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Powerful Latin Proverbs

Powerful Latin language proverbs and phrases.

Truth Shall Make You Free

Veritas vos liberabit
The truth shall make you free.

Through Difficulties to the Stars

Per aspera ad astra!
Through difficulties to the stars!

No One Provokes Me with Impunity

Nemo me impune lacessit
No one provokes me with impunity.

Either to Conquer or to Die

Aut vincere aut mori
Either to conquer or to die.

I'll either Find a Way or Make One

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (Hannibal)
I'll either find a way or make one.

Every Man Is Architect of His Own Fortune

Faber est quisque fortunae suae
Every man is architect of his own fortune.

If You Wish to Be Loved, Love

Si vis amari, ama (Annaeus Seneca, a.k.a. Seneca the Elder, Epistularum Moralium Ad Lucilium)
If you wish to be loved, love.

I Do Not Buy Mere Hope

Spem pretio non emo (Terence)
I do not buy mere hope.

Sighs from the Depths

Suspiria de profundis
Sighs from the depths.

What I Have Written, I Have Written

Quod scripsi, scripsi
What I have written, I have written.
(The Bible, John 19:22)