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Quotations that originated in a different language, but are famous in their Latin translation.

Art [of Medicine] Is Long, Life Is Short

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 05/17/2010
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Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.

What I Have Written, I Have Written

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
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Quod scripsi, scripsi
What I have written, I have written.
(The Bible, John 19:22)

Two-Legged Featherless Animal

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/11/2008
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Animal implume, bipes (Plato)
A two-legged, featherless animal.

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.

(Do Not Give) A Sword To A Boy

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 03/30/2007
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Ne puero gladium
(Do not give) a sword to a boy.