Latin is the mother language to some contemporary languages and many words used today. Today we still use sayings cited over 2000 years ago. Lets discover which ones.

Mottoes:

• De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum
  Always choose the lesser of two evils (Accius)
• Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae
  Every man is master of his own fate (Appio Claudio)
• Acta est fabula
  The game has began (Augustus)
• Alea iacta est
  The die is cast (Cesar in the Rubicone in 49 B.C.)
• Hoc voluerunt
  They got what they deserved (Cesar, after the battle of Mundia, 49 B.C.)
• Ars longa, vita brevis
  Art is eternal, life is short (Hippocrates)
• Fortes fortuna adiuvat
  Fortune favors the brave

Sayings

• Ex tempore
  For now
• Coram populo
  Before the people
• Nunc est bibendum
  Now lets drink
• Splendide mendax
  Splendidly false
• Alere flammas
  Feed the flames

Mottoes

• A latere
  Aside, in the collateral sense
• Ad libitum
  as much as one likes, in quantity
• Cadit quaestio
  Subject closed
• Modus operandi
  Method of action

Return soon for new phrases that will be added.

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