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Latin language proverbs and phrases about knowledge, information, common sense and intelligence.

Know Thyself

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/25/2009
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Nosce te ipsum
Know thyself.

Divination By Opening A Book

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
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Sortes
Divination by opening a book.

Lot. Also, sortes can be a kind of divination by means of lots.

I Do Not Buy Mere Hope

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
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Spem pretio non emo (Terence)
I do not buy mere hope.

I Am Afraid of the Greeks, even Bearing Gifts

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/11/2008
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Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes (Virgil, Aeneid)
I am afraid of the Greeks, even [when they are] bearing gifts.

Knowledge Itself Is Power

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008
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Ipsa scientia potestas est (Sir Francis Bacon)
Knowledge itself is power.

Experience Teaches

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008
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Experientia docet (Tacitus)
Experience teaches.

I Think, Hence I Am

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 05/28/2007
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Cogito, ergo sum
(Rene Descartes - French philosopher and writer)
I think, hence I am.