507 Quotes About Latin

Animula vagula blandulaHospes comesque corporisQuae nunc abibis in locaPallidula rigida nudulaNec ut soles dabis iocos

Spinoza wrote the last indisputable Latin masterpiece, and one in which the refined conceptions of medieval philosophy are finally turned against themselves and destroyed entirely. He chose a single word from that language for his device: caute – ‘be cautious’ – inscribed beneath a rose, the symbol of secrecy. For, having chosen to write in a language that was so widely intelligible, he was compelled to hide what he had written.

Act your age, not your shoe size … Factio vestri aevum, non vestri calceus amplitudo.

Tu dormis, tu perdis … You snooze, you lose.

There's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact that you're making it up as you go along.

Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta suppellex. Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.

Crip up or grip up … Criptum vexo vel carpo vex.

Motto for latin countries: If you're not late, you're not on time

...and the shortcuts through the woods that led to the next barrio where all sorts of pocavergüenzas took place.