From various internet sources:
"Nos Rector Nostrum Hostilis Per Porta Abyssus" "We guide our enemies to the gates of hell"
"Fortiter Fideliter Forsan Feliciter" which means "Bravely, Faithfully, Successfully"(Roughly)
"The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." - Gus Grissom
Nec Aspera Terrent - "Hardships Daunt Us Not"
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." Plato
"What ever you are, be a good one." Abraham Lincoln
Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth)
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"--Edmund Burke
Zeal does not rest (HMS Ark Royal)
"In Space, Expect the Unexpected"
"The Sky is no longer The Limit"
"In Defense of Human Freedom, may she ever prowl the sea"
"Virtute Acquiritur Honos" which is the Ritchie (and MacRitchie) family motto, Honor is Acquired by Virtue
"Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often."
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.... Sir Winston Churchill
"No matter where you go, there you are." --Buckaroo Banzai
Non Sibi Sed Omibus - Not for self but for others
"Strength is Freedom"
"Fortiter In Re" - Bravery in Action
RAF Squadron Mottoes
1 In Omnibus Princeps (Foremost in everything)
2 Hereward
3 Teritius primus erit (The third shall be first)
4 In futurum videre (Tosee into the future)
5 Frangas non electas (Thou mayest break but shall not bend me)
6 Oculi exercitus (The eyes of the Army)
7 Per diem per noctem (Dy day and by night)
8 Uspianm et passim (Everywhere unbounded)
9 Per noctem volamus (Through out the night we fly)
10 Rem acu tengere (To hit the mark)
11 Ociores acrioresque aquilis (Swifter and keener than eagles)
12 Leads the field
13 Adjuvamus tuendo (We assist by watching)
14 I spread my wings and keep my promise
15 Aim Sure
16 Operta aperta (Hidden things are revealed)
17 Excellere contende (Strive to excel)
18 Animo et Fide (With courage and faith)
19 Possunt quia posse videntur (They can because they think they can)
20 Facta non vera (Deeds not words)
21 Viribus vincimus (By strength with conquer)
22 Preux et audacieux (Valiant and brave)
23 Semper agressus (Always on the attack)
24 In omnia paratia (Prepared for all things)
25 Feriens tego (Striking I defend)
26 N Wagter in die Lug (The Watcher in the sky)
27 Quam celerime ad astra (With all speed to the stars)
28 Quicquid agas age (Whatsoever you may do, do)
29 Impiger et acer (Energetic and Keen)
30 Ventre a terre (All out)
31 In caelum indicum primus (First in Indian skies)
32 Adeste comites (Rally round, comrades)
33 Loyalty
34 Lupus vult, lupus volant (Wolf wishes, wolf flies)
35 Uno animo agimus (We act with one accord)
36 Rajawali raja langit (Eagle, King of the Sky)
37 Wise without eyes
38 Anto Lucem (Before the dawn)
39 Die Noctuque (By day and night)
40 Hostem a caelo expellere (To drive the enemy from the sky)
41 Seek and destroy
42 Fortiter in re (Bravely in action)
43 Gloria finis (Glory the aim)
44 Fulmina regis iusta (The king's thunderbolts are righteous)
45 Per ardua surgo (Through difficulties I arise)
46 We rise to conquer
47 Nili nomen roboris omen (The name of the Nile is an omen of our strength)
48 Forte et fidele (By strength and faithfulness)
49 Cave canem (Beware of the dog)
50 Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep faith)
51 Swift and sure
52 Sudore quam snaguine (By sweat and blood)
53 United in effort
54 Audax omnia perpeti (Boldness endures everything)
55 Nil nos tremefacit (Nothing makes us afraid)
56 Quid si coelum ruat (What if heaven falls)
57 Corpus non animum muto (I change my body, not my spirit)
58 Alis nocturnis (On the wings of the night)
59 Ab uno disce omnes (From one learn all)
60 Per ardua ad aethera tendo (I strive through difficulties to the sky)
61 Per puram tonantes (Thundering through the clear air)
62 Insperato (Unexpectedly)
63 Pone nos ad hostem (Follow us to find the enemy)
64 Tenax propositi (Firm of purpose)
65 Vi et armis (By force of arms)
66 Cavete praemonui (Beware, I have warned)
67 No odds too great
68 (Always Ready)
69 With vigilance we serve
70 Usquam (Anywhere)
71 First from the eyries
72 Swift
73 Tutor et ultor (Protector and Defender)
74 I fear no man
75 Ake ake kia kaha (For ever and ever be strong)
76 Resolute
77 Esse potius quam videri (To be, rather than to seem)
78 Nemo non paratus (Nobody unprepared)
79 Nil nobis obstare potest (Nothing can withstand us)
80 Strike true
81 Non solum nobis (Not only by us)
82 Super omnia ubique (Over all things everywhere)
83 Strike to defend
84 Scorpiones pungunt (Scorpions sting)
85 Noctu diuque venamur (We hunt by day and night)
86 Ad libertatem volamus (We fly for liberty)
87 Maximus me metuit (The most powerful fear me)
88 En garde (Be on you guard)
89 Def auxilio telis meis (By the help of God, with my own weapons)
90 Celer (Swift)
91 We seek alone
92 Aut pugna aut morere (Either fight or die)
93 Ad arma parati (Prepared at arms)
94 Avenge
95 Trans mare exivi (I went out over the sea)
96 nocturni obambulamus (We stalk by night)
97 Achieve your aim
98 Never failing
99 Quisque tenaz (Each tenacious)
100 Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok (Malay) (Don't let anyone attack the hornet's nest)
