Latin Quotes from the Oldskool

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)