Catullus (Arranged by author) A - L | M - Z Archimedes Noli turbare circulos meos! - Don't disturb my circles! Augustus Caesar Celerius quam asparagi cocuntur. - Quicker than cooking asparagus. Festina Lente. - Make haste slowly. Julius Caesar Alea iacta est. - The die is cast. Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. - Men readily believe what they wish. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. - All of Gaul is divided into three parts. Veni, vidi, vici! - I came, I saw, I conquered. Cato the Elder Carthago delenda est. - Carthage must be destroyed. Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, deinde mille altera, deinde centum. - GIve me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred. Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque - Mourn, O Cupids and Venuses Odi et amo! - I love and I hate! Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus - Let us love, my Lesbia, and let us love Cicero Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit. - He departed, he escaped, he rushed forth. Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi. - May arms yield to the toga. Cum tacent, clamant. - When they are silent, they are crying out. Fortuna est caeca. - Fortune is blind. Honor est praemium virtutis. - Honor is the reward of virtue. Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est. - Inhumanity is troublesome in every generation. In virtute sunt multi levels. - There are many degrees in excellence. Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. - We are slaves of laws so that we can be free. Nihil agere delectat. - It is a delight to do nothing. Nihil est incertius volgo. - Nothing is more uncertain than the masses. Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit. - No fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money. Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit? - Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he? Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. - The beginnings of all things are small. O, praeclarum custodem, ovium lupum! - O, excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! O tempora! O mores! - Oh, the times! Oh, the customs! Patria est communis omnium parens. - Our fatherland is the common parent of everyone. Pauci veniunt ad senectutem. - Few people come to old age. Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? - How long now, Catiline, will you abuse our patience? Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit. - Often it is not even useful to know what may be. Salus populi suprema lex esto. - May the safety of the people be the highest law. Semper idem. - Always the same. Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. - It is stupid to be afraid of that which you cannot avoid. Summum ius, summa iniuria. - The utmost law is the utmost injustice. Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est. - Delay and procrastination is troublesome. Trahimur omnes laudis studio. - We are all taken in by an enthusiasm for praise. Descartes Cogito ergo sum. - I think therefore I am. Livy Periculum in mora. There is danger in delay. Potius sero quam numquam. It is better to be late than never. Ovid Bene qui latuit, bene vixit. - One who has lived well has lived unnoticed. Exitus acta probat. - The end proves the deeds. Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo. - A drop of water hollows a stone, not by force, but by continuously dripping. Medio tutissimus ibis. - You will go safest in the middle. Nemo ante mortem beatus. - No one is happy before one's death. Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam. - All the things which I denied could happen are now happening. Omnia mea mecum porto. - I carry with me all my things. Omnia mutantur; nihil interit. - All things are changed; nothing dies. Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit. - He who is not prepared today will be less prepared tomorrow. Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas. - Often a wild thorn produces tender roses. Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. - Times are changing and we are changing with them. Plautus Quem di diligunt adolescens moritur. - He whom the gods prefer dies a young man. Pliny the Elder Cum grano salis. - With a grain of salt. Pliny the Younger Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit. - There is no book so bad that it is not beneficial in some respect. Vergil Arma virumque cano. - I sing of arms and a man. Aspirat primo Fortuna labori. - Fortune favors upon one's first effort. Audentes fortuna iuvat. - Fortune favors the bold. Fama volat. - Rumor flies. Fata viam invenient. - The Fates will find a way. Labor omnia vincit. - Work overcomes all things. Mirabile dictu. - Remarkable to say. Ne cede malis. - May you not give way to evil things. Non omnes possumus omnia. - We cannot all do everything. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. - Whatever it is, I fear Greeks bearing gifts. Tanta molis erat Romanam condere gentem. - Such a great task it was to found the Roman race.