101 Mens afitat molem (Mind over matter)
102 Tenate et perficite (Attempt and achieve)
103 Noli me tangere (Touch me not)
104 Strike Hard
105 Fortis in proelis (Valiant in battles)
106 Pro libertate (For freedom)
107 Nous y serons (We shall be there)
108 Viribus contractis (With gathered strength)
109 Primi hastati (The first of the legion)
110 Nex timeo nec sperno (I neither fear nor despie)
111 Adstantes (Standing to)
112 Swift in destruction
113 Velox et vindex (Swift and vengeful)
114 With speed I strike
115 Despite the elements
117 It shall be done
118 Occido redeoque (I kill and return)
119 By night and by day
120 Endurance
121 For Liberty
122 Victuri volamus (We fly to victory)
123 Swift to strike
124 Danger is our opportunity
125 Nunquam domandi (Never to be tamed)
126 Foremost in attack
127 Eothen (Out of the East)
128 Fulminis instar (Like a thunderbolt)
129 I will defend the right
130 Strong to serve
131 Invicta
132 Cave leopardum (Beware the leopard)
133 Let us to the battle
134 Per ardua volabimus (We will fly through hardships)
135 Pennas ubique monstramus (We show our wings everywhere)
136 Nihil fortius (Nothing is stronger)
137 Do right-fear naught
138 For freedom
139 Si placet necamus (We destroy at will)
140 Foresight
141 Caedimus Noctu (We stay by night)
142 Determination
143 Vincere est vivere (To conquer is to live)
144 Who shall stop us
145 Diu noctuque pugnamus (We fight by day and night)
146 Percutit insidians pardus (The watchful panther strikes)
147 Assidue potamus (We carry with regularity)
148 Trusty
149 Fortis nocte (Strong by night)
150 Always ahead
151 Foy pour devoir (Fidelity into duty)
152 Faithful ally
153 Noctividus (We see by night)
154 His modis ad victoriam (By this means to victory)
155 Eternal vigilance
156 We light the way
157 Our cannon speak our thoughts
158 Strength in unity
159 Quo non, quando non (Wither not? when not?)
160 Api soya paragasamu (We seek and strike)
161 Liberate
162 One time, one purpose
164 Firmes volamos (Firmly we fly)
165 Infensa virtuti invidia (Envy to the foe of honour)
166 Tenacity
167 Ubique sine mora (Everywhere without delay)
168 Rerum cognoscere causas (To know the cause of things)
169 Hunt and destroy
170 Videre non videri (To see (and) not be seen)
171 Per dolum defendimus (We defend by confusion)
172 Insidiantibus insidiamur (We ambush the ambushers)
174 Attack
175 Stop at nothing
176 Noctea custodimus (We guard by night)
177 Silenter in medias res (Silently into the midst of things)
178 Irae emissarii (Emissaries of wrath)
179 Delentem deleo (I destroy the destroyer)
180 Suaviter in modo fortiter in re (Agreeably in manner, forcibly in act)
181 Irruimus vastatum (We rush in to destroy)
182 Fearless I direct my flight
183 Versatility
184 Nihil impenetrabile (Nothing impenetrable)
185 Ara fejn hu (Look where it is)
187 Versatile
190 Ex tenebris (Through darkness)
191 Vidi, vici (I saw , I conquered)
192 Dare to discover
193 Aera et terram imperare (To conquer the air and the ground)
194 Surrigere colligere (To rise and to pick up)
195 Velocitate fortis (Strong by speed)
196 Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep faith)
197 Findimus caelum (We cleave the sky)
198 Igni renarus (We are reborn by fire)
199 Let tyrants tremble
200 In loco parentis (We act as guardians)
201 Hic et ubique (Here and everywhere)
202 Semper vigilate (Be always vigiliant)
203 Occidens oriendsque (East and west)
204 Praedam mari quaero (I seek my prey in the sea)
205 Pertama di-Malya (Malayan) (First in Malaya)
206 Nihil nos effugit (Nothing escapes us)
207 Semper paratus (Always prepared)
208 Vigilant
209 Might and main
210 Yn y mwyfre yn hedfan (Hovering in the heavens)
211 Toujours a propos (Always at the right moment)
212 Amari ad astra (From the sea to the stars)
213 Irritatus lacessit crabro (The hornet attacks when roused)
214 Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows)
215 Surgite nox adest (Arise night is at hand)
216 CCXVI dona ferens (216 bearing gifts)
217 Woe to the unwary
218 In time
219 From dusk till dawn
220 We observe unseen (Greek)
221 From sea to sea
222 Pambili bo (Zulu) (Go straight ahead)
223 Aloe defedunt Africam (Wings defend Africa)
224 Fedele all'amico (Faithful to a friend)
225 We guide the sword
226 Non sibi sed patria (For country not for self)
228 Auxilium a caelo (Help from the heavens)
229 Be bold
230 Kita chari jauh (We seek far)
232 Strike
233 Fortis et Fidelis (Strong and fiathful)
234 Ignem mortemque despuimus (We spit fire and death)
235 Jaculamur Humi (We strike them to the ground)
236 Speculiate nuntiate (Having watched bring word)
237 Primum agmen in caelo (The vanguard in the heavens)
238 Ad finem (To the end)
239 Exploramus (We explore)
240 Sjo Vordur Lopt Vordur (Guardian of the sea, guardian of the air)
241 Find and forewan
242 Toujours pret (Always ready)
243 Swift in pursuit
245 fugo non fugio (I put to flight; I do not flee)
