Latin

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Aphorisms

The well-known aphorisms in Latin:

• Veni, vidi, vici. Came, saw, won.

• Consuetudo est altera natura. Custom is second nature.

• Epistula non erabescit. The letter does not redden (paper does not blush).

• Ignorantia non est argumentum. Ignorance is not an argument (ignorance does not exempt from liability).

• Mala herba cito crescit. The bad grass quickly grows. (Bad case simple.)

• Non est fumus absque igne. There's no smoke without fire.

• Nota bene! Notice well!

• Nulla calamitas sola. Misfortunes never come alone.

• O tempora, about mores! About times, about customs!

• Otium post negotium. Rest after case. (To case - time, a fun - hour)

• Per aspera ad astra. Through thorns to stars.

• Qui quaerit, repent. Who looks for, that will always find.

• Qui seminat mala, metet mala. Who sows bad, will reap bad (That you will seed, you will reap)

• Sic transit gloria mundi. Thus passes the glory of the world.

• Vae victis. Grief defeated!