Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 2828

2828. Ovidio exule, musae planguntur - The Muses wept because Ovid was exiled ... (History of Rome)
2829. Pabula da corvis, dement tibi lumina corvi - Raise ravens and they will pluck your eyes out
2830. Pacem in terris - Peace on Earth (Ecclesiastical term - Encyclical of Pope John XXIII)
2831. Pacta legem contractui dant - The pacts give the force of law to the contract (Legal term)
2832. Pacta sunt servanda - The pacts have met (It is a principle of international law, which states that an agreement or treaty between two nations should be respected by both)
2833. Paete, non dolet - Doesn’t hurt, Peto (Peto, according to Roman mythology, was sentenced to death, but he wanted to commit his suicide to challenge his judges. To lend support, his wife, Arria, was stabbed herself with a dagger and then passed to him by saying these words)
2834. Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres - The pale death strikes in similar fashion in the huts of the poor and in the palaces of kings (Horace - Odes Also mentioned in the Preface of "Don Quixote of the Mancha",1605, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
2835. Palma non sine labore - No palm wihouth effort
2836. Palma non sine pulvere - No palm wihouth dust
2837. Palmam qui meruit ferat - Let He Who Merits The Palm Possess It (Thank you: C. Gunter)
2838. Palmam qui meruit ferat - The glory is for those who deserve (Phrase is placed on the catafalque Horace Nelson, the hero of the Battle of Trafalgar [21-10-1805])
2839. Panem et circenses - Bread and Circus (Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Satire - Used to describe what the emperor had to do to placate the Roman crowd. Today is used to describe anything used to distract public attention from more serious matters)
2840. Panem probato levem, gravemque caseum - Eat light bread and heavy cheese. (To point out that bread is a simple guide to the cheese)
2841. Panis angelicus - Bread of Angels (Ecclesiastical term - Part of one of Hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas)
2842. Par conditio creditorum - Equal treatment of creditors (Legal term - in the case of the liquidation of companies in difficulty that are not viable, the system of preferences and exclusions for creditors must be reviewed)
2843. Par in parem non habet impuerium - Peers have no jurisdiction over the other one (Legal term)
2844. Par inparem non habet imperium - An equal has no power over an equal ( On the basis of this maxim, no State can claim jurisdiction over another. This is one which flow from the doctrine of equality of States - Thank you: Rosa Manson )
2845. Par Oneri - Equal To The Task
2846. Parendo legibus ordo servatur - Obeying the laws order is preserved (Legal term)
2847. Pars construens - Constructive part (Positive argument)
2848. Pars destruens - Destructive part (Negative argument)
2849. Pars magna bonitatis est velle fieri bonum - Much of goodness consists in wanting to be good (Seneca)
2850. Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus - Mountains will give birth, a ridiculus mouse (Of the Fable of Aesop "The birth of the mountains", is used when you want to denounce or ridicule the gap between expectations and the end result, similar to "Much Ado About Nothing")
2851. Parva formica onera magna ore trahit. - The small ant carries great loads in the mouth. (Thank you: Robert)
2852. Parva propria magna, magna aliena parva - Small, but mine. Big, but someone else’s (Decalogue)

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