247 Rise from the east
248 Il faut finir (It is necessary to make an end of it)
249 Pugnis et calcibus (With fists and heels)
250 Close to the sun
252 With or on
253 Come one, come all
254 Fljuga vakta ok Ijosta (To fly, to watch and to strike)
255 Ad auroram (To the break of dawn)
256 Addimus vim viribus (Strength to strength)
257 Thay myay gyee shin shwe hti (Death or glory)
258 In medias res (In the thick of things)
259 Haya ingia napigane (Get in a fight)
260 Celer et Fortis (Swift and strong)
261 Semper contendo (I always fight)
263 Ex ungue leonem (By his claws one knows the lion)
264 We defy
266 Hlabezulu
267 Sine Mora (Without delay)
268 Adjidaumo (Tail-in-the-air)
269 Omnia videmus (We see all things)
271 Death and life
272 On, on!
274 Supero (I conquer)
295 In caelo auxilium (Help from the skies)
296 Prepared for all things
298 Silent we strike
310 We fight to rebuild
311 Na mnozstvi nehledte (Never regard their numbers)
312 Non multi sed multa (Not many but much)
313 Jeden jestrab mnoko vran rozhan (One hawk chases away many crows)
320 Animo libero dirigimur (We are guided by the mind of liberty)
322 Niet praten maar doen (Don't prattle, act)
330 Trygg haver (Guarding the seas)
331 For Norge
332 Samhold i strid
333 For Konge, federland og flaggets heder (For King, Country and the honour of the flag)
341 Friendship
342 Nous y sommes (Here we are)
345 Nil actum credo si quid supersil agendum (I think nothing done if anything remains undone)
349 Strike hard, strike home
350 Belgae Gallorum fortissimi (Of all the inhabitants of Gaul, the Belgains were the bravest)
353 Fear nought in unity
355 Liberamus per caerula (We liberate through tropical skies)
356 We bring freedom and assistance
357 Mortem hostibus (We bring death to the enemy)
358 Alere flammam (To feed the flame)
400 Percussuri vigiles (On the watch to strike)
401 Mors celerrima hostibus (Very swift death for the enemy)
403 Stalk and strike
404 Ready to fight
405 Duicmus (We lead)
406 We kill by night
407 To hold on high
408 For freedom
409 Media nox meridies noster (Midnight is our noon)
410 Noctivaga (Wandering by night)
411 inimicus inimico (Hostile to the enemy)
412 Promptus ad vindictum (Swift to avenge)
413 Ad vigilamus undis (We watch the waves)
415 Ad metam (To the mark)
416 Ad saltum paratus (Ready for the leap)
417 Supporting liberty and justice
418 Piyautailili (Defend even unto death)
419 Moosa aswayita
420 Pugnamus finitum (We fight to a finish)
421 Bellicum cecinere (They have sounded the war trumpet)
422 This arm shall do it
423 Quaerimus et petimus (We search and strike)
424 Castigandos castigamus (We chastise those who deserve to be chastised)
425 Je te plumerai (I shall pluck you)
426 On wings of fire
427 Ferte manus certas (Strike sure)
428 Usque ad finem (To the very end)
429 Fortunae nihil (Nothing to chance)
431 The hatiten ronteriios (Warriors of the air)
432 Saeviter ad lucem (Ferociously towards the light)
433 Quis 'y frotte s'y pique (Who opposes it gets hurt)
434 In excelsis vincimus (We conquer in the heights)
435 Certi provehendi (Determined on delivery)
436 Onus portamus (We carry the load)
437 Omnia passim (Anything anywhere)
450 Harass
453 Ready to strike
455 Strike and strike again
460 Strike and return
461 They shall not pass unseen
463 Press on regardless
464 Aequo animo (Equanimity)
485 Ka whawhai tonu (We will fight on)
486 Hiwa hau Maka (Beware of the wild winds)
487 Ki te mutunga (Through to the end)
488 Ka ngarue ratau (We shake them)
489 Whatatanagata kia kaha (Quit ye like men, be strong)
490 Taniwha kei runga (The Taniwha is in the air)
500 Quo fata vocent (Whither the fates may call)
501 Nil time (Fear nothing)
502 Niil timeo (I fear nothing)
504 Vindicat in ventis (It avenges in the wind)
511 Surely and quickly
512 Pegasus militaris (Pegasus at war)
514 Nil obstare potest (Nothing can withstand)
515 Celeriter ferite ut hostes necetis
540 Sine qua non (Indespensable)
541 Alone above all
542 Above all
543 Valiant and vigiliant
544 Quaero (I seek)
547 Celer ad caedendum
550 Per ignem vincimus (Through fire we conquer)
570 Impetum deducimus (We launch the spearhead)
575 The air is our path
576 Carpe diem (Seize the opportunity)
578 Accuracy
582 Proevolmaus designates (We fly before marking)
600 Praeter sescentos (More than six hundred)
602 Cave leonem cruciatum (Beware the tormented lion)
603 Gin ye daur (If you dare)
604 Si vix pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war)
605 Nunquam dormio (I never sleep)
607 No motto
608 Omnibus ungulis (With all talons)
609 Tally ho
610 Alifero tollitur axe ceres (Ceres rising in a winged car)
611 Beware! Beware!
612 Vigilando Custodimus (We stand guard by vilgilance)
613 Semper Parati (Always ready)
614 Codaf I geislo (Welsh) (I rise to search)
615 Conjunctis viribus
616 a rosa sine spina (No rose without a thorn)
617 Apres moi, le deluge (After me the flood)
620 Dona ferentes adsumus (We are coming bearing gifts)
622 Bellamus noctu (We wage war by night)
625 We avenge
626 To strive and not to yeild
627 At first sight
630 Nocturna mors (Death by night)
635 Nos ducimus ceteri secunter (We lead, others follow)
644 Dentes draconis serimus (We sow the dragon's teeth)
683 Nihil nos later (Nothing escapes us)
684 Invisus videns (Seing through unseed)
692 Polus dum sidera pascet (So long as the sky shall feed the stars)
"We will do what is hard, we will achieve what is great." - Jed Bartlet
Excellere contende - Strive to excel
Quam celerime ad astra - With all speed to the stars.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"I will either find a way or make one" Hannibal
Dum spiramus tuebimur libretas - While we breathe, we shall defend freedom
Transit umbra, lux permanet- Shadows pass, light remains
Contra Felicem vix deus vires habet. -- Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power.
Fortitudine Vincimus...by endurance we conquer.
Si vis pacem, para bellum — If you want peace, prepare for war
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Per Ardua Ad Astra Through Adversity to the Stars
Porro per fides ,curator, animus quod maiestas "Forward with faith, curiosity, bravery and majesty"
Audaces fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold
Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero "Seize the day, trusting little in the future." Odes 1.11
"Never give up, Always fight!"
"Suscipio est maximus!" = "Support is important!"
"Who Dares, Wins." Qui audet adipiscitur.
Non Ense Solum: Not by Sword Alone
"Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.” Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky. -- Valentina Tereshkova
Love me, Love my starship.
“Teach them politics and war so their sons may study medicine and mathematics in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture.”
“Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.”
William Shakespeare quotes (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)
“Freedom lies in being bold.”
Robert Frost quotes (American poet, 1874-1963)
“Fortune favors the bold.”
Virgil quotes (Ancient Roman Latin Poet and Author of the epic, Aeneid. 70 BC-19 BC)
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Mottoes
from 16th-century sources
The following mottoes (mostly in Latin) are taken from various sources printed before the year 1600: Paradin's Devises (1591), Simeoni's Purtratures (1591), Willet's Emblemata (1592), Giovio's Imprese (1585), Domenichi's Devises (1585), and Whitney's Emblemes (1586).
This is by no means the complete list of mottoes given in those works, but is a selection of the ones which I found insightful, thought-provoking, humourous or just plain cool. You can find a larger list of mottoes (which includes the ones on this page) here.
Aculei irriti.
Ineffectual stings.
Æquari pavet alta minori.
A lofty thing fears being made equal with a lower.
Æthiopiem lavare.
To wash an Ethiopian.
Aliena pericula, cautiones nostrae.
