimo" (Get outta here you fat bastard (Buddy Hacket)) "Vincit omnia veritas" (The truth conquers all) "tum podem extulit horridulum" (you are talking shit) "Illegitimus non carborundum" (Don't let the bastards wear you down) (is equally ungrammatical; and "carborundum" is not Latin. It is a 20th-century joke, as far as I can tell first spread about by Gen. "Vinegar" Joe Stilwell (of the Burmese campaign in WW II). See and the page after it. ) "stercus tauri" (manure of the bull (Bull Shit) ) Infans Jesu invidit assini." (Baby Jesus hates a wise ass)(is yet another concoction, also garbled. It could be "Infans Jesu invidit asinum." (Baby Jesus hates an ass) but even that is not very good Latin. ) "Semper Fidelis" (Always Faithful (Motto of the US Marine Corps) ) "non omnia possumus omnes" (We all cannot do everything. (As Virgil explains in the Aeneid, no one has expertise in all fields.) ) "ascendo tuum" (Up yours) "Semper Letteris Mandate" (Always get it in writing!) "Vultur non capit muscam!" (The eagle does not catch flies) "Philosophum non facit barba!" (The beard does not define a philosopher) "Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire." (I came, I saw, I want to go home.) "Sit vis vobiscum." (May the Force be with you.) "quasi" ( as if ) "coutus non circum." (No Fucking around) "Ars sine scientia nihil est" (art without science is nothing (I would also claim that the opposite is true.) ) "Anus Equi Volants!" (Flying ass of the horse (Fr. R. Macchietto) ) "Ne conjugare nobiscum" (Don't fuck with us) "Per aspera ad astra" (through the thorns to the stars) "Sunt pueri, pueri puerilia tractant." (Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things) "nemo me impune laccessit" (no one harms me unpunished (E.A.Poe) ) "ad alta" (to the summit) "ad astra" (to the stars) "Mens sana in coporae sana" (A sound mind in a sound body) "Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris." (Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job.) "Huc accedit Zambonis" (Here comes the Zamboni) "in vinculis etiam audax" (in chains yet still bold(free) ) "Cum Grano Salis" (With a Grain of Salt.) "Propino tibi salutem!" (Cheers!) "Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit"  (perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy.) "Poli, poli, di umbuendo" (Slowly, Slowly we will get there.) "Ne humanus crede" (Trust no human.) "Deo Vindice" (God will prove us right (motto of the Confederate States of America)) "Fabricati diem" (Make my day) "Aut viam inveniam aut faciam." (I'll either find a way or make one.) "Ave Caesar imperator, morituri te salutant" (Hail Caesar, those about to die salute you (gladiators before the fight)) "Veni, vidi, deus vicit" (I came, I saw and God has won (Polish king Jan Sobieski after defeating Turkish army on the outskirts of Vienna in XVI century)) "festina lente" (hurry slowly) "Meum pactum dictum" (My word is my bond) "Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum" (Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble) "Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei" (The heavens declare the glory of God) "Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae" (There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness) "Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum." (Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do.) "esse est percipi" (being is perception. it is a standardmetaphysical, Mauser quote from his work on phenomenology.) "deo volente" (It means god willing.) "non scholae sed vitae discimus" (we learn not for school, but for life) "ad astra per aspera" (to the stars through difficulty) "Donna Nobis Pacem" (Grant up peace) "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomine Tu o da gloriam" (Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory.) "Manus manum lavat" ( Hand washes hand, "one hand washes another" or more contemporarily "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours) "Aquila non copit murem" (the eagle does not catch the mouse, "don't sweat the small things") "Luctor et emergo" (I struggle but i'll survive....something like that...its on the Dutch shield banner..) "Liberate Te Ex Inferis" (Save yourself from hell.) "Requiescat in pace" (rest in peace) "Amor vincit omnia" (love conquers all) "Drustanus Hic Iacit Cvnomori filius" (Here Lies Drustan, son of [Marcus]Cunomorus, (said to be inscribed on a stone pillare in Cornwall)) "Feliz ano novo" ( Happy new year) "Isso fede" (This stinks) "Preciso cagar" (I need take a shit) "Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros." ( Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men.) "Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum Benedicta tu in mullieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus Sancta Maria, Mater Dei Ora pro Nobis, peccatoribus Nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen." (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou amonst women, and blessed in the fruit of thy womb, Jesus Holy Mary, Mother of God Pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death. Amen) "Musica