Wikipedia: Latin proverbs

Latin and Roman proverbs and sayings (in alphabetical order):

Would someone provide English translations? Do we need some pattern for proverb pages? It would be nice to get authors, too, for those that have them.

A

: Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat.
(He who quarrels with a drunk hurts an absentee.)

: Ad multos annos!
(On many years!; Many happy returns!)

: Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.
(As long as a sick person is conscious, there is still hope.)

: Amor patriae nostra lex.
(Love of the fatherland is our law.)

: Alea iacta est.
(The die is cast!)

: A pedibus usque ad caput.
(From feet to head.)

: Ars longa, vita brevis.
(Art is long, life is short.)

: Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum.
(The greatest jackass in eternity.)

: Audiatur et altera pars.
(The other part should be heard, too.)

: Auri sacra fames.
(Accursed hunger for gold.)

B

: Beatus, qui prodest, quibus potest.
(He is lucky who helps everyone he can.)

: Bene diagnoscitur, bene curatur.
(Something that is well diagnosed can be cured well.)

: Bis dat, qui cito dat.
(He who gives quickly gives twice.)

: Bona diagnosis, bona curatio.
(Good diagnosis, good cure.)

: Bona valetudo melior est quam maximae divitiae.
(Good health is worth more than the greatest wealth.)

C

: Cibi condimentum est fames.
(Hunger is a spice for any meal.)

: Concordia civium murus urbium.
(Harmony of citizens is the wall of cities.)

: Conditio sine qua non.
(Condition without which not; indispensable condition)

: Consuetudinis vis magna est.
(The power of habit is great.)

: Consuetudo altera natura est.
(Habit is second nature.)

: Contraria contrariis curantur.

: Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis.
(There's no herb against the power of death.)

: Cura, ut valeas!

D

: De gustibus non est disputandum.
(Matters of taste ought not to be disputed.)

: De mortuis nihil nisi bene.
(Of the dead, nothing but good.; Say only good things about the dead.)

: Divide et impera.
(Divide and conquer.)

: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. -- Horace, Odes III, 2, 13
(It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland.)

: Dum spiro, spero.
(As long as I breathe, I hope.)

: Dura lex, sed lex.
(It may be a hard law, but it still is a law.)

: Dura necessitas.

E

: E fructu arbor cognoscitur.
(The tree can be recognized by its fruits.)

: Errare humanum est.
(To err is human.)

F

: Festina lente !
(Hasten slowly!)

: Flagrante delicto.
(Caught redhanded.)

G

: Gloria victis.
(Glory to the defeated.)

: Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo.
(A drop drills the rock not with force but with perseverance.)

H

: Homo homini lupus est.
(Man is man's wolf.)

: Habent sua fata libelli.
(Books have their fate.)

: Hannibal ante portas.
(Hannibal before the gates.)

: Hic Rhodus, hic salta.
(It's Rhodos, jump here.)

: Hodie mihi, eras tibi.
(What's to me, to you.)

: Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
(I'm human and nothing that is human is to me strange.)

: Horribile dictu.
(Horrible to say.)

I

: Ignorantia iuris nocet.
(Being ignorant of law harms.)

: Ignoti nulla cupido.
(Unknown will not tempt.)

: Incredibile dictu.
(Incredible to say.)

: Inter arma silent leges (Musae).
(During wars laws (arts) are silent.)

: In vino veritas.
(There is truth in wine.)

: Is fecit, cui prodest.
(Done by the one who profits from it.)

: Iunctis viribus.
(Concerted effort.)

: Iurare in verba magistri.
(Swear by teacher's words.)

L

: Laborare est orare.
(To work is to pray.)

M

: Manus manum lavat.
(One hand washes the other.)

: Medicus curat, natura sanat.

: Memento mori.
(Remember your mortality.)

: Mens sana in corpore sano.
(A healthy spirit in a healthy body.¹)

: Mutatis mutandis.
(With the necessary modifications.)

N

: Nec Hercules contra plures.

: Neque ignorare niedicum oportet quae sit aegri natura.