Others' dangers are our warnings.
Alterutra clarescere fama. Sive bonum, sive malum, fama est.
To become famous in one way or the other, whether it be good or bad, it is fame.
Amicitia fucata vitanda.
Feigned friendship to be avoided.
Amico ficto nulla fit iniuria.
No injury done to a feigned friend.
Aude aliquid dignum.
Dare something worthy.
Bene agendo nunquam defessus.
Never weary of doing good.
Bilingues cavendi.
One should beware of the double-tongued.
Bis dat qui temptestive donat.
He gives twice who gives on time.
Calumniam contra calumniatorem virtus repellit.
Virtue turns calumny back against the calumniator.
Cavete a canibus.
Beware of the dogs.
Cedo nulli.
I yield to no one.
Colligavit nemo.
No one has bound me.
Concussus surgo.
When struck I rise.
Cosi vivo piacer conduce a morte.
Such intense pleasure leads to death. (It.)
Cum larvis non luctandum.
One must not struggle with ghosts.
De mal me paists.
I feed on evil. (Fr.)
De parvis grandis a cervus erit.
Small things will make a large pile.
Ditat servata fides.
Loyalty preserved enriches.
Diversa ab illis virtute valemus.
We are strong because our skill differs from theirs.
Dum spiro spero.
As long as I breathe, I hope.
Dura usu molliora.
Difficult things become easier with practice.
Ei, qui semel sua prodegerit, aliena credi non oportere.
He who has once squandered his own, ought not to be trusted with another's.
Feriunt summis fulmina montes.
Lightning strikes the mountain tops.
Fidem fati virtute sequemur.
With my own virtue I shall strive to achieve the promise given to me by destiny.
Flectimur obsequio non viribus.
We bend out of compliance and not because of force.
Fortia facere et pati Romanum est.
To do brave deeds and to suffer is Roman.
Frons hominem præfert.
The forehead reveals the man.
Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia.
Patience when tested too often turns to anger.
Horrent commota moveri.
What has been disturbed shrinks from being stirred up again.
Hosti etiam servanda fides.
Faith must be kept even to the enemy.
Ignis gladio non fodiendus.
The fire should not be stirred by the sword.
Il me plait le trouble.
Trouble pleases me. (Fr.)
Improbus a nullo flectitur obsequio.
The wicked are not swayed by obsequiousness.
Inanis impetus.
A futile effort.
In hunc intuens.
Look at this.
Inclinata resurgit.
When pressed down, it raises itself again.
Infringit solido.
It breaks against a solid.
Ingenio experior funera digna meo.
I suffer ruin worthy of mine own invention.
Ingenium superat vires.
Genius overcomes strength.
Ingratis servire nefas.
It is wrong to serve the ungrateful.
Interiora vide.
Look within.
Latet anguis in herba.
A snake lurks in the grass.
Malo mori quam foedari.
I prefer to die than to be dishonoured.
Malo undique clades.
Disaster awaits the wicked on every side.
Mercenarius fugit a grege.
The hireling flees from the flock.
Merces sublimis honorum.
The high reward of honour.
Militamus sub spe.
We fight under (the banner of) hope.
Mitem animum agresti sub tegmine servo.
I have a soft soul beneath a rough appearance.
Nec spe, nec metu.
Without hope or fear.
Nec verbo, nec facto, quenquam lædendum.
Neither in word nor in deed should anyone be injured.
Nil penna sed usus.
Not the wing, but its use.
Noli tuba canere Eleemosynam.
Do not trumpet your charity.
Non deest generoso in pectore virtus.
There is no lack of courage in a noble heart.
Non inferiora secutus.
Following not the inferior.
Non quam diu, sed quam bene.
Not how long, but how well.
Non vi sed virtute, non armis sed arte paritur victoria.
Not by force but by virtue, not with arms but with art is victory won.
Nous scavons bien le temps.
We know well the time. (Fr.)
Num flatus telluris honor.
Surely honour is not simply a blast (of air) from the earth?
Pacis & armorum vigiles.
Vigilant in peace and arms.
Paupertatem summis ingeniis obesse ne provenhantur.
Poverty hinders the greatest talents from advancing.
Patent oves, timent canes, intrepidus maneo.
The sheep are frightened, the dogs fear, I stand intrepid.
Perculsus elevor.
Though struck I am raised.
Porto le corna ch'ogni Huomo le vede, e qualch' Altro le porta che nol crede.
I bear horns that everyone can see. Someone else bears them too, but does not believe it. (It.)
Posthac occasio calva.
Later, opportunity is bald.
Prius mori quam fidem fallere.
Die rather than betray trust.
Prostibuli eligantia.
The elegance of a whore.
Pulchritudo vincit.
Beauty conquers.
Quæ ante pedes.
Things at our feet.
Qui pulchra affectat ardua perferat.
He who strives after beauty, let him endure the arduous.
Qui se exaltat, humiliabitur.
He who exalts himself will be humbled.
Quietem nemo impune lacesset.
Though I am peaceful, no one will attack me with impunity.
Quis contra nos?
Who is against us?
Quod huic deest me torquet.
What this creature lacks torments me.
Quod in te est, prome.
Bring forth what is in you.
Quod non capit Christus, rapit fiscus.
What Christ does not take, the treasury snatches.
Rhinoceros nunquam victus ab hoste cedit.
The rhinoceros never turns away defeated from the enemy.
Sæpius in auro bibitur venenum.
Poison is more often drunk in gold.
Scandala removenda sunt.
Things causing offense must be removed.
Scribit in marmore læsus.
The injured man writes in marble.
Scripta non temere edenda.
Writings should not be published readily.
Sero sapiunt Phryges.
The Phrygians are wise too late.
Si sursum non efferor alis, saltem cursu prætervehor omnes.
Though I do not soar high on my wings, I outstrip all in running.
Simul astu et dentibus utor.
I use my cunning and my teeth simultaneously.
Sine iustitia, confusio.
Without justice, confusion.
Sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram.
Let the sun not set on your anger.
Stultorum quanto status sublimior, tanto manifestior turpitudo.
The higher the status of fools, the more manifest is their baseness.
Totum adimit quo ingrata refulget.
The ungrateful takes away all with which she shines.
Tu decus omne tuis.
You are all glory to your people.
Turpibus exitium.
Destruction for base men.
Ulterius ne tende odiis.
Do not go forward in your hatred.
Usus libri, non lectio prudentes facit.
