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What harms, often teaches.

Quod nocet, saepe docet.



Where there is unity, there is victory.

Ubi concordia, ibi victoria.



Death has the last word.

Mors ultima ratio.



The face is the index of the soul.

Vultus est index animi.



Beaten path, safe path.

Via trita, via tuta.



The man who sleeps does not sin.

Qui dormit, non peccat.



The name is an omen.

Nomen est omen.



Practice is the best teacher.

Usus est magister optimus.



A beard does not make a philosopher.

Barba non facit philosophum.



Dripping water hollows out stone.

Gutta cavat lapidem.



Not who but what.

Non quis, sed quid.



The wolf with his teeth, the bull with his horns.

Lupus dentis, taurus cornis.



The king can do no wrong.

Rex non potest peccare.



Man is wolf to man.

Lupus est homo homini.



Hunger sweetens the beans.

Fabas indulcet fames.



To err is human.

Errare Humanum est.



A rich man is either a knave, or the heir of a knave.

Dives aut iniquus est, aut iniqui haeres.



Like king, like people.

Qualis rex, talis grex.



Dog does not eat dog.

Canis caninam non est.



Tough law but still a law.

Dura lex, sed lex.



Much, not many.

Multum, non multa.

(meaning: take much care but not of many things; [replace “take care” with “earn” or whatever])


Fame flies.

Fama volat.



All good things come in threes.

Omne bonum trium.



To the pure, all things are pure.

Puris omnia pura.




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