Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 997

997. Decet amicitiam colere (retinere, tueri) - Cultivate friendship (Ciceron - De amicitia)
998. Decet imperatorem stantem mori - It is advantageous that the emperor die standing (Suetonius, Vespasian, 24)
999. Decimus humilitatis gradus est si non sit facilis ac promptus in risu, quia scriptum est: stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam - The tenth degree of humility is that the monk is not easy or soon to laugh, because it is written: Only fools raise their voices to laugh (Saint Benedict Rules, Cap. VII)
1000. Decipere est iuris gentium - To be mistaken is everybody's right
1001. Decipimur specie recti - We are deceived by the appearance of right (Horace - Ars poetica)
1002. Defendi rem publicam adulescens; non deseram senex - I defended the republic as a young man; I shall not desert her now that I am old. ( - Thank you: Rich ) )
1003. Defensor pacis - Defender of the peace
1004. Dei Gratia - By the Grace of God (Expresses the divine rights of the monarchy - abbreviated as D.G)
1005. Dei Gratia Regina - By the Grace of God to the Kings (Expresses the divine rights of the monarchy - abbreviated as D.G.R.)
1006. Delenda est Carthago - Carthage must be destroyed (This is how Cato the Elder finalized his speeches - Also with Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam and Praeterea censeo ... )
1007. Delenda est Monarchia! - Monarchy must be destroyed (Part of an incendiary article by Ortega y Gasset in 1931, then famously used by the Republicans during the Spanish Second Republic, 1931 -1939, banned since 1939 here - Thanks Joaquin)
1008. Deliberando saepe perit occasio - In discussion dies opportunity (Too much discussion leads to too little action, which leads to lost of opportunity)
1009. Delirium tremens - Trembling Delirium (The "shakes" that heavy drinkers experience after going "cold turkey")
1010. Denique, caelum - At last, heaven
1011. Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit - The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn (Horace)
1012. Deo favente - God's favor
1013. Deo gratias - God's thank
1014. Deo ignoto - The Unknown God (Vulgate - Acts 17, 23; Saint Peter found this phrase inscribed in an altar in Athens Greece. He used this to tell the greeks that he will preach to them about a God that is unkown to them)
1015. Deo incognito - God Concealed (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher, 1813-1855)
1016. Deo iuvante - With God's help (Monaco's motto)
1017. Deo Optimo Maximo - For God, the best and greatest (Bernardo Vincelli used it to label his bottles of Benedictine - abbreviated as DOM)
1018. Deo Patri sit gloria, et Filio qui a mortuis surrexit, ac Paraclito in saeculorum saecula - Glory to God the Father and the son who rose from the dead, and the Comforter Spirit, for ever and ever (Thus ends the ecclesiastical chant "Veni Creator Spiritus" -)
1019. Deo vindice - God our defender - God, our avenger. (Diplomatic term - is the motto of the Confederacy )
1020. Deo volente - God willing
1021. Derectum - Direct (Legal term - Right and Direct)

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