The use, not the reading, of a book makes men wise.
Venena pello.
I banish poisons.
Verbum emissum non est revocabile.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Victoria limes.
Victory is the boundary.
Vindictæ trahit exitium.
It brings the ruin of revenge.
Virescit vulnere virtus.
Virtue grows in strength from wounds.
Vis nescia vinci.
A power ignorant of defeat.
Votis subscribunt fata secundis.
Destiny makes wishes come true.
More Mottoes
from 16th-century sources
The following mottoes (mostly in Latin) are taken from various sources printed before the year 1600: Paradin's Devises (1591), Simeoni's Purtratures (1591), Willet's Emblemata (1592), Giovio's Imprese (1585), Domenichi's Devises (1585), and Whitney's Emblemes (1586).
This is a more complete list than I put up here, but it still does not contain the entire collection of mottoes in the books listed above. Excluded were fragmentary mottoes, mottoes which described an accompanying image but made no sense without it, and a number of religious mottoes.
Ab insomni non custodita Dracone.
Not guarded by the sleepless dragon.
Aculei irriti.
Ineffectual stings.
Aequabit nigras candida una dies.
One single bright day will equal the black ones.
Aequari pavet alta minori.
A lofty thing fears being made equal with a lower.
Aere quendoque salutem redimendam.
Safety must sometimes be bought with money.
Aethiopiem lavare.
To wash an Ethiopian.
Agentes, et consentientes, pari poena puniendi.
Those acting and those consenting ought to bear equal punishment.
Aliena pericula, cautiones nostrae.
Others' dangers are our warnings.
Aliquid mali propter vicinum malum.
Harm because of an evil neighbour.
Alius peccat, alius plectitur.
One sins, the other is beaten.
Alterutra clarescere fama. Sive bonum, sive malum, fama est.
To become famous in one way or the other, whether it be good or bad, it is fame.
Amarus vitiorum fructus.
The fruit of sin is bitter.
Amicitia fucata vitanda.
Feigned friendship to be avoided.
Amicitia, etiam post mortem durans.
Friendship enduring even after death.
Amico ficto nulla fit iniuria.
No injury done to a feigned friend.
Animi scrinium servitus.
Servitude, the cage of the soul.
Animis illabere nostris.
You will steal into our hearts.
Animus, non res.
Mind, not property.
Ante ferit, quam flamma micet.
It strikes before the flame flickers.
Antidoti salubris amaror.
The bitterness of the healing antidote.
Arbitrii mihi iura mei.
My laws are my will.
Ardua deturbans vis animosa quatit.
The strength of courage shatters higher things.
Ars deluditur arte.
Craft deceived by craft.
Aspicit unam.
It sees one only.
Attendite vobis.
Attend to yourselves.
Audaces fortuna iuvat.
Fortune helps the brave.
Aude aliquid dignum.
Dare something worthy.
Aude, tace, fuge.
Listen, be silent, flee.
Aureae compedes.
Golden shackles.
Auri sacra fames quid non?
What does accursed greed for gold not drive men to do?
Aut Caesar aut nihil.
Caesar or nothing.
Aut cum hoc aut in hoc.
Either with this or on this.
Autor ego audendi.
I am the author of my daring.
Avaritia huius saeculi.
The avarice of this generation.
Bene agendo nunquam defessus.
Never weary of doing good.
Bilingues cavendi.
One should beware of the double-tongued.
Bis dat qui cito dat.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
Bis dat qui temptestive donat.
He gives twice who gives on time.
Bivium virtutis et vitii.
The crossroads of virtue and vice.
Cacus amor prolis.
Love of one's offspring is blind.
Caecum odium.
Blind hatred.
Caelitus impendet.
It hangs in the heavens.
Caelo imperium iovis extulit ales.
The bird of Jupiter raised the empire to the heavens.
Caelum, non animum.
The clime, not the mind.
Calumniam contra calumniatorem virtus repellit.
Virtue turns calumny back against the calumniator.
Candor illesus.
Purity unharmed.
Captivus, ob gulam.
Captured by gluttony.
Cavete a canibus.
Beware of the dogs.
Cedo nulli.
I yield to no one.
Celsa potestatis species.
The lofty sign of power.
Celsae potestatis species.
The representation of exalted power.
Certanti et resistenti victoria cedit.
Victory yields to the one who struggles and resists.
Cessit victoria victis.
Victory has yielded to the vanquished.
Charitas non quaerit quae sua sunt.
Love does not seek things for itself.
Colligavit nemo.
No one has bound me.
Comminus et eminus.
Near and far.
Comminus quo minus.
The lesser a thing, the closer.
Conantia frangere frangunt.
They break those which are trying to break them.
Concussus surgo.
When struck I rise.
Consequitur quodcumque petit.
She obtains whatever she desires.
Constantia comes victoriae.
Perseverance a companion of victory.
Contemnit tuta procellas.
Secure, she despises storms.
Corpus non animae domicilium sed diversum est.
The body is not the abode of the soul but its enemy.
Cosi vivo piacer conduce a morte.
Such intense pleasure leads to death.
Crocodili lachrymae.
Tears of the crocodile.
Cum crepitat, sonora silent.
When it rattles, loud words subside.
Cum larvis non luctandum.
One must not struggle with ghosts.
Cum plena est, sit emula Solis.
When full, she may rival the sun.
Cum pudore laeta foecunditas.
Happy fecundity accompanied by modesty.
Cum tempore mutamur.
We change with time.
Cuncta complecti velle, stultum.
It is foolish to wish to encompass all things.
Curis tabescimus omnes.
We are all consumed by cares.
Cursum intendimus alis.
We wing our way.
De mal me paists.
I feed on evil.
De parvis grandis a cervus erit.
Small things will make a large pile.
Desiderium spe vacuum.
Desire void of hope.
Desidiam abiiciendam.
Sloth to be rejected.
Dia de mas valer.
A day of more worth.
Discite iustitiam moniti.
Having been warned, learn justice.
Discretis sua virtus inest.
When separated, each has its own virtue.
Dissidia inter aequalies, pessima.
Dissensions among equals are the worst.
Distantia iungit.
It holds distant things united.
Ditat servata fides.
Loyalty preserved enriches.
Diversa ab illis virtute valemus.
We are strong because our skill differs from theirs.
Donec totum impleat orben.
Until it fills the whole world.
Dov' é gran fuoco é gran fumo.
