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Latin Proverbs: Q

Latin proverbs with words beginning with letter Q.

To Be too Successful Is to Be In Solitude

Rem nimium bene gerere, in solitudo esse
To be [too] successful is to be in solitude.

Who Shall Separate?

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Quis separabit?
Who shall separate (Britain from Ireland)?

He Who Hates Vice, Hates Mankind

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Quis vitia odit, homines odit
He who hates vice, hates mankind.

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...

What Nourishes Me [Also] Destroys Me

Quod me nutrit me destruit.
What nourishes me, [also] destroys me.

He Conquers, Who Conquers Himself

Vincit qui se vincit
He conquers who conquers himself.

He Who Feared, He Would Not Succeed, Sat Still

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
He who feared, he would not succeed, sat still.

He Who Dares Wins

Qui audet adipiscitur
He who dares wins.

They Can Because They Seem to Be Able to

Possunt quia posse videntur
They can because they seem to be able to.