Everything is temporary in Latin. Tattoo lettering about family
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.
Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.
Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.
Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.
Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.
Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to a person.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
It is human nature to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.
Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself
Dum spiro, spero!
While I breathe I hope!
Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
(From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.)
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.
factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.
Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.
Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling.
(Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People trust their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.
Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
The more people have, the more they want to have.
Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.
Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf.
(Plavt, "Donkeys")
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself.
(Publius, Maxims)
Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.
In aeternum.
Forever, forever.
Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!
In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.
Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect terrible (literally: "unspeakable") pain
(that is, to talk about the sad past).
(Virgil, Aeneid)
In pace.
Peace, peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memory.
In memory.
Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.
In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.
Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.
Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.
Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.
Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers.
(Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.
Odi et amo.
I hate and love.
Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare.
(Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.
Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.
Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.
Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool.
(Medieval proverb.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.
Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed.
(Compare Russian. Silence is a sign of consent.)
You can do anything you believe in!
Tanatum potes, quod credis.
The reason is always in us, and not in others who leave, leave, do not love.
Causa semper sumus, non ei, qui abient, abjiciunt, non amant.
Easy death is the last gift that fate can give.
Mors levis donum ultimum est, que fortuna dare potest.
Avoid those who try to undermine your confidence in yourself.
Illos vitare, qui fidem vestam in se afficere volunt.
Sometimes you just want silence.
Interdum silentium volo.
Live for yourself, but not in yourself, it is worse than any pain.
Vive pro se, sed not in se, quid pejor omni dolore est.
I do not climb into other people's souls - and I do not call guests into my own.
In animas alienorum non ascendo et in meam hospites non voco.
You never know what song will inspire you tomorrow. And what was in the past, let it remain there.
Nunquam scis, quod carmen tei cras inspirabit. Quod erat, in veteribus relinquire debet.
Whether it's bad or good, don't bother. That's why it is the past, so that they no longer live!
Noli permovere bonum et malum, vetera noli vivere!
True happiness is carried silently and does not need the whole world to know about it.
Felicitas vera silentium amat et non egit, ut orbis omnis id sciat.
The soul is a cemetery where the closest people and the most poignant memories are buried.
Anima sepulcretum est, ubi affines nostri et memorias acerrimas sepultae sunt.
I trust the man in the mirror, because he will never laugh while I cry.
Hominem in speculo credo, quia nunquam ridet, dum flo.
Sometimes you have to freeze your heart.
Interdum nesecce est cor suum stringere.
Be yourself, do not merge with the gray blind crowd.
Este quod estis, nolite confluere cum vulgo griseo caeco.
May God judge me according to my truth
And not by the slander of blind people.
Deus me veritate mea judicat,
non maledico hominum caecorum.
Just as water flows quickly into the sea, so days and years flow into eternity.
Aquae in mae fluunt et dies et anni in aeternitatem fluunt.
Change is painless. It is painful to resist them.
Mutationes placide sunt. Oppositio eis dolorosa est.
Phrases in Latin
Fac fideli sis fidelis (lat.) - Be faithful to the one who is faithful to you
Time does not heal, time helps to forget.
Tempus non curat, tempus oblivisci juvat.
Instead of wiping tears from your face, wipe the people who made you cry from your life.
Cum lacrimas ab facie obliteretis, obliterate homines, qui vos flere jubent, de vita obliterate.
Sometimes you don’t need to look for some meaning, just enjoy it.
Interdum non nesecce est mentem quaerere, voluptas sat.
What could be worse than the indifference of the people you love.
Indeffirentia eorum, quos amas, pessima est.
No one can judge my choices or my thoughts because no one has ever experienced my emotions or my pain.
Nemo potest dilectum meum aut sensus meos judicare, quia nemo affectus meos et doloremmeum nunquam tentavit.
I don't resent people, I just change my mind about them.
Homines non offendo, sententiam meam de eis muto.
I love the stars too much to be afraid of the night.
Stellas nimis amo, ut noctem timeam.
The battle with your soul is harder than the battle with your enemy.
Pugna cum anima sua difficilior est, quam pugna cum hostibus suis.
Let the iron saw work
My mother didn't give birth to me for work.
Serra ferrata laborare docet,
ego ab matre non ad laborem natus sum.
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.
Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.
Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Aliis inserviendo consumer.
By serving others I waste myself.
(The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.)
Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love is not cured by herbs.
(i.e. there is no cure for love.
Ovid, "Heroides")
Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.
Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.
Phrases in Latin
carpe diem (lat.) - seize the moment
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Or Caesar, or nothing.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
Good deeds rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities.
(Cicero)
Calamitas virtutis occasio.
Calamity is the touchstone of valor. (Seneca)
carpe diem.
Seize the day. (Horace)
Usually translated as Seize the Moment, although Seize the Day is more accurate.
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.
Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).
Cogitationes poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody is punished for thinking. (One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta))
Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
(The position on the basis of which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind.
René Descartes, Elements of Philosophy, I, 7, 9.)
Conscientia mille testes.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
(Latin proverb)
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to a person.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
It is human nature to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.
De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes could not be discussed.
(Compare Russian. There is no comrade for the taste and color.)
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead or good, or nothing.
(A probable source is the saying of Chilo “do not speak evil of the dead”.)
Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.
Phrases in Latin Credo In Me (lat.) - Believe in me
Divide et impera.
Divide and rule.
(Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.)
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy?
(Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390)
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Destiny leads the one who wants to go, drags the unwilling one.
(A saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.)
Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law.
(No matter how harsh the law is, it must be obeyed.)
Dum spiro, spero!
While I breathe I hope!
Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
(From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.)
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
You have to eat to live, not live to eat.
(A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”)
Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor.
Pain makes even the innocent lie.
(Publius, "Sentences")
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of the evils.
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.
Phrases in Latin
Custodi et serva (lat.) - Save and save
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.
factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did my best, who can, let him do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their accounting speech, transferring authority to the successor.)
Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.
Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
flagrant delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.
Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).
Fortes fortuna adjuvat.
Fate helps the brave.
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling. (Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.
Phrases in Latin
Dum Spira Memini (lat.) - While I breathe, I remember.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!
Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice.
(Martial, "Epigrams")
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People trust their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.
Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
The more people have, the more they want to have.
Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.
Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf.
(Plavt, "Donkeys")
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself.
(Publius, Maxims)
Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.
In aeternum.
Forever, forever.
Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!
In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.
Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect terrible (literally: "unspeakable") pain
(that is, to talk about the sad past).
(Virgil, Aeneid)
Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
In pace.
Peace, peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.
Phrases in Latin Amor vincit omnia (lat.) - Love conquers all
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memory.
In memory.
In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In times of peace, lions; in battle, deer.
(Tertullian, "About the wreath")
Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
In vino veritas.
