Latin quotes starting with L
106 Latin quotes starting with L, from Labor et scientia to Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
L
Labor et scientia
Labor laetitia nostra
Labor omnia vincit
Work conquers all.
Laborare est orare
Laborare pugnare parati sumus
Labore creata, labori et scientiae servio
Laboremus
Labores Herculis
Lacrima nihil citius arescit
Lacrimis struit insidias, cum femina plorat
Laesio enormis
Lapsus calami
Lapsus linguae
Larvatus prodeo
Lata sententia iudex desinit esse iudex
Latet anguis in herba
A snake lurks in the grass.
Latet enim veritas, sed nihil pretiosius veritate
Truth lies hidden, but nothing is more precious than truth.
Lato sensu
Laudamus veteres, sed nostris utimur annis
We praise the old days, but we live in our own times.
Laudari a viro laudato maxima est laus
To be praised by a man who is praised is the highest praise.
Laudator temporis acti
Laudetur Iesus Christus
Laus Deo
Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas
Legatus a latere
Lege atque lacrima
Read it and weep.
Legem brevem esse oportet, quo facilius ab imperitis teneatur
Leges instituuntur cum promulgantur
Legitimatio per subsequens matrimonium
Leguleius quidam cautus et acutus, praeco actionum, cantor formularum, auceps syllabarum
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus
We are servants of the laws so that we can be free.
Leve aes alienum debitorem facit, grave inimicum
A small debt makes a man your debtor; a large one makes him your enemy.
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus
A burden carried well becomes light.
Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest
Light is the grief that can still take counsel.
Levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas
What cannot be put right becomes lighter through patience.
Levo oculos meos in montes
Lex cessat, si finis adaequatus cessat, non vero si particularis
Lex est quod notamus
Lex est quod populus iubet atque constituit
Lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae iubet ea quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria
Lex ferenda
The law that ought to be made.
Lex lata
The law that has been enacted.
Lex loci
The law of the place.
Lex loci rei sitae
Lex moneat priusquam feriat
Lex non promulgata non obligat
Lex non scripta
Lex orandi, lex credendi
The law of prayer is the law of belief.
Lex parsimoniae
Lex scripta
Lex talionis
Libera nos a malo
Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes
Our thoughts are free.
Libertas
Freedom.
Libertas perfundet omnia luce
Liberum arbitrium
Libido sciendi
Licentia docendi
Licentia poetica
Liquidum non frangit ieiunium
Litterae sine moribus vanae
Litterae sunt divitiae
Learning is wealth.
Litterarum radices amarae, fructus dulces
The roots of learning are bitter, its fruits sweet.
Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus
Litteris et artibus
Loco citato
Loco laudato
Locum tenens
One holding the place.
Locus amoenus
Locus regit actum
Locus standi
A place to stand.
Longa manus
Longa mora est nobis omnis quae gaudia differt
Every delay that postpones our joys seems long.
Longissimus dies cito conditur
Even the longest day is soon over.
Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla
The way through rules is long, through examples short and effective.
Luce veritatis
By the light of truth.
Luceat lux vestra
Let your light shine.
Lucem aspicio
Lucem sequimur
We follow the light.
Lucendo aliis ego ipse ardeo
Luceo non uro
I shine, not burn.
Lucrum cessans
Luctor et emergo
I struggle and I emerge.
Ludo autem et ioco uti illo quidem licet, sed sicut somno et quietibus ceteris, tum cum gravibus seriisque rebus satis fecerimus
Lumen soli mutuum das
Lumen vitae
Lupus in fabula
The wolf in the story.
Lupus non mordet lupum
Lupus non timet canem latrantem
The wolf does not fear the barking dog.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem
The wolf changes its coat, not its nature.
Lux aeterna
Eternal light.
Lux esto
Lux et fides
Lux et lex
Light and law.
Lux et spes
Lux et veritas
Light and truth.
Lux hominum vita
Life, the light of humankind.
Lux in Domino
Light in the Lord.
Lux mentis scientia
Lux mentis, lux orbis
Light of the mind, light of the world.
Lux sit
Let there be light.
Lux tua nos ducat
Lux, libertas
Light, liberty.
Lux, veritas, virtus
Light, truth, virtue.
Lux, vita, caritas
Light, life, love.
Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis
In good times minds usually grow unruly.