Latin quotes starting with F
107 Latin quotes starting with F, from Faber est suae quisque fortunae to Futurum aedificamus. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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Faber est suae quisque fortunae
Everyone is the maker of their own fortune.
Fabricando fit faber
Fac simile
Fac ut vivas
Make sure you live.
Facientes veritatem
Facilis descensus Averno
The descent to Avernus is easy.
Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque
Faciunt favos et vespae
Wasps also make honeycombs.
Facta loquuntur
Deeds speak.
Factis ut credam facis
Your deeds make me believe you.
Factum fieri infectum non potest
What is done cannot be undone.
Factum iuridicum
Fallaces sunt rerum species
The appearances of things are deceptive.
Fallere credentem non est operosa puellam gloria
Deceiving a trusting girl is no great glory.
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus
False in one thing, false in all.
Falsus procurator
Fama crescit eundo
Rumour grows as it goes.
Fama volat
Familia supra omnia
Fas est et ab hoste doceri
It is right to learn even from an enemy.
Fata viam invenient
The fates will find a way.
Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt
Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling.
Favete linguis
Hold your tongues.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes
I have done what I could; let those who can do better.
Fele comprehensa saltant mures in mensa
When the cat is caught, the mice dance on the table.
Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano
More fortunate than Augustus, better than Trajan.
Felicitas multos habet amicos
Good fortune has many friends.
Felix culpa
Happy fault.
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Happy is the one who has been able to learn the causes of things.
Ferae pericula quae vident fugiunt
Wild animals flee the dangers they see.
Feras, non culpes, quod mutari non potest
Bear, do not blame, what cannot be changed.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
People generally believe what they want to believe.
Festina lente
Make haste slowly.
Fiat iustitia ruat caelum
Let justice be done though the heavens fall.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Fiat lux
Let there be light.
Fiat voluntas tua
Ficta confessio
Fide, sed cui vide
Fidei acerrimus exactor est perfidus
Fidei defensor
Defender of the Faith.
Fideicommissum
Fideicommissum multiplex
Fideicommissum residui
Fideicommissum simplex
Fides autem catholica haec est: ut unum Deum in Trinitate, et Trinitatem in unitate veneremur
Fides et labor
Fides facit fidem
Trust creates trust.
Fides, scientia, virtus
Fidite nemini
Finis coronat opus
The end crowns the work.
Finis origine pendet
The end depends on the beginning.
Finis Poloniae
Finis vitae sed non amoris
Fiscus non erubescit
The treasury does not blush.
Fit scelus indulgens per nubila saecula virtus
In clouded ages, indulgent virtue turns into crime.
Flagellum Dei
Flagror non consumor
Flammam tuam in hoc foco accende
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
Flet victus, victor interiit
The loser weeps, the winner is ruined.
Floreat Etona
May Eton flourish.
Floreat nostra schola
May our school flourish.
Floreat scientia
Florebo quocumque ferar
Fluctuat nec mergitur
Tossed by the waves, but not sunk.
Fons et origo
The spring and source.
Fons sapientiae, verbum Dei
The word of God is the fountain of wisdom.
Fons vitae caritas
Love is the fountain of life.
Fons vitae eruditio possidentis
Forma bonum fragile est
Beauty is a fragile good.
Formosa facies muta commendatio est
Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas
You teach the woods to echo 'lovely Amaryllis'.
Formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to remember even this.
Fortes fortuna adiuvat
Fortune helps the brave.
Fortes in fide
Fortis
Strong; brave.
Fortis cadere, cedere non potest
The brave may fall, but cannot yield.
Fortis est non perturbari in rebus asperis
It is the mark of the brave not to be shaken in difficult times.
Fortis est veritas
Truth is strong.
Fortis et liber
Strong and free.
Fortis in arduis
Strong in difficulties.
Fortiter et fideliter
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo
Firm in substance, gentle in manner.
Fortiter, feliciter, fideliter
Fortius quo fidelius
Fortuna caeca est
Fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit
When Fortune flatters, she comes to ensnare.
Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur
Fortune is made of glass: just when it shines, it breaks.
Fortunae meae, multorum faber
Maker of my own fortune and that of many others.
Fortunato omne solum patria est
Forum internum
Fraus hominum ad perniciem, et integritas ad salutem vocat
Fraus omnia vitiat
Fraud vitiates everything.
Fronti nulla fides
No trust in the face.
Fructus industriales
Fructus sine usu esse non potest
Frustra legis auxilium quaerit qui in legem committit
He who offends against the law seeks the help of the law in vain.
Fullones ululamque cano, non arma virumque
Fulmen est ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia
Where anger lives with power, there is lightning.
Fumus boni iuris
Fumus commissi delicti
Functus officio
Fundamenta eius super montibus sanctis
Furor arma ministrat
Futurum aedificamus