The truth is in wine.
(Compare Pliny the Elder: "It is customary to attribute guilt to truthfulness.")
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.
In vitium ducit culpae fuga.
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another.
(Horace, "The Science of Poetry")
In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.
Ira furor brevis est.
Anger is a momentary insanity.
(Horace, "Messages")
Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.
Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.
Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus.
The load becomes light when you carry it with humility.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet.
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter what it comes from.
(Juvenal, "Satires")
Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.
Phrases in Latin
Amat victoria curam (lat.) - Victory loves patience
Manus manum lavat.
The hand washes the hand.
(A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.
Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.
memento mori.
Memento Mori.
(The form of greeting that the monks of the Trappist order exchanged when they met. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense, of imminent danger.)
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our destiny depends on our morals.
Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death does not know the law, takes both the king and the poor.
Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.
Mortem effugere nemo potest.
Nobody can escape death.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
There is nothing prosperous in all respects (i.e., there is no complete well-being
Horace, "Odes").
Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers.
(Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.
Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid.
(The words of Atreus from the tragedy Action named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.)
Odi et amo.
I hate and love.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
Everything unknown is majestic.
(Tacitus, "Agricola")
Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.
Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants on the run tried to capture more of their things, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “I do this, because I carry everything with me,” he replied, meaning their spiritual wealth.
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Phrases in Latin
Ut ameris, amabilis esto (lat.) - To be loved, be worthy of love.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare. (Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.
Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.
Optimum medicamentum quies est.
The best medicine is peace.
(Medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.)
Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
(Through difficulties to a high goal.)
Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool.
(Medieval proverb.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Persona grata.
Desirable person or trustworthy person.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
Primus interpares.
First among equals.
(A formula characterizing the position of a monarch in a feudal state.)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.
Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed.
(Compare Russian. Silence is a sign of consent.)
Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis cautum est in horas.
No one can know when to watch out for which danger.
Quo quisque sapientior est, eo solet esse modestior.
The smarter a person is, the more modest he is usually.
Quod cito fit, cito perit.
What is soon done, soon falls apart.
Quomodo fabula, sic vita; non quam diu, sed quam bene acta sit refert.
Life is like a play in a theatre; what matters is not how long it lasts, but how well it is played.
Respue quod non es.
Drop what is not you.
Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
(Latin translation of loosely interpreted words of Socrates.
Wed Russian Learn forever, you'll die a fool.)
Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
One day we all go crazy.
Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.
Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.
Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if everything, then not me.
(i.e. Even if everyone will, I won't)
Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(Source - Vegetius. Also compare Cicero: "If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war.")
Phrases in Latin
Vive ut vivas (lat.) - Live to live.
Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over yourself.
Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices in like.
Sic itur ad astra.
This is how they go to the stars.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines on everyone.
Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother deserves love, a father deserves respect.
Sua cuique fortuna in manu est.
Everyone has their own destiny in their hands.
Suum cuique.
To each his own
(i.e., to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts, Regulation of Roman law).
Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we appreciate it even in the enemy.
Tanto brevius omne tempus, quanto felicius est.
The faster time flies, the happier it is.
Tantum possumus, quantum scimus.
We can do as much as we know.
Tarde venientibus ossa.
Who comes late - the bones.
(Latin proverb)
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
Times change and we change with them.
Tempus fugit.
Time is running out.
Terra incognita.
Unknown land (trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area
on ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated in this way).
Tertium non datur.
There is no third; there is no third.
(In formal logic, one of the four laws of thinking is formulated in this way - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed positions are given, of which one affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there will be a third, middle judgment between them can not.)
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!
Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it!
Phrases in Latin
Vincit Qui Se Vincit (lat.) - The one who conquers himself wins
Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis.
Where you are not capable of anything, you should not want anything.
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be worthy of love.
Utatur motu animi qui uti ratione non potest.
Whoever cannot follow the dictates of the mind, let him follow the movements of the soul.
Varietas dellectat.
Variety is fun.
Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.
Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnaces.)
Veni, vidi, fugi.
I came, I saw, I ran. 🙂
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated.
(Claudian, "On the sixth consulship of Honorius")
Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.
Viva vox alit plenius.
Living speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., oral presentation is more successfully absorbed than written).
Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.
Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe by the power of truth during my lifetime.
Vivere est agere.
To live means to act.
Vivere est vincere.
To live means to win.
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Aphorisms, catchphrases, sayings for tattoos (tattoo inscriptions).
In order to convey any meaning to your tattoo, it is best to use inscriptions. No, pictures can also symbolize a lot and mean a lot, but the problem is that you can understand a picture in different ways, or you can not understand it at all. And the inscriptions in the tattoo describe the taught meaning much more specifically. And it doesn’t matter what font, what handwriting, in what language, the main thing is that they perform their main function - they convey meaning. In a tattoo, in addition to meaning, they take into account, of course, the beauty and style of writing, and the size and semantic load. A wonderful opportunity to combine all these essential qualities of a tattoo inscription is provided by phrases for tattoos in Latin. The Latin language is distinguished by beauty and meekness, the ability to express a huge, deep meaning in a short text. Therefore, the most beautiful, most famous phrases or sayings of great people sounded in Latin.
Latin inscriptions as tattoos are becoming more and more popular among young people around the world. As a rule, these are people who are more interested in philosophy and sciences, who want to emphasize their individuality and intellectuality.
One of the main directions of the tattoo is the image of various kinds of catchphrases and mottos. On this page you can see the most common options:
Arrive ce qu'il pourra (fr.) - Come what may.
A tout prix (fr.) - At any cost.
Audaces fortuna juvat (lat.) - Happiness accompanies the brave.
Battle of life (English) - The struggle for life.
Buvons, chantons et aimons (fr.) - We drink, we sing and we love.
Cache ta vie (fr.) - Hide your life.
Cave! (lat.) - Be careful!
Cercando il vero (it.) - I am looking for truth.
Contra spem spero (lag.) - I hope without hope.
Croire a son etoile (fr.) - Believe in your star, that is, hope for happiness.
Cum deo (lat.) - With God.
Da bin ich zu Hause (German) - Here I am at home.
Debellare superbos (lat.) - Suppress pride, recalcitrant.
Der Mensch, versuche die Gutter nicht (German) - Man, do not tempt the gods.
Dictum factum (lat.) - No sooner said than done.
Dieu et liberte (fr.) - God and freedom.
Dieu et mon drolt (fr.) - God and my right.
Due cose belle ha il mondo: Amore e Morte (it.) - Two phenomena are beautiful in the world: love and death.
Du sollst nicht erst den Schlag erwarten (German) - Don't wait to be hit.
Eigenhum ist Fremdentum (German) - Property is someone else's.