Where there is great fire, there is great smoke.
Dum aetatis ver agitur: consule brumae.
Provide for the winter of your life while its spring is still here.
Dum potes vive.
Live, while you can.
Dum spiro spero.
As long as I breathe, I hope.
Dum vivo, prosum.
While I live, I do good.
Dura usu molliora.
Difficult things become easier with practice.
Durum telum necessitas.
Necessity is a hard weapon.
Ecquis discernit utrumque?
Is there anyone who discerns both?
Ecquis emat tanti sese demittere?
Who would buy so dear the privilege of plunging into misery?
Ei, qui semel sua prodegerit, aliena credi non oportere.
He who has once squandered his own, ought not to be trusted with another's.
En altera quae vehat Argo.
Behold another Argo to carry them.
Erit altera merces.
The one or the other will be my reward.
Est mihi sorte datum.
It is given to me by chance.
Esto tiene su remedio y non yo.
This creature has his remedy, but I do not.
Ex bello, pax.
From war, peace.
Ex damno alterius, alterius utilitas.
One man's loss is another man's advantage.
Ex hoc in hoc.
For this reason.
Ex maximo minimum.
The least from the greatest.
Experientia docet.
Experience teaches.
Expetendae opes ut dignis largiamur.
We should seek riches so that we may give to the deserving.
Expiabit aut obruet.
It will purge or cause ruin.
Fal con tempo.
Do it in time.
Fata obstant.
The fates obstruct.
Fata viam invenient.
The fates will find the way.
Fatuis levia committito.
Entrust trifles to fools.
Feriunt summis fulmina montes.
Lightning strikes the mountain tops.
Festina lente.
Hasten slowly.
Fidem fati virtute sequemur.
With my own virtue I shall strive to achieve the promise given to me by destiny.
Fides hoc uno, virtusque probantur.
Virtue and faith are tested by this alone.
Finem transcendit habendi.
He goes beyond the proper limit of acquiring wealth.
Finiunt pariter renovantque labores.
They finish at the same time and renew their labour.
Flectimur non frangimur undis.
We are bent but not broken by waves.
Flectimur obsequio non viribus.
We bend out of compliance and not because of force.
Fortia facere et pati Romanum est.
To do brave deeds and to suffer is Roman.
Fortibus non deerunt.
The brave will not lack them.
Fortissima minimis interdum cedunt.
The strongest sometimes yield to the smallest.
Fragrantia durant Herculea collecta manu.
When gathered by Hercules' hand, they keep their fragrance.
Fraus meretur fraudem.
Deceit deserves deceit.
Frons hominem praefert.
The forehead reveals the man.
Frustra vigilant.
They stand guard in vain.
Fugientes afflictio sequitur.
Suffering follows those who flee.
Furor et rabies.
Fury and madness.
Furor fit laesa saepius patientia.
Patience when tested too often turns to anger.
Gratiam referendam.
Favour to be repaid.
Habet et bellum suas leges.
Even war has its laws.
Hac iullac perfluo.
I flow this way and that.
Hac virtutis iter.
This is the path to virtue.
Haud sidit inane.
It does not sink when empty.
Heu cadit in quemquam tantum scelus.
Alas, that so great a crime falls upon anyone.
Hic ratio tentandi aditus.
This is the way to the entranceway.
Hic terminus haeret.
Here is the end.
Hinc aliquando eluctabor.
Sometime I shall struggle out of here.
Hinc sola salus.
This is my only salvation.
His ducibus.
With these as guides.
Hoc fac et vives.
Do this and you shall live.
Hoc Latio restare canunt.
They predict that this awaits Rome.
Hoc opus.
This is my work.
Hoc per se nihil est, sed si minimum addideris maximum fieret.
This by itself is nothing, but if you should add even the least to it, it would become the greatest.
Hoc uno Iupiter ultor.
With this alone Jupiter punishes.
Homines voluptatibus transformantur.
Men are transformed by pleasures.
Homo homini lupus.
Man is a wolf to man.
Honni soit qui mal y pense.
Let him be dishonoured who thinks evil of it.
Horrent commota moveri.
What has been disturbed shrinks from being stirred up again.
Hosti etiam servanda fides.
Faith must be kept even to the enemy.
Hypocritae progenies viperarum.
Hypocrites are the offspring of vipers.
Ignis gladio non fodiendus.
The fire should not be stirred by the sword.
Il me plait le trouble.
Trouble pleases me.
Illicitum non sperandum.
The unlawful should not be hoped for.
Importunitas evitanda.
Importunity should be avoided.
Improbitas subigit rectum.
Wrong subdues right.
Improbus a nullo flectitur obsequio.
The wicked are not swayed by obsequiousness.
Impunitas ferociae parens.
Impunity is the parent of ferocity.
In aeternum.
Forever.
In dies meliora.
Better day by day.
In hunc intuens.
Look at this.
In poenam sectatur et umbra.
For punishment even a shadow is pursued.
In se contexta recurrit.
Intertwined together, it returns to itself.
In utraque fortuna.
I prosper either way.
In utrumque paratus.
Ready for both.
In viridi teneras exurit flamma medullas.
In the green, the flame consumes their tender marrows.
Inanis impetus.
A futile effort.
Incerta animi decreta resolvet.
She will dispel the uncertainties of the mind.
Inclinata resurgit.
When pressed down, it raises itself again.
Indulgentia parentum, filiorum pernicies.
The indulgence of parents is the bane of children.
Industria naturam corrigit.
Industry corrects nature.
Infortunia nostra, alienis collata, leviora.
Our misfortunes, compared with those of others, become lighter.
Infringit solido.
It breaks against a solid.
Ingenio experior funera digna meo.
I suffer ruin worthy of mine own invention.
Ingenium superat vires.
Genius overcomes strength.
Ingentia marmora findet caprificus.
The fig-tree splits huge blocks of marble.
Ingratis servire nefas.
It is wrong to serve the ungrateful.
Inimicorum dona, infausta.
Gifts of enemies are unlucky.
Iniuriis, infirmitas subiecta.
Weakness is subject to wrongs.
Inter omnes.
Among all.
Interdum requiescendum.
Sometimes we must rest.
Interiora vide.
Look within.
Interminabilis humanae vitae labor.
The unending labour of human life.
Invitum fortuna fovet.
Fortune helps a man even against his will.
Ipsa suae testis victoria cladis.
Victory itself is a witness to its disaster.
Ita et virtus.
