15 Latin Quotes with Their English Translations
On dispute:
De gustibus non est disputandum.
There is no disputing about tastes.
On experience:
Experto credite.
Believe him who has experienced it.
On government:
Divide et impera.
Divide and rule.
On justice:
Astrea redux.
Justice again our guide.
On leisure:
Otium cum dignitate.
Leisure with dignity.
On medicine:
Similia similibus curantur.
Like cures like.
On mind:
Mens sana in corpore sano.
A sound mind in a sound body.
On people:
Vox populi, Vox Dei.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
On stars:
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
On tears:
Hinc illae lacrimae.
Hence those tears.
Sunt lacrimae rerum.
There are the tears of things.
On toil:
Laborare est orare.
Toil is prayer.
On victory:
Vae victis!
Woe to the vanquished!
On wine:
In vino veritas.
In wine there is truth.
On wonder:
Nil admirari.
To wonder at nothing.
Blessings!
Source
Henry Davidoff (editor). A World Treasury of Proverbs
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