Ein Wink des Schicksals (German) - An indication of fate.
Errare humanum est (lat.) - It is human nature to err.
Est quaedam flere voluptas (lat.) - There is something of pleasure in tears.
Ex voto (lat.) - By promise; by vow.
Faciam ut mei memineris (lat.) - I will make sure that you remember me!
Fatum (lat.) - Fate, rock.
Fecit (lat.) - Did, performed.
Finis coronat opus (lat.) - The end crowns the deed.
Fortes fortuna adjuvat (lat.) - Fate helps the brave.
Fortuna non penis, in manu non recipe (lat.) - Luck is not x @ d, you can’t hold it in your hands.
Fu… e non e! (it.) - Was ... and he is not!
Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus (lat.) - Let us rejoice while we are young.
Gnothi seauton (Greek) - Know thyself.
Gott mit uns (German) - God is with us.
Grace pour my! (fr.) - Mercy (forgiveness) for me!
Guai chi la tocca (it.) - Woe to the one who touches it.
Gutta cavat lapidem (years) - A drop hammers a stone.
Naes fac ut felix vivas (lat.) - Do this to live happily.
Help yourself (English) - Help yourself. (Take it yourself!)
Hoc est in votis (lat.) - That's what I want.
Homo homini lupus est (lat.) - Man is a wolf to man.
Homo liber (lat.) - A free person.
Homo res sacra (lat.) - Man is a sacred thing.
I can not afford to keep a conscience (English) - I do not have the means to keep a conscience.
Ich habe gelebt und geliebt (German) - I lived and loved.
Ignoti nulla cupido (lat.) - What they don’t know about, they don’t want to.
Il faut oser avec une femme (fr.) - You have to be brave with a woman.
Il fine giustifica i mezzi (it.) - The end justifies the means.
In God we trust (English) - In God we trust.
In hac spe vivo (lat.) - I live with this hope.
In vino veritas (lat.) - Truth is in wine.
Joi d'amor (it.) - The joy of love.
Juravi lingua, mentem injuratam gero (lat.) - I swore by the tongue, but not by the thought.
Jus vitae ac necis (lat.) - The right to dispose of life and death.
Killing is no murder (English) - Killing is not murder.
La bourse ou la via (fr.) - Trick or treat.
La donna e mobile (it.) - A woman is fickle.
La via est un combat (fr.) - Life is a struggle.
Leben und leben lassen (German) - Live and let others live.
Le devoir avant tout (fr.) - Duty comes first.
Macht geht vor Recht (German) - Power is higher than right.
Magna res est amor (lat.) - Love is a great thing.
Malo mori quam foedari (lat.) - Better death than dishonor.
Malum necessarium - necessarium (lat.) - Necessary evil - inevitable.
Memento mori (lat.) - Remember death!
Memento quod es homo (lat.) - Remember that you are a person.
Me quoque fata regunt (lat.) - I also obey rock.
Mortem effugere nemo potest (lat.) - No one will escape death.
Ne cede malis (lat.) - Do not lose heart in misfortune.
Nil inultum remanebit (lat.) - Nothing will remain unavenged.
Noli me tangere (lat.) - Don't touch me.
Now or never (English) - Now or never.
Oderint, dum metuant (lat.) - Let them hate, if only they are afraid.
Omnia mea mecum porto (lat.) - I carry everything with me.
Omnia vanitas (lat.) - Everything is vanity!
Pac'e gioja (it.) - Peace and joy.
Penis longus, vita brevis (lat.) - X @ th long, life is short
Per aspera ad astra (lat.) - Through thorns to the stars.
Pisces natare oportet (lat.) - A fish needs to swim.
Potius sero quam nunquam (lat.) - Better late than never.
Procul negotiis (lat.) - Away with trouble.
Que femme veut - dieu le veut (fr.) - What a woman wants, God pleases.
Qui ne risque rien - n'a rien (fr.) - Whoever does not risk, he has nothing.
Qui sine peccato est (lat.) - Who is without sin.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi (lat.) - What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Quod principi placuit, legis habet vigorem (lat.) - Whatever the ruler pleases, it has the force of law.
Requiescit in pace (lat.) - Rest in peace.
Sans phrases (fr.) - No extra words.
Senza amare andare sul mare (it.) - Wandering the sea without love.
Senza dubbio (it.) - Without a doubt.
Sic itur ad astra (lat.) - This is how they go to the stars.
Sic volo (lat.) - So I want.
Silentium (lat.) Silence.
Sono nato libero - e voglio morire Libego! (it.) - I was born free - and I want to die free!
Souvent femme varie, Bien fol est gui s'y fie! (fr.) - A woman is often changeable, the one who believes in her is very stupid!
Struggle for life (English) - Struggle for life.
Supremum vale (lat.) - Forgive me for the last time.
Suum cuique (lat.) - To each his own.
Sweet is revenge (English) - Sweet is revenge.
That be or not to be (English) - To be or not to be.
Tous les moyens sotn bons (fr.) - All means are good.
Tout pour moi - rien par moi (fr.) - Everything for me - nothing from me.
Trahit sua quemque voluptas (lag.) - Everyone is attracted by his passion.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito (lat.) - Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it.
Ubi bene, ibi patria (lat.) - Where it is good, there is the homeland.
Unam in armis salutem (lat.) - The only salvation is in the struggle.
Vale et me ama (lat.) - Farewell and love me.
Veni, vidi, vici (lat.) - I came, I saw, I conquered.
Via sacra (lat.) - Holy path.
Virginity is a luxury (lat.) - Virginity is a luxury.
Vita sene libertate nlhil (lat.) - Life without freedom is nothing.
Vivere militare est (lat.) - To live is to fight.
Wait and see (English) - Let's wait and see.
Wein, Weib und Gesang (German) - Wine, women and songs.
Weltkind (German) - Child of the world.
Lettering tattoos are one of the most common tattoo destinations in Rostov. This style is especially popular among young people. Often, tattoos do not express the fullness of meaning that the tattoo wearer would like to convey, it is here that inscription tattoos are well applicable. the text conveys the whole meaning of the tattoo, so the choice of the phrase should be taken with particular seriousness. Lettering tattoos can be combined with the main tattoo pattern or used separately.
The use of inscription tattoos is almost unlimited. they can convey any meaning. It can be an expression of a religious nature that carries a spiritual meaning, or as a memory of some important event in life, for example, an important date, the loss of a loved one, the names of children or relatives, and much more. The most commonly used statements and aphorisms of philosophers, great and famous people, in different languages, here you are limited only by your imagination.
Below are 170 Latin winged expressions and proverbs with transliteration (transcription) and stress.
Sign ў denotes a non-syllable sound [y].