Thus also virtue.
Iupiter merentibus offert.
Jupiter rewards the deserving.
Iusto geminantur anni.
The years are doubled for the just.
Labor irritus.
Labour in vain.
Lasciai di me la meglior parte a dietro.
I left the better part of me behind.
Lasciviae penitentia.
Penitence for lasciviousness.
Latet anguis in herba.
A snake lurks in the grass.
Loco et tempore.
In place and time.
Longo splendescit in usu.
With long use it shines.
Los llenos de dolor y, Los vazios de speranza.
Those that are full contain sorrow; those that are empty, hope.
Ludus, luctus, luxus.
Gaming, grief, gluttony.
Mal va.
It goes ill.
Male parta male dilabuntur.
Ill-gotten, ill-spent.
Malo mori quam foedari.
I prefer to die than to be dishonoured.
Malo undique clades.
Disaster awaits the wicked on every side.
Manet insontem gravis exitus.
A grim end awaits the innocent.
Maturandum.
One must make haste.
Me pompae provexit apex.
The crown of triumph inspired me.
Mediocribus utere partis.
Accept moderate possessions.
Melior fortuna notabit.
Better fortune will write on it.
Mens immota manet.
The mind unmoved remains.
Mercenarius fugit a grege.
The hireling flees from the flock.
Merces sublimis honorum.
The high reward of honour.
Mi nutrisco.
I nourish myself on it.
Mihi pondera, luxus.
Excess is a burden to me.
Mihi terra, lacusque.
The land and the waters are mine.
Militamus sub spe.
We fight under [the banner of] hope.
Minuit praesentia famam.
Presence diminishes fame.
Mirandum naturae opus.
Amazing is the work of nature.
Mitem animum agresti sub tegmine servo.
I have a soft soul beneath a rough appearance.
Monstrant regibus astra viam.
The stars show the way to kings.
Mors sceptra ligonibus aequans.
Death makes sceptres equal with hoes.
Murus aeneus, sana conscientia.
A wall of brass is a clear conscience.
Mutua foecunditas.
Mutual fecundity.
Natura dictante feror.
I fly where nature bids me.
Natura maiora facit.
Nature does greater things.
Naturae non artis opus.
A work of nature, not of art.
Ne discedas a statione.
Do not desert your post.
Nec fas est, nec posse reor.
I deem it neither lawful nor possible.
Nec sorte, nec fato.
Not by chance nor by fate.
Nec spe, nec metu.
Without hope or fear.
Nec verbo, nec facto, quenquam laedendum.
Neither in word nor in deed should anyone be injured.
Neglecta virescunt.
Neglected things flourish.
Nemo potest duobus dominis servire.
No one can serve two masters.
Nil penna sed usus.
Not the wing, but its use.
Nil solidum.
Nothing is firm.
Nimium ne laetare secundis.
Do not rejoice excessively in prosperity.
Nimium rebus ne fide secundis.
Do not trust prosperity too much.
Nodos Virtute resolvo.
Through Virtue I untie knots.
Noli altum sapere.
Do not aim at lofty things.
Noli tuba canere Eleemosynam.
Do not trumpet your charity.
Non cedit umbra soli.
Shade does not yield to the sun.
Non deest generoso in pectore virtus.
There is no lack of courage in a noble heart.
Non dolo, sed vi.
Not by deceit, but by force.
Non inferiora secutus.
Following not the inferior.
Non locus virum, sed vir locum ornat.
Not the place the men, but the man adorns the place.
Non quam diu, sed quam bene.
Not how long, but how well.
Non suefro mas de lo que puedo.
I suffer no more than I am able.
Non vi sed virtute, non armis sed arte paritur victoria.
Not by force but by virtue, not with arms but with art is victory won.
Non vos alaberis.
You shall not boast.
Nous scavons bien le temps.
We know well the time.
Nulla dies sine linea.
Not a day without a line.
Nullus dolus contra Casum.
No cunning against Chance.
Num flatus telluris honor.
Surely honour is not simply a blast [of air] from the earth?
O vita, misero longa.
O life, long to the wretched.
Obstantia nubila solvet.
It will dissolve confronting clouds.
Obstrepuit inter olores.
It clamoured among the swans.
Officium natura docet.
Nature teaches one's duty.
Omnis caro foenum.
All flesh is hay.
Otiosi semper egentes.
The idle are always needy.
Otium sortem exspectat.
Idleness awaits its destiny.
Pacatum ipse regam avitis vertutibus orbem.
I shall rule the world pacified by the virtues of my ancestors.
Pacis et armorum vigiles.
Vigilant in peace and arms.
Paix outragée se rend vengée.
Outraged peace avenges itself.
Parvam culinam, duobus ganeonibus non sufficere.
A small kitchen does not suffice for two gluttons.
Patent oves, timent canes, intrepidus maneo.
The sheep are frightened, the dogs fear, I stand intrepid.
Patria cuique chara.
One's homeland is dear to each.
Paupertatem summis ingeniis obesse ne provenhantur.
Poverty hinders the greatest talents from advancing.
Perculsus elevor.
Though struck I am raised.
Plus ultra.
Further.
Porto le corna ch'ogni Huomo le vede, e qualch' Altro le porta che nol crede.
I bear horns that everyone can see. Someone else bears them too, but does not believe it.
Post amara dulcia.
Sweet things come after bitter things.
Post funus spes una superstes.
After death only one hope survives.
Posthac occasio calva.
Later, opportunity is bald.
Pour dompter folie.
To tame folly.
Praecocia non diuturna.
Precocious things do not last long.
Prius mori quam fidem fallere.
Die rather than betray trust.
Pro bono malum.
Evil for good.
Proprio alitur succo.
It nourishes itself from its own moisture.
Prostibuli eligantia.
The elegance of a whore.
Prudentes vino abstinent.
Prudent men abstain from wine.
Pulchritudo sine fructu.
Beauty without fruit.
Pulchritudo vincit.
Beauty conquers.
Qua dij vocant, eundum.
Where the gods call, we must go.
Quae ante pedes.
Things at our feet.
Quae sequimur fuimus.
We flee what we follow.
Quaere adolescens, utere senex.
Youth seek, the old man use.
Qui laborat, manducat.
He who works, shall eat.
Qui lingua iurat, mentem non iniuratam gerit.
He who swears with his tongue, carries a mind unsworn.
Qui pulchra affectat ardua perferat.
