Latin Proverbs » Useful Latin Proverbs » Useful Latin Proverbs

Useful Latin Proverbs

Useful Latin language proverbs and phrases.

Art [of Medicine] Is Long, Life Is Short

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 05/17/2010
Posted in

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

Truly, You Are Drinking a Lot

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/25/2009
Posted in

Re vera, potas bene
Truly, you are drinking a lot.

Do not Call Me, I Will Call You

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/25/2009
Posted in

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo
Do not call me, I will call you.

What I Have Written, I Have Written

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
Posted in

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

Alone

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
Posted in

solus, sola, solum
Alone

All Is Well That Ends Well

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/17/2009
Posted in

si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit
All is well that ends well.

The Elder Ones First

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/17/2009
Posted in

Seniores priores
The elder ones first.

How Are You Doing?

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 07/29/2009
Posted in

Quomodo vales?
How are you dong?
How are you?

In a Sound Body - a Sound Mind

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008
Posted in

Mens sana in corpore sano (Juvenal, ancient Roman poet).
In a sound body - a sound mind.

Experience Teaches

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008
Posted in

Experientia docet (Tacitus)
Experience teaches.