Sign g x denotes a fricative [γ] , which corresponds to G in Belarusian, as well as the corresponding sound in Russian words God, yeah etc.
- A mari usque ad mare.
[A mari uskve ad mare].
From sea to sea.
Motto on the coat of arms of Canada. - Ab ovo usque ad mala.
[Ab ovo uskve ad mala].
From the egg to the apples, that is, from beginning to end.
Roman dinner began with eggs and ended with apples. - Abiens abi!
[Abians abi!]
Leaving go! - Acta est factory.
[Akta est plot].
The show is over.
Suetonius, in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, writes that the emperor Augustus, on his last day, asked the friends who had entered whether they found that he "played the comedy of life well." - Alea jacta est.
[Alea yakta est].
Die is cast.
It is used when talking about an irrevocably made decision. The words spoken by Julius Caesar when his troops crossed the Rubicon River, which separated Umbria from the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul, that is, Northern Italy, in 49 BC. e. Julius Caesar, violating the law, according to which he, as a proconsul, could command an army only outside Italy, led it, being on the territory of Italy, and thereby began a civil war. - Amīcus est anĭmus unus in duōbus corporĭbus.
[Amicus est animus unus in duobus corporibus].
A friend is one soul in two bodies. - Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca vertas.
[Amicus Plyato, sed magis amika veritas].
Plato is my friend, but truth is dearer (Aristotle).
It is used when they want to emphasize that the truth is above all. - Amor tussisque non celantur.
[Amor tussisque non celantur].
You can't hide love and cough. - Aquala non captat muscas.
[Aquila non captat muskas].
The eagle does not catch flies. - Audacia pro muro habētur.
[Adatsia about muro g x abetur].
Courage replaces walls (lit.: there is courage instead of walls). - Audiātur et altĕra pars!
[Aўdiatur et altera pars!]
Let the other side be heard!
On the impartial consideration of disputes. - Aurea mediocritas.
[Aўrea mediokritas].
Golden mean (Horace).
About people who avoid extremes in their judgments and actions. - Aut vincĕre, aut mori.
[Aut vintsere, aut mori].
Either win or die. - Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!
[Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!]
Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die greet you!
Roman gladiator greetings, - Bibamus!
[Beebamus!]
<Давайте>let's drink! - Caesărem decet stantem mori.
[Cesarem detset stantem mori].
It is fitting for Caesar to die standing. - Canis vivus melior est leōne mortuo.
[Canis vivus melior est leone mortuo].
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Wed from Russian proverb "Better a titmouse in the hands than a crane in the sky." - Carum est, quod rarum est.
[Karum est, kvod rarum est].
What is rare is valuable. - Causa causarum.
[Kaўza kaўzarum].
Cause of causes (main cause). - Cave canem!
[Kawae kanem!]
Be afraid of the dog!
Inscription on the entrance of a Roman house; used as a general warning: be careful, attentive. - Cedant arma togae!
[Tsedant arma toge!]
Let the weapons give way to the toga! (Let war be replaced by peace.) - Clavus clavo pelltur.
[Klyavus swear pellitur].
The wedge is knocked out by a wedge. - Cognosce te ipsum.
[Cognosce te ipsum].
Know yourself.
Latin translation of a Greek saying inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. - Crasmelius fore.
[Kras melius fore].
<Известно,>that tomorrow will be better. - Cujus regio, ejus lingua.
[Kuyus regio, eyus lingua].
Whose country, that and language. - Curriculum vitae.
[Curriculum vitae].
Description of life, autobiography. - Damnant, quod non intellect.
[Damnant, quod non intellectual].
They judge because they don't understand. - De gustĭbus non est disputandum.
[De gustibus non est disputandum].
Taste is not to be argued with. - Destruam et aedificabo.
[Destruam et edificabo].
I will destroy and build. - Deus ex machina.
[Deus ex machine].
God from the machine, that is, an unexpected denouement.
In ancient drama, the denouement was the appearance of a god in front of the audience from a special machine, which helped to resolve a difficult situation. - Dictum est factum.
[Diktum est factum].
No sooner said than done. - Dies diem document.
[Dies diem dotsat].
One day he teaches another.
Wed from Russian proverb "Morning is wiser than evening". - Divide et impera!
[Divide et impera!]
Divide and rule!
The principle of the Roman conquest policy, perceived by subsequent conquerors. - Dixi et anĭmam levāvi.
[Dixie et animam levavi].
Said - and eased the soul.
Biblical expression. - Do, ut des; facio, ut facias.
[Do, ut des; facio, ut fatias].
I give so that you give; I make you do.
A Roman law formula that establishes a legal relationship between two persons. Wed from Russian the expression "You to me - I to you." - Docendo discimus.
[Dotsendo discimus].
By teaching, we learn ourselves.
The expression comes from the statement of the Roman philosopher and writer Seneca. - Domus propria - domus optima.
[Domus propria - domus optima].
Your home is the best. - Donec erís felix, multos numerábis amícos.
[Donek eris felix, multos numerabis amikos].
As long as you are happy, you will have many friends (Ovid). - Dum spiro, spero.
[Dum spiro, spero].
While I breathe I hope. - Duōbus litigantĭbus, tertius gaudet.
[Duobus litigantibus, tercius haўdet].
When two quarrel, the third rejoices.
Hence another expression - tertius gaudens ‘the third rejoicing’, that is, a person who benefits from the strife of the two sides. - Edĭmus, ut vivāmus, non vivĭmus, ut edāmus.
[Edimus, ut vivamus, non vivimus, ut edamus].
We eat to live, not live to eat (Socrates). - Elephanti corio circumtentus est.
[Elefanti corio circumtentus est].
Endowed with elephant skin.
The expression is used when talking about an insensitive person. - Errare humānum est.
[Errare g x umanum est].
To err is human (Seneca). - East deus in nobis.
[Est de "us in no" bis].
There is a god in us (Ovid). - est modus in rebus.
[Est modus in rebus].
There is a measure in things, that is, everything has a measure. - Etiám sanáto vúlnĕre, cícatríx manét.
[Etiam sanato vulnere, cicatrix manet].
And even when the wound has healed, the scar remains (Publius Syr). - Ex libris.
[Ex libris].
"From books", ex-libris, sign of the owner of the book. - Éxēgí monument(um)…
[Exegi monument(mind)...]
I erected a monument (Horace).
The beginning of Horace's famous ode on the immortality of the poet's works. The ode caused a large number of imitations and translations in Russian poetry. - Facile dictu, difficile factu.
[Facile dictu, difficile fact].
Easy to say, hard to do. - Fames artium magister.
[Fames artium master]
Hunger is an art teacher.
Wed from Russian proverb "Necessity is cunning for inventions." - Felicĭtas humāna nunquam in eōdem statu permănet.