He who strives after beauty, let him endure the arduous.
Qui se exaltat, humiliabitur.
He who exalts himself will be humbled.
Qui socius est in malo, consors erit in supplicio.
A partner in evil will also be a partner in punishment.
Qui vivens laedit morte medetur.
He who hurts in life, heals in death.
Quietem nemo impune lacesset.
Though I am peaceful, no one will attack me with impunity.
Quis contra nos?
Who is against us?
Quod huic deest me torquet.
What this creature lacks torments me.
Quod in te est, prome.
Bring forth what is in you.
Quod me alit me extinguit.
That which nourishes me extinguishes me.
Quod non capit Christus, rapit fiscus.
What Christ does not take, the treasury snatches.
Quod potes, tenta.
Try what you can.
Recedant vetera.
Let old [offences] be forgiven.
Remedium tempestivum sit.
Let there be a timely remedy.
Rerum Sapientia custos.
Wisdom is the guardian of all things.
Res crescunt concordia.
Things grow with harmony.
Res humanae in summo declinant.
At their summit, human affairs decline.
Respice, et prospice.
Look backwards and forwards.
Rhinoceros nunquam victus ab hoste cedit.
The rhinoceros never turns away defeated from the enemy.
Saepius in auro bibitur venenum.
Poison is more often drunk in gold.
Samnitico non capitur auro.
He is not corrupted by Samnitic gold.
Sanguinis pretium sanguis.
Blood is the price of blood.\
Sans point sortir hors de l'orniére.
Without straying from the path.
Sauciat et defendit.
It wounds and defends.
Scandala removenda sunt.
Things causing offense must be removed.
Scribit in marmore laesus.
The injured man writes in marble.
Scripta manent.
Writings remain.
Scripta non temere edenda.
Writings should not be published readily.
Semper pertinax.
Always pertinacious.
Semper praesto esse infortunia.
Misfortunes are always at hand.
Semper.
Forever.
Sero sapiunt Phryges.
The Phrygians are wise too late.
Servari et servare meum est.
My duty is to guard myself and others.
Servus curru portatur eodem.
The slave rides in the same chariot.
Si nihil attuleris, ibis Homere foras.
If, Homer, you do not bring anything, you will go outside.
Si sursum non efferor alis, saltem cursu praetervehor omnes.
Though I do not soar high on my wings, I outstrip all in running.
Sic aetas fugit.
Thus does life flee.
Sic frustra.
Thus in vain.
Sic praedae patet esca sui.
To catch its prey it offers itself as bait.
Sic vos non vobis.
Thus you [fight] not for yourselves.
Simul astu et dentibus utor.
I use my cunning and my teeth simultaneously.
Sina alienaque pignora nutrit.
Her breasts nourish also an offspring not her own.
Sine iustitia, confusio.
Without justice, confusion.
Sobrie potandum.
One should drink moderately.
Sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram.
Let the sun not set on your anger.
Soli Caesari.
To Caesar alone.
Spiritus durissima coquit.
A noble mind digests even the most painful injuries.
Staterae ordo non transiliendus.
The balance of the scales should not be destroyed.
Strenuorum immortale nomen.
The fame of men of action is immortal.
Studiis invigilandum.
One must pay attention to studies.
Stultorum quanto status sublimior, tanto manifestior turpitudo.
The higher the status of fools, the more manifest is their baseness.
Sufficit unum in tenebris.
One suffices in darkness.
Suol di cilo vivo.
Only of this do I live.
Superest quod supra est.
What is above lives on.
Sustinet nec fatiscit.
He holds up and does not weary.
Tanto monta.
So much does he excel.
Te stante, virebo.
With you standing, I shall flourish.
Tecum habita.
Abide by yourself.
Tempore cuncta mitiora.
Everything becomes mellower with time.
Tempus omnia terminat.
Time ends all things.
Totum adimit quo ingrata refulget.
The ungrateful takes away all with which she shines.
Translata proficit arbos.
A tree makes progress when transplanted.
Triumphali e stipite surgens alta petit.
Rising from triumphal stock it seeks the heights.
Trovommi amor del tutto disarmato.
Love found me completely disarmed.
Tu decus omne tuis.
You are all glory to your people.
Tunc tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.
Then your property is in danger, when the nearest wall is burning.
Turpibus exitium.
Destruction for base men.
Tutum te littore sistam.
I shall set you safe upon the shore.
Tutus ab igne sacer.
Holy, I am safe from fire.
Ulterius ne tende odiis.
Do not go forward in your hatred.
Ulterius tentare veto.
I forbid you to try further.
Ultorum ulciscitur ultor.
Avenger avenges avenger.
Ultus avos Troiae.
He has avenged his ancestors of Troy.
Unguibus et rostro, atque alis armatus in hostem.
Armed with nails, beak and wings against the enemy.
Unica semper avis.
The bird that is ever unique.
Unius compendium, alterius dispendium.
The gain of the one is the loss of the other.
Uno avulso non deficit alter.
When one is torn away, a second does not fail.
Usque recurrit.
It always returns.
Usus libri, non lectio prudentes facit.
The use, not the reading, of a book makes men wise.
Varii hominum sensus.
Various are the opinions of men.
Vel Iovi cedere nescit.
He does not yield, even to Jupiter.
Venena pello.
I banish poisons.
Venter, pluma, Venus, laudem fugiunt.
The stomach, feather-bed and Venus run away from praise.
Ventura desuper urbi.
Destined to come down on the city from above.
Verbum emissum non est revocabile.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Veritas magna est et praevalet.
Truth is great and prevails.
Veritas temporis filia.
Truth, the daughter of Time.
Vertitur ad solem.
It turns towards the sun.
Victoria cruenta.
Bloody victory.
Victoria limes.
Victory is the boundary.
Video, et taceo.
I see, and I am silent.
Vincit qui patitur.
He conquers who suffers.
Vindictae trahit exitium.
It brings the ruin of revenge.
Virescit vulnere virtus.
Virtue grows in strength from wounds.
Virtus unita, valet.
Virtue united, prevails.
Virtutis fortuna comes.
Fortune, companion of virtue.
Virtutis trophaea novae non degener addet.
In keeping with family tradition, he will add new trophies of valour.
Vis est ardentior intus.
The power is hotter within.
Vis nescia vinci.
A power ignorant of defeat.
Vivit ad extremum.
It lives to the end.
Votis subscribunt fata secundis.
Destiny makes wishes come true.