100+ Cool Latin Quotes That Will Inspire & Impress

Carpe diem – Seize the day.

Per aspera ad astra – Through hardships to the stars.

Audentes fortuna iuvat – Fortune favors the bold.

Vincit qui se vincit – He conquers who conquers himself.

Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo – If I cannot move the gods above, I will raise hell below.

Acta non verba – Deeds, not words.

Dum spiro, spero – While I breathe, I hope.

Fortis fortuna adiuvat – Fortune assists the brave.

Sapientia vincit vim – Wisdom conquers strength.

Nemo sibi nascitur – No one is born for himself alone.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam – I shall either find a way or make one.

In vino veritas – In wine, there is truth.

Cogito, ergo sum – I think, therefore I am.

Veritas odit moras – Truth hates delays.

Mens sana in corpore sano – A sound mind in a sound body.

Omnia vincit amor – Love conquers all.

Timeo hominem unius libri – I fear the man of one book.

Ars longa, vita brevis – Art is long, life is short.

Scientia potentia est – Knowledge is power.

Nihil novi sub sole – Nothing new under the sun.

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

Quieta non movere – Do not stir up quiet things.

Dubium sapientiae initium – Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.

Vita sine litteris mors est – Life without literature is death.

Amor vincit omnia – Love conquers all.

Dum spiro, amo – While I breathe, I love.

Amor est vitae essentia – Love is the essence of life.

Oculus non videt quod cor ignorat – The eye does not see what the heart ignores.

Amor tussisque non celantur – Love and coughing cannot be hidden.

Cor ad cor loquitur – Heart speaks to heart.

Amor caecus est – Love is blind.

Amantium irae amoris integratio est – The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

Absens absens, praesens praesens – Absent absent, present present.

Amor regnat – Love reigns.

Ubi amor, ibi dolor – Where there is love, there is pain.

Amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus – Love is full of both honey and gall.

Aquila non capit muscas – An eagle does not catch flies.

Fortiter et recte – Bravely and rightly.

Non timor, sed amor – Not fear, but love.

Duris utendum est – Hardness must be used.

Hostis humani generis – Enemy of the human race.

Virtus tentata docet – Trial teaches virtue.

Paratus et armis et consilio – Ready with arms and counsel.

Animus fortuna sequitur – The brave follow fortune.

Vivere militare est – To live is to fight.

Ferrum virilius fit igne – Iron becomes stronger by fire.

Non ducor, duco – I am not led; I lead.

Periculum in mora – Danger lies in delay.

Memento mori – Remember you must die.

Ars moriendi – The art of dying.

Homo mortalis, opus immortale – A mortal man, an immortal work.

Tempus edax rerum – Time, devourer of all things.

Vita brevis, ars longa – Life is short, art is long.

Omnia mors aequat – Death makes all equal.

Post mortem, nihil – After death, nothing.

Libertas per mors – Liberty through death.

Mors victa vitae – Death conquered by life.

Vivamus, moriendum est – Let us live, for we must die.

Finis coronat opus – The end crowns the work.

Ultima ratio – The final argument.

Gutta cavat lapidem – A drop hollows a stone.

Panem et circenses – Bread and circuses.

Alea iacta est – The die is cast.

Ridetur mundus – The world laughs.

Festina lente – Make haste slowly.

Cave canem – Beware of the dog.

Quod me nutrit me destruit – What nourishes me destroys me.

Sutor, ne ultra crepidam – Shoemaker, not beyond the sandal.

Nil admirari – To admire nothing.

Homo bulla – Man is a bubble.

Risus abundat in ore stultorum – Laughter abounds in the mouth of fools.

Pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris – You are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Annus recurrens – The year returns.

Ver redit – Spring returns.

Tempora mutantur – Times change.

Sol lucet omnibus – The sun shines for everyone.

Arbor vitis – Tree of life.

Flumen labitur – The river flows.

Montes alti silent – Tall mountains are silent.

Aqua pura, vita pura – Pure water, pure life.

Lux naturae – Light of nature.

Terra nutrix – Earth, our nourisher.

Ventus mutat folia – The wind changes the leaves.

Nox nocti narrat – Night tells night.

Imperium in imperio – Power within power.

Divide et impera – Divide and rule.

E pluribus unum – Out of many, one.

Primus inter pares – First among equals.

Potentia legitima – Legitimate power.

Auctoritas non verborum sed rei – Authority lies not in words but in reality.

Regnum dei intra vos est – The kingdom of God is within you.

Consilium sapientis – The counsel of the wise.

Princeps legibus solutus est – The leader is free from laws.

Populus vult decipi – The people want to be deceived.

Volenti non fit iniuria – No wrong is done to a willing person.

Lex regia – The royal law.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur – A sure friend is seen in uncertain times.

Una res pro amico facienda – One thing to be done for a friend.

Amicitia virtus – Friendship is virtue.

Fides servanda est – Faith must be kept.

Amicos vituperatos non deserere – Do not abandon criticized friends.

Neminem laede, immo omnes pros, quantum potes – Harm no one, instead help all, as much as you can.

Amici fiunt, non nascuntur – Friends are made, not born.

Verus amicus rara avis – A true friend is a rare bird.

Amicitiae nostrae memor – Remember our friendship.

Similis simili gaudet – Like rejoices in like.

Concordia res parvae crescunt – In harmony, small things grow.

Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus – Even good Homer sometimes nods.

Fama volat – Rumor flies.

Exempla sunt more magistra – Examples are teachers by custom.

Clarior e tenebris – Brighter from darkness.

Fiat lux – Let there be light.

Postera gens memoret – May future generations remember.

Vox populi, vox Dei – The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Memoria aeterna – Eternal memory.

Facta non dicta – Actions, not words.

Litteris immortales – Immortal through letters.

Manet ultima linea rerum – The final line of things remains.

Clarior post obitum – Brighter after death.

Semper in memoria – Always in memory.