[Felicitas g humana nunkvam in eodem statu permanet].
Human happiness is never permanent. - Felicitas multos alphabet amīcos.
[Felicitas multos g x abet amikos].
Happiness has many friends. - Felicitatem ingentem anĭmus ingens decet.
[Felicitatem ingentem animus ingens detset].
Great in spirit befits great happiness. - Felix criminĭbus nullus erit diu.
[Felix criminibus nullus erit diu].
No one will be happy with crimes for long. - Felix, qui nihil debet.
[Felix, qui nig h il debat].
Happy is he who owes nothing. - Festina lente!
[Festina lente!]
Hurry slowly (do everything slowly).
One of the common sayings of Emperor Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD). - Fiat lux!
[Fiat luxury!]
Let there be light! (Biblical expression).
In a broader sense, it is used when it comes to grandiose accomplishments. Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, was depicted holding an unfolded sheet of paper with the words "Fiat lux!" - Finis cornat opus.
[Finis coronat opus].
End crowns the work.
Wed from Russian proverb "The end is the crown of business." - Gaúdia príncipiúm nostrí sunt saépe doloris.
[Gaudia principium nostri sunt sepe doleris].
Joy is often the beginning of our sorrow (Ovid). - Habent sua fata libelli.
[G x abent sua fata libelli].
Books have their own destiny. - Hic mortui vivunt, hic muti loquuntur.
[G x ik mortui vivunt, g x ik muti lekwuntur].
Here the dead are alive, here the dumb speak.
The inscription above the entrance to the library. - Hodie mihi, cras tibi.
[G hodie moment x and, beauty tibi].
Today for me, tomorrow for you. - Homo doctus in se semper divitias alphabet.
[G homo doctus in se semper divicias g x abet].
A learned man always has wealth in himself. - Homo homni lupus est.
[G x omo g x omini lupus est].
Man is a wolf to man (Plavt). - Homo propōnit, sed Deus dispōnit.
[Ghomo proponit, sed Deus disponit].
Man proposes, but God disposes. - Homo quisque fortunae faber.
[G homo kviskve fortune faber].
Each person is the creator of his own destiny. - Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum (esse) puto.
[G homo sum: gh uman nig h il a me alienum (esse) puto].
I am a man: nothing human, as I think, is alien to me. - Honres mutant mores.
[Honores mutant mores].
Honors change morals (Plutarch). - Hostis humāni genris.
[G hostis g kh umani generis].
Enemy of the human race. - Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videaris.
[Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videaris].
Act in such a way as to be happy, not to appear (Seneca).
From Letters to Lucilius. - In aqua scribre.
[In aqua scribere].
Write on water (Catullus). - In hoc signo vinces.
[Ing x ok signo vinces].
Under this banner you will win.
The motto of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, placed on his banner (4th century). Currently used as a trademark. - In optimā formā.
[In optima form].
In the best possible shape. - In tempŏre opportūno.
[In tempore opportuno].
At a convenient time. - In vino vertas.
[In vino veritas].
The truth is in wine.
Corresponds to the expression "What a sober man has on his mind, then a drunk on his tongue." - Invēnit et perfēcit.
[Invanite et perfecit].
Invented and improved.
Motto of the French Academy of Sciences. - Ipse dixit.
[Ipse dixit].
I said it myself.
An expression that characterizes the position of thoughtless admiration for someone's authority. Cicero, in his essay On the Nature of the Gods, quoting this saying of the disciples of the philosopher Pythagoras, says that he does not approve of the manners of the Pythagoreans: instead of proving in defense of the opinion, they referred to their teacher with the words ipse dixit. - Ipso facto.
[Ipso facto].
By the very fact. - Is fecit, cui prodest.
[Is fecit, kui prodest].
Made by the one who benefits (Lucius Cassius).
Cassius, the ideal of a just and intelligent judge in the eyes of the Roman people (hence Yes another expression judex Cassiānus ‘fair judge’), always raised the question in criminal trials: “Who benefits? Who benefits from this? The nature of people is such that no one wants to become a villain without calculation and benefit for themselves. - Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis.
[Lyatrante uno, lyatrat statim et alter kanis].
When one dog barks, the other dog immediately barks. - Legem brevem esse oportet.
[Legam Bravem essay portrait].
The law should be short. - Littera scripta manet.
[Littera scripta manet].
The written letter remains.
Wed from Russian proverb "What is written with a pen, you can not cut down with an ax." - Melior est certa pax, quam sperata victoria.
[Melior est certa pax, kvam sperata victoria].
Better peace is true than the hope of victory (Titus Livius). - Memento mori!
[Memento mori!]
Memento Mori.
The greeting that the monks of the Trappist Order, founded in 1664, exchanged at a meeting. It is also used as a reminder of the inevitability of death, the transience of life, and figuratively - about threatening danger or about something sad, sad. - Mens sana in corpŏre sano.
[Mance sana in corporate sano].
A healthy mind in a healthy body (Juvenal).
Usually this saying expresses the idea of the harmonious development of man. - Mutāto nomĭne, de te fabŭla narrātur.
[Mutato nomine, de te fabula narratur].
The tale is told about you, only the name (Horace) has been changed. - Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
[Nek Sibi, Nek Alteri].
Not to myself, not to anyone else. - Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
[Nek Sibi, Nek Alteri].
Not to myself, not to anyone else. - Nigrius pice.
[Nigrus pizza].
Blacker than tar. - Nil adsuetudĭne majus.
[Nil adsvetudine maius].
There is nothing stronger than habit.
From the trademark of cigarettes. - Noli me tangre!
[Noli me tangere!]
Dont touch me!
Gospel expression. - Nomen est omen.
[Nomen est omen].
“The name is a sign, the name portends something”, that is, the name speaks about its bearer, characterizes him. - Nomĭna sunt odiōsa.
[Nomina sunt odiosis].
Names are hateful, that is, it is undesirable to name names. - Non progredi est regredi.
[Non progradi est regradi].
Not going forward means going backwards. - Non sum, qualis eram.
[Non sum, qualis eram].
I am no longer what I was before (Horace). - Nota bene! (NB)
[Note bene!]
Pay attention (lit.: notice well).
A mark used to draw attention to important information. - Nulla dies sine linea.
[Nulla dies sine linea].
Not a day without a stroke; not a day without a line.
Pliny the Elder reports that the famous ancient Greek painter Apelles (4th century BC) “used to, no matter how busy he was, not to miss a single day without practicing his art, drawing at least one line; this was the basis for the saying." - Nullum est jam dictum, quod non sit dictum prius.
[Nullum est yam dictum, quod non sit dictum prius].
