Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere – Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus)
Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum – No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus)
Mens agitat molem – The mind moves the matter. (Vergil)
Maior risus, acrior ensis: quadragesima octava regula quaesitus – The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th rule of acquisition
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur – We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca)
Facilius est multa facere quam diu – It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. (Quintilianus)
Fas est et ab hoste doceri – It’s proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid)
Homines, dum docent, discunt – Men learn while they teach. (Seneca)
Gladiator in arena consilium capit – The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca)
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto – I am human, therefore nothing human is strange to me
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas – Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid)
Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)
Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor – I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way
Vis consili expers mole ruit sua – Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight. (Discretion is the better part of valor) (Horace)
Vitiis nemo sine nascitur – No-one is born without faults. (Horace)
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem – Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even. (Horace)
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero – Seize the day, leave as little as possible to tomorrow.(Horace)
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.(Horace)
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