: Nihil lacrima citius arescit.
(Nothing dries more quickly than a tear.)

: Nomen est omen.
(A name is an omen)

: Nondum amabam, et amare amabam.
(I did not love, but I yearned to love)

: Non omnia possumus omnes.

: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus.
(We don't learn for school but for life.)

: Non, ut edam, vivo sed ut vivam, edo.
(I don't eat to eat but to live.)

: Non vestimentum virum ornat, sed vir vestimentum.
(Not the raiment graces the man, but the man the raiment.)

: Non vini vi no, sed vi no aquae.

: Nosce te ipsum!

: Nulla dies sine linea.

: Nulla est medicina sine lingua Latina.

: Nulla regula sine exceptione.
(No rule without exception.)

: Nulla res tam necessaria est quam medicina.

O

: Oculi plus vident quam oculus.
(Some eyes see more than only one.)

: Omnes homines sibi sanitatem cupiunt, saepe autem omnia, quae valetudini contraria sunt, faciunt.
(All men wish to be healthy, but often they do everything that's disadvantageous to their health.)

: Omnia mea mecum porto.
(All that's mine I carry with me.)

: Omnium artium medicina nobilissima est.
(Medicine is the noblest of all arts.)

: Optimum medicamentum quies est.
(Peace is the best medicine.

: Ora et labora.
(Pray and work)

P

: Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum.
(Peace is better than the most just war.)

: Per aspera ad astra.
(Through hardships to the stars.)

: Per scientiam ad salutem aegroti.

: Plenus venter non studet libenter.
(A full belly doesn't like studying.)

: Plures crapula quam gladius perdidit.

: Post cenam non stare sed mille passus meare.

: Post hoc non est propter hoc.
(After is not because.)

: Praesente medico nihil nocet.
(In the presence of a doctor nothing can harm.)

: Praevenire melius est quam praeveniri.

: Primum non nocere.
(The first [principle for a doctor] is not to harm.)

Q

: Quidquid agis, prudenter agas, et respice finem!

: Quidquid discis, tibi discis.

: Qui prodest.
(Who profits? Who gains?)

: Qui rogat, non errat.
(Who asks isn't wrong.)

: Qui scribit, bis legit.
(What he writes, he reads twice).

: Qui tacet, consentire videtur.
(Who is silent seems to agree.)

: Quod licet Iovis, non licet bovis.
(All that is allowed to Juppiter is not necessarily allowed to an ox.)

: Quod medicina aliis, aliis est acre venenum.

: Quot capita, tot sententiae.

R

: Repetitio est mater studiorum.
(Repetition is the mother of study.)

S

: Saepe morborum gravium exitus incerti sunt.

: Salus aegroti suprema lex.
(The well-being of the patient is the most important law.)

: Sic transit gloria mundi.

: Simila similibus curantur.

: Sine labore non erit panis in ore.
(Without work there won't be any bread in your mouth.)

: Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
(If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher.)

: Si vis pacem, para bellum.
(If you want peace, prepare war.)

: Si vis pacem, para iustitiam.
(If you want peace, prepare justice.)

T

: Tarde venientibus ossa.

: Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.

: Tres faciunt collegium.
(Three makes a company.)

U

: Ubi concordia, ibi victoria.
(Where there is harmony, there is victory.)

: Ubi tu Gaius, ibi ego Gaia.
(Where you are, Gaius, there I, Gaia, will be.²)

: Unum castigabis, centum emendabis.

: Usus magister est optimus.

: Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
(Be amiable, then you'll be loved.)

: Ut sis nocte levis, sit cena brevis !

: Vade mecum!
(Come with me!)

: Verba docent, exempla trahunt.

/Talk

¹ This quote is out of context: As quoted here, it appears to say that a healthy body is the prerequisite for a healthy spirit, but that's not how it was meant initially. The complete quote is "orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano", which means "Let's hope that there is a healthy spirit in a healthy body."

² This is said to have been a nuptial formula, but it is only known from Greek sources.