They don't say anything that hasn't been said before. - Nullum pericŭlum sine pericŭlo vincĭtur.
[Nullum periculum sine periculyo vincitur].
No danger is overcome without risk. - O tempŏra, o mores!
[Oh tempora, oh mores!]
Oh times, oh manners! (Cicero) - Omnes homnes aequāles sunt.
[Omnes g homines ekvales sunt].
All people are the same. - Omnia mea mecum porto.
[Omnia mea mekum porto].
I carry everything with me (Biant).
The phrase belongs to one of the "seven wise men" Biant. When his hometown of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants tried to take as many of their things as they fled, someone advised him to do the same. “I do just that, because I carry everything with me,” he replied, meaning that only spiritual wealth can be considered an inalienable property. - Otium post negotium.
[Ocium post negocium].
Rest after work.
Wed: Did the job - walk boldly. - Pacta sunt servanda.
[Pact sunt servanda].
Contracts must be respected. - Panem et circles!
[Panham et circenses!]
Meal'n'Real!
An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire. The Roman plebs put up with the loss of political rights, being satisfied with the free distribution of bread, cash distributions and the organization of free circus spectacles. - Par pari refertur.
[Par wager refertur].
Equal to equal is rewarded. - Paupĕri bis dat, qui cito dat.
[Paўperi bis dat, qui cit dat].
The poor are doubly blessed by the one who gives quickly (Publius Syr). - Pax huic domui.
[Paks g uik domui].
Peace to this house (Gospel of Luke).
Greeting formula. - Pecunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domina.
[Pekunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domina].
Money, if you know how to use it, is a maid, if you don’t know how, then it’s a mistress. - Per aspera ad astra.
[Per aspera hell astra].
Through thorns to the stars, that is, through difficulties to success. - Pinxit.
[Pinxit].
Wrote.
The artist's autograph on the painting. - Poētae nascuntur, oratōres fiunt.
[Poete naskuntur, oratores fiunt].
Poets are born, speakers become. - Potius mori, quam foedari.
[Potius mori, kwam fedari].
Better to die than be disgraced.
The expression is attributed to Cardinal James of Portugal. - Prima lex historiae, ne quid falsi dicat.
[Prima lex g x istorie, ne quid false dikat].
The first principle of history is not to allow lies. - Primus interpares.
[Primus inter pares].
First among equals.
The formula characterizing the position of the monarch in the state. - Principium - dimidium totius.
[Principium - dimidium totius].
The beginning is half of everything (every business). - Probatum est.
[Probatum est].
Approved; received. - Promitto me laboratūrum esse non sordĭdi lucri causā.
[Promitto me laboraturum esse non sordidi lyukri ka "ўza].
I promise that I will not work for the sake of contemptible gain.
From the oath taken when receiving a doctoral degree in Poland. - Putantur homĭnes plus in aliēno negotio vidēre, quam in suo.
[Putantur g homines plus in alieno negocio videre, kvam in suo].
It is believed that people see more in someone else's business than in their own, that is, from the side it is always more visible. - Qui tacet, consentīre vidētur.
[Kvi tatset, konsentire videtur].
It seems that the one who is silent agrees.
Wed from Russian proverb "Silence is a sign of consent." - Quia nomĭnor leo.
[Quia nominor leo].
For I am called a lion.
Words from the fable of the Roman fabulist Phaedrus (late 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD). The lion and the donkey shared the prey after the hunt. The lion took one share as the king of animals, the second - as a participant in the hunt, and the third, he explained, "because I am a lion." - Quod erat demonstrandum (q. e. d.).
[Quod erat demonstrandum]
Q.E.D.
The traditional formula that completes the proof. - Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
[Kvod litset Yovi, non litset bovi].
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
According to an ancient myth, Jupiter in the form of a bull kidnapped the daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor Europe. - Quod tibi fiĕri non vis, altĕri non fecris.
[Kvod tibi fieri non vis, alteri non fetseris].
Don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do.
The expression is found in the Old and New Testaments. - Quos Juppĭter perdĕre vult, dementat.
[Kvos Yuppiter perdere vult, dementat].
Whom Jupiter wants to destroy, he deprives him of reason.
The expression goes back to a fragment of the tragedy of an unknown Greek author: “When a deity prepares a misfortune for a person, then first of all it takes away his mind with which he argues.” The more concise formulation of this idea given above seems to have been first given in the edition of Euripides, published in 1694 in Cambridge by the English philologist W. Barnes. - Quot capta, tot sensus.
[Captain's quota, that sensus].
How many people, so many opinions. - Rarior corvo albo est.
[Rario corvo albo est].
More rare than the white crow. - Repetitio est mater studiōrum.
[Repetition est mater studioum].
Repetition is the mother of learning. - Requiescat in pace! (R.I.P.).
[Rekvieskat in pace!]
May he rest in peace!
Latin headstone inscription. - Sapienti sat.
[Sapienti sat].
Enough for the one who understands. - Scientia est potentia.
[Science est potencia].
Knowledge is power.
An aphorism based on the statement of Francis Bacon (1561–1626) - an English philosopher, the founder of English materialism. - Scio me nihil scire.
[Scio me nig x il scire].
I know that I know nothing (Socrates). - Sero venientĭbus ossa.
[Sero vanientibus ossa].
Late arrivals (remain) bones. - Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem.
[Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem].
If two people do the same thing, it is not the same thing (Terentius). - Si gravis brevis, Si longus levis.
[Sea Gravis Brevis, Sea Longus Lewis].
If the pain is excruciating, it is not long, if it is long, then it is not excruciating.
Citing this position of Epicurus, Cicero in his treatise "On the Highest Good and the Highest Evil" proves its inconsistency. - Si tacuisses, philosphus mansisses.
[Si takuisses, philosophus mansisses].
If you were silent, you would remain a philosopher.
Boethius (c. 480-524) in his book “On the Consolation of Philosophy” tells how someone who boasted of the title of a philosopher listened for a long time in silence to the scolding of a person who denounced him as a deceiver, and finally asked with a mockery: “Now you understand that I really am a philosopher ?”, to which he received the answer: “Intellexissem, si tacuisses” 'I would understand this if you kept silent'. - Si tu esses Helĕna, ego vellem esse Paris.
[Si tu esses G x elena, ego wellem esse Paris].
If you were Elena, I would like to be Paris.
From a medieval love poem. - Si vis amari, ama!
[Si vis amari, ama!]
If you want to be loved, love! - Si vivis Romaé, Romāno vivito móre.
[Si vivis Rome, Romano vivito more].
If you live in Rome, live according to Roman customs.
Novolatinskaya poetic saying. Wed from Russian proverb "Do not poke your head into a strange monastery with your charter." - Sic transit gloria mundi.