delenit bestiam feram." (Music soothes the savage beast.) "Cursum Perficio" (My journey is over.) (also sometimes as "I finish my journey") "mea culpa" (My fault.) "Si Vis Pacern Parabellum." (Those who wish for peace, prepare for war) "Romani ite domus" (Yankee go home! ---(Monty Phyton Brian's Life)) "POST FESTUM PESTUM" (Literally "After holidays The Plague", it means The end of Holidays is a shit!) "nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet" (No man is more deaf than he who will not hear) Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis, te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem; exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison. - Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them; to thee is due a song of praise, O God, in Sion, and to thee a vow shall be paid in Jerusalem; grant my prayer; to thee all Flesh shall come. Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual llight shine upon them. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Dies Irae Dies irae, dies illa solvet saeclum in favilla, teste David cum Sybilla. Quantus tremor est futurus, quando judex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus. - The day of wrath, that day of grief shall change the world to glowing ash, as David and the Sibyl tell. How great a quaking shall there be, when on that day the judge shall come, to weigh man's deeds in each detail. Tuba Mirum Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulchra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum. Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura, judicanti responsura. Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus judicetur. Judex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet apparebit, nil inultum remanebit. Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? quem patronum rogaturus, cum vix justus sit securus? - The trumpet mighty blast shall send, through all the regions of the dead, to summon all before the throne. Then death and nature dazed shall be, when from their gravesall men shall rise, to answer to their judge's charge. The Book Of Life shall opened be, in which each smallest act is found, on which the world shall face its judge. When then the judge shall take his place, whatever lies hid shall come to light, no act unpunished shall remain. When then shall I, poor wretch, reply, upon what patron shall I call, when scarce the just man stands secure? Rex Tremendae Rex tremandae maiestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me, fons pietatis. - O King of fearful majesty, who all that need Thee savest free, O fount of love, my savior be. Recordare Recordare Jesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae, ne me perdas illa die. Quaerens me sedisti lassus, redemisti crucem passus; tantus labor non sit cassus. Juste judex ultionis, donum fac remissionis ante diem rationis. Ingemisco tanquam reus, culpa rubet vultus meus; supplicanti parce Deus. Qui Mariam absolvisti, et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti. Preces meae non sum dignae, sed tu, bonus, fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne. Inter oves locum praesta, et ab hoedis me sequestra, statuens in parte dextra. - Remember loving Jesus, then, for me you walked your life's hard way, condemn me not on that dread day. In search of me you sat down weary, redeemed me on Thy cross of pain; let such great toil not be in vain. Of God's strict vengance righteous judge, the gift of sins' forgiveness grant, ere day of full accounting fall. I groan as one of crime accused, with shame of sin my face is red; Thy pardon, God, I humbly beg. 'Twas you to Mary pardon gave, 'twas you gave ear to robbers' plea, 'twas you to me beside gave hope. Unworthy are my prayerful pleas, yet in Thy goodness mercy grant, lest fire undending be my fate. Amongsy Thy sheep O grant me place, and from the goats remove afar, to stand with those upon Thy right. Confutatis Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritum quasi cinis, gere curam mei finis. Confutatis When sentence on the damned is passed, and all to piercing flames are sent, amongst the blessed call my name. t. Amen Postremo pensandum Quanta doctrinae commoditas sit in libris Quam facilis, quam arcana! Quam tuto libris humanae ignorantia paupertatem sine verecundia denudamus! Hi sunt magistri qui nos instruunt sine virgis et ferula, sine verbis et cholera, sine pannis et pecunia. si accedis, non dormiunt; Si inquirens interrogas, non abscondunt; Non remurmurant si oberres; Cachinnos nesciunt, si ignores. (Richard de BuryPhilobiblon, I, 9) And finally, one must consider how great the ease of learning there is in books, how yielding, how trusty ! How safely we reveal, without shyness, in the face of our books the poverty of our human ignorance ! They are teachers who instruct us without switches or rods, without slaps or anger, without notice of rags or riches. If you approach them , they are not asleep; If you ask a question, they do not hide; They do not mutter at you if you make a mistake; When you are ignorant, they do not know how to laugh at you.