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Latin Proverbs: A

Latin proverbs with words beginning with letter A.

A Walk To Remember

ambulatio memoranda
A walk to remember.

Nor Does Apollo Always Keep his Bow Drawn

Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo (Horace)
Nor does Apollo always keep his bow drawn.

To the Man

Ad hominem
To the man.

Art [of Medicine] Is Long, Life Is Short

Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.

It Becomes a Young Man to Be Modest

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Decet verecundum esse adolescentem
It becomes a young man to be modest.

If I Cannot Bend Heaven, I Shall Move Hell

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Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

Avoid a Strange and Unfamiliar Word as a Dangerous Reef

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Tamquam scopulum, sic fugias inauditum atque insolens verbum
Avoid a strange and unfamiliar word as you would a dangerous reef.

Although that Had Been Declared a Thousand Years Before

Quamquam id millesimo ante anno Apollinis oraculo editum esset... (Cicero)
Although that had been declared by the oracle of Apollo a thousand years before...

He Who Dares Wins

Qui audet adipiscitur
He who dares wins.

Sincerity Gives Wings to Strength

Candor dat viribus alas
Sincerity gives wings to strength.