[Sic Transit Gleria Mundi].
This is how worldly glory passes.
With these words, they address the future pope during the ordination ceremony, burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly power. - Silent leges inter arma.
[Silent leges inter arma].
Among weapons, laws are silent (Livy). - Similis simili gaudet.
[Similis simili gaўdet].
Like rejoices like.
Corresponds to Russian. proverb "A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar." - Sol omnibus lucet.
[Sol omnibus lucet].
The sun shines for everyone. - Sua cuque patria jucundissima est.
[Sua kuikve patria yukundissima est].
To each his own homeland is the best. - Sub rosa.
[Sub rose].
"Under the rose", that is, in secret, secretly.
The rose was the emblem of mystery among the ancient Romans. If the rose was hung from the ceiling above the dining table, then everything that was said and done “under the rose” should not have been disclosed. - Terra incognita.
[Terra incognita].
Unknown land (in a figurative sense - an unfamiliar area, something incomprehensible).
On ancient maps, these words denoted unexplored territories. - Tertia vigilia.
[Tertia vigilia].
"Third Guard".
Night time, that is, the interval from sunset to sunrise, was divided among the ancient Romans into four parts, the so-called vigils, equal to the duration of the changing of the guards in military service. The third vigil is the interval from midnight to early dawn. - Tertium non datur.
[Tercium non datur].
There is no third.
One of the provisions of formal logic. - Theatrum mundi.
[Teatrum mundi].
World arena. - Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
[Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes].
I'm afraid of the Danes, even those who bring gifts.
The words of the priest Laocoön, referring to a huge wooden horse built by the Greeks (Danaans) allegedly as a gift to Minerva. - Totus mundus agit histriōnem.
[Totus mundus agit g x istrionem].
The whole world is playing a performance (the whole world is actors).
Inscription on Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. - Tres faciunt collegium.
[Tres faciunt collegium].
Three make up the council.
One of the provisions of Roman law. - Una hirundo non facit ver.
[Una g x irundo non facit ver].
One swallow does not make spring.
It is used in the sense of ‘should not be judged too hastily, by one act’. - Unā voice.
[Una wotse].
Unanimously. - Urbi et orbi.
[Urbi et orbi].
"To the city and the world," that is, to Rome and the whole world, for general information.
The ceremony for the election of a new pope required that one of the cardinals dress the chosen one with a mantle, uttering the following phrase: "I dress you with Roman papal dignity, may you stand before the city and the world." At present, the Pope of Rome begins his annual address to the faithful with this phrase. - Usus est optimus magister.
[Usus est optimus master].
Experience is the best teacher. - Ut amēris, amabĭlis esto.
[Ut ameris, amabilis esto].
To be loved, be worthy of love (Ovid).
From the poem "The Art of Love". - Ut salūtas, ita salutabĕris.
[Ut salutas, ita salutaberis].
As you greet, so you will be greeted. - Ut vivas, igĭtur vigla.
[Ut vivas, igitur vigil].
To live, be on your guard (Horace). - Vademecum (Vademecum).
[Wade mekum (Vademekum)].
Come with me.
This was the name of the pocket reference book, index, guide. The first to give this name to his work of this nature was the New Latin poet Lotikh in 1627. - Vae soli!
[Ve so "li!]
Woe to the lonely! (Bible). - Veni. vidi. Vici.
[Vani. See. Vici].
Came. Saw. Defeated (Caesar).
According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Aminty about the victory over the Pontic king Pharnaces in August 47 BC. e. Suetonius reports that this phrase was inscribed on a board carried before Caesar during the Pontic triumph. - Verba movent, exempla trahunt.
[Verba movent, exemplary trag x unt].
Words excite, examples captivate. - Verba volant, scripta manent.
[Verba volant, script manant].
Words fly away, writing remains. - Vertas tempris filia est.
[Veritas temporis filia est].
Truth is the daughter of time. - Vim vi repellĕre licet.
[Wim wi rapeller litse].
Violence is allowed to be repelled by force.
One of the provisions of Roman civil law. - Vita brevis est, ars longa.
[Vita brevis est, ars lenga].
Life is short, art is eternal (Hippocrates). - Vivat Academy! Vivant professors!
[Vivat Academy! Vivant professores!]
Long live the university, long live the professors!
A line from the student anthem "Gaudeāmus". - Vivre est cogitare.
[Vivere est cogitare].
To live is to think.
The words of Cicero, which Voltaire took as a motto. - Vivre est militare.
[Vivere est militare].
To live is to fight (Seneca). - Víx(i) et quém dedĕrát cursúm fortúna perégi.
[Viks(i) et kvem dederat kursum fortune pereghi].
I lived my life and walked the path assigned to me by fate (Virgil).
The dying words of Dido, who committed suicide after Aeneas, leaving her, sailed from Carthage. - Volens nolens.
[Volens nolens].
Willy-nilly; want - do not want.
Latin winged expressions are taken from the textbook.
Who just does not strive to emphasize their individuality, and look different from everyone else. Someone is looking for self-expression in bright outfits, someone in makeup, piercing, and someone prefers tattoos. Have you had the idea to fill yourself with a tattoo for a long time and you are looking for a phrase worthy of you with meaning? Then our selection is just what you need. We offer you sayings for tattoos with translation. Here you will find various beautiful phrases and quotes for tattoos in different languages: English, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French and others.
There are many types of tattoos: they can be made in the form of a drawing, abstraction, portrait. But the most popular are tattoo inscriptions, especially in a foreign language. This type of body art has a certain secret. As phrases for a tattoo, you can choose your life credo, you can fill in short and wise words of love, gratitude to parents, family. Not infrequently, tattoos symbolize the past or an important moment in life.
Remember who you are. (Remember who you are).
And never pretend to be anything more.
Everyone has one's own path. (Everyone has their own way).
Everyone should follow their own path, and not look at someone else's.
now or never. (Now or never).
Of course, now!
life is beautiful. (Life is Beautiful).
Does anyone doubt it?)
My guardian is always with me. (My keeper is always with me).
May he guard my every step.
One lifelong love. (One love for life).
If you fall in love, then once and for all life!
The best thing in our life is love. (The best thing in our life is love).
The worst thing is to lose her.
While I'm breathing - I love and believe. (While I breathe, I love and believe).
Love and faith give strength to live.
I will get everything I want. (I'll get whatever I want)
Whoever believes in himself, everything will work out.
My dreams come true. (My dreams are coming true).
That's why they are dreams to come true.
My angel is always with me. (My angel is always with me).
No one sees a guardian angel, but everyone has one.
The love of my life. (Love of my life).
He/she is my whole life.
Jamais perdre l'espoir. (Never lose hope.)
