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Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 3586
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- Si velim omnia proelia Hannibalis describere dies me deficiat - If I were to describe all the battles of Hannibal, the days will fail me (I would not have time to do that)
- Si vis amari ama - I you want to be loved, love (Ecclesiastical term - St. Augustine)
- Si vis, amaris ama - If you wish to be loved, love (This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius. - Thank you: Han)
- Si vis pacem para bellum - If you want peace prepare for war (The display of military might discourages war - Thank you: Joe Pappalardo - Phrase originally used by the German Empire. It was shortened to "Parabellum" and referred to 9mm ammunition used during WWI. Modern 9mm bullets still retain the "Parabellum" designation - Thank you: E.S.)
- Si vis scire doce - If you want to learn, teach (When you try to make someone else understand something, you test how much you really know)
- Si vis vacare animo, aut pauper sis oportet, aut pauperi similis - If you want to grow your spirit, it is convenient to be poor, or at least look like you are (Seneca)
- Sibi non cavere et aliis consilium dare stultum esse - To give advise to others, and not take care of yourself, is typical of fools (Phaedrus 1,9,1)
- Sic - Yes (Grammatical Term - Yes, it is written that way, when copying a text that has an error)
- Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum - So neither with you nor without I can live (Women, can't live with them, can't live without them - Ovid - Amores)
- Sic faciunt omnes - Everybody does this
- Sic itur ad astra - This is the way to the stars (Motto of the Colombian Air Force)
- Sic Luceant Opera Tua - Your work continues to shine (Motto of the city of Gandia in Valencia, Spain)
- Sic Luceat Lux Vestra - Let your light shine (Vulgate - Matthew 5: 15 - Said by Jesus Christ)
- Sic obvia frangit - This overcomes obstacles (Motto of the Spanish Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment #11)
- Sic Parvis Magna - From small to greatness (Motto given by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) in 1581 for being the first English person to circumnavigate the world)
- Sic semper Tyrannus - Thus always to tyrants (Motto of Virginia State )
- Sic sum, si placeo utere - That is the way I am, if you like it, use me (Terence - Phormio)
- Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - Thus passes the glory of the world (a reminder phrase of the transitory nature of life. Used in papal coronation ceremonies between 1409-1963 )
- Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas - Use what's yours without harming others (Legal and diplomatic term - Used in international law to specify that countries are free to use their own natural resources, as long as they do not compromise the resources of neighboring countries)
- Sic volo, sic iubeo - This way I want it, so this way I order it (Juvenal)
- Sic vos, non vobis - For you, not by you (Refers to trying to take credit for someone else's work)
- Sicut bonum creatum est quaedam similitudo et participatio boni increati, ita adeptio boni creati est quaedam similitudinaria beatitudo - As well created has a certain similarity to the well uncreated, so the achievement of the well created is a certain happiness of this likeness (St. Thomas Aquinas)
- Sicut cervus ad fontes - As deer to the water fountain
- Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus - As the deer long for the springs of water, so my soul longs for you, oh God (Vulgate - Psalm 42:2)
- Sicut edas ut semper exurias - Eat as if you are always hungry (Sign in a convent)
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