Hope gives strength to move forward.
live without regrets. (Live without regrets).
Do not regret anything, since it happened, then it must be so.
Jouis de chaque moment. (Enjoy every moment).
Life is given to enjoy it.
Les rêves se realisent. (Dreams Come True).
Dreams come true for those who believe in them.
La vie est belle. (Life is Beautiful).
No matter how you slice it, that's the way it is!
Amor Vincit Omnia. (Love conquers all)
Everything, even hate.
Amor and honor. (Love and honor).
These are important characteristics of a person.
Vincit qui se vincit. (The most difficult victory is the victory over yourself).
The one who has conquered himself will conquer all trials.
Faber est quisque fortunae suae. (Man is the creator of his own destiny).
Everything is in your hands, remember that.
Esto quod es. (Be who you really are).
Be yourself and don't try to imitate someone else.
Ut Amem Et Foveam. (This is what I love and idolize).
If you love it, then this is the meaning of your life.
Verba volant, scripta manent. (The words fly away, the written remains).
Words do not remain in sight as written, but they remain in memory.
Luctor et emergo. (I fight but I will survive)
Do not be afraid, you just need to live and move forward.
Veritas vos liberabit. (The truth will set you free)
Nothing makes life easier than the truth.
Vita est speciosa. (Life is Beautiful).
Life is beautiful, whatever one may say!
Vivere in momento. (Life is made up of moments.)
Life is a picture, every moment is a puzzle that it consists of.
Minima maxima sunt. (The smallest things are the most important in life).
Little things matter a lot.
Quis Attero Mihi Tantum Planto Mihi Validus. (What doesn't kill me makes me stronger).
Trials are given to make us stronger.
Si vis amari ama. (If you want to be loved, love yourself).
He who loves himself cannot be unloved.
Veritas lux mea. (The truth is the light in my life.)
Whereas lies are real darkness.
Vive ut vivas. (Life is what you make it).
You live the life you deserve.
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris. (Expect from another what you yourself did to another).
Treat others the way you would like them to treat you.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit. (Take advantage of life, it is so fleeting).
Life should be appreciated in youth, while there is still time to live!
Actum ne agas. (What's over, don't go back to it.)
Know how to part with things, with people.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant. (Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.)
Friends are known in trouble, life has proved.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit. (Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart).
Love lives in the heart.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare. (I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey).
Listen, listen, and do your own thing.
Aut vincere, aut mori. (Either win or die).
Win and win again!
carpe diem. (seize the moment).
Don't let go of luck.
Certum voto pete finem. (Set yourself achievable goals.)
Do not set unattainable goals, otherwise you will lose faith in yourself.
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus. (Time is the most useful adviser to a person).
Only time can put everything in its place.
Vita sene libertate nlhil. (Life without freedom is nothing).
Life and freedom are one.
Audaces fortuna juvat. (Fate helps the brave).
Fate feels the weaknesses of everyone, so it takes advantage of them.
Bene vobis. (Let everythnig will be alright).
Each of us…
Amar hasta el último suspiro, hasta el último latido del corazón. (To love until the last breath, until the last heartbeat).
Love - so to the end!
Yo mismo me hago la vida. (I build my own life).
Aunque no tengas nada, tienes la vida, donde lo hay todo. (Even if you have nothing, you have a life that has everything).
Before complaining that you have nothing, take a good look and maybe you will see that you have everything.
Un dia todo irá bien: he aqui nuestra esperanza. (One day everything will be fine: this is our hope.)
The main thing in this life is to believe ...
Cada paso con Dios. (Every step with God).
Fortunate is he who lives with God.
Tú dejaste a mi lado una parte de ti, voy a amarla y cuidarla, por si no querrás quedarte. (You left a part of yourself next to me, I will love and protect it if you do not want to stay).
When people love each other, they give a part of themselves to those they love.
Casi des de el cielo. (Almost from heaven).
Heaven bless your every step.
Todo es para ti, mama. (All for you, mom).
Mom is the person to whom we owe everything.
Cuando las personas se van - dejales ir. (When people leave, let go).
If someone decides to leave you, don't hold back.
Suena sin miedo. (Dream without fear)
Dreams should feel like you're confident in them.
Eres mi fuerza. (You are my strength)
Everyone has someone who inspires us and gives us strength.
Salvame y guardame. (Bless and save).
Faith in God is the meaning of life.
Felicidad es estar en armonia con la vida. (Happiness is harmony with life).
Happiness is the ability to appreciate life.
Cum deo. (With God).
With faith and life is easier!
A mother's heart is an abyss, in the depths of which there is always forgiveness. (Balzac)
There is one person in the world who will always forgive everything, and this is mom.
What a man owes his mother, he will never return.
But he can give it back to his children.
Every mother is a guardian angel.
By eating mom, we feel wings behind our backs.
Mother is the name of the Lord in the heart of every child.
A child is God's reward for faith.
A mother's heart beats faster.
Nobody's heart worries more than a mother's.
Everyone has a God and his name is mother. (Georgy Alexandrov)
Mom is a sacred word.
Gods - honor, parents - honor.
The one who honors God and parents lives righteously.
A mother's heart is a universal abyss of love, care and forgiveness.
A mother's heart is a storehouse of kindness.
The guilt of the ancestors is redeemed by the descendants.
Live righteously so that your children do not have to pay for your sins.
Love that is not reborn daily, dies daily. (Khalil Gibran)
Love is like a fire that needs to be rekindled regularly.
Where they love us, only there is a hearth dear. (J. Byron)
We always want to return to where we are loved.
In moments of true love, you love everyone. (I.I. Lazhechnikov)
And only after insight do you understand that only a few are worthy of love.
To fall in love does not mean to love ... You can fall in love and hate. (F.M. Dostoevsky)
Love often follows hate.
Love cannot rule over people, but it can change them. (I.W. Goethe)
Love can change you in such a way that you don't even recognize yourself.
To deserve love, beauty alone is not enough. (Ovid)
To deserve love, you need to have a pure soul.
To love is to see a miracle invisible to others. (Francois Mauriac)
To love is to get someone's heart.
There is no pain greater than that which lovers inflict on each other. (Cyril Connolly)
Love is painful when it is not mutual.
Life is easier without love. But without it there's no point . (Lev Tolstoy)
The meaning of life is to love and do good.
Love hurts even the gods. (Petronius)
Cupid's arrow can hit anyone.
Love is not cured by herbs. (Ovid)
Even time can hardly heal love wounds.
My tattoos are like notes from life. Sometimes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin, so you cover it with drawings. (Frank Iero)
A tattoo is an occasion to change something in yourself.
If I made myself a tattoo, it would be the inscription "Mom". (Woody Allen)
