Latin quotes starting with S
289 Latin quotes starting with S, from Saepe aliud volumus, aliud optamus, et verum ne dis quidem dicimus to Suum cuique pulchrum. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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Saepe aliud volumus, aliud optamus, et verum ne dis quidem dicimus
Saepe malum petitur, saepe bonum fugitur
Often evil is sought and good is avoided.
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit
Often it is not even useful to know what will happen.
Saepe stilum vertas
Turn your stylus often.
Saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent
The greatest talents are often hidden.
Saltus in demonstrando
Salus aegroti suprema lex
The welfare of the patient is the highest law.
Salus populi suprema lex esto
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.
Salva veritate
With truth preserved.
Salvator mundi
Saviour of the world.
Sancta Sedes
Sanctificetur nomen tuum
Sanctum sanctorum
Holy of holies.
Sapere aude
Dare to be wise.
Sapiens dominabitur astris
The wise man will rule the stars.
Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat
A wise person states nothing they cannot prove.
Sapiens vivet quantum debet, non quantum potest
The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.
Sapientia
Wisdom.
Sapientia a Deo
Sapientia abscondita et thesaurus invisus, quae utilitas in utrisque?
Sapientia aedificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is made strong.
Sapientia aedificat
Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum
Sapientia et doctrina
Sapientia et iustitia immortales sunt
Sapientia et scientia
Sapientia felicitas
Wisdom is happiness.
Sapientia in aeternum est
Sapientia ipsa libertas
Sapientia magis auro desideranda
Sapientia sola libertas est
Sapientia, pax, fraternitas
Sapientia, virtus, amicitia
Satis vixi; invictus enim morior
Satius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis quam innocentem damnari
Satius est supervacua scire quam nihil
It is better to know useless things than nothing.
Satura quidem tota nostra est
Saxum volutum non obducitur musco
A rolling stone is not covered with moss.
Scelere velandum est scelus
Crime must be hidden by crime.
Sciant quae optima sunt esse communia
Let them know that the best things are common property.
Sciebam me genuisse mortalem
Scientia ac labore
By knowledge and work.
Scientia dux vitae certissimus
Scientia et cultura pro homine
Scientia et disciplina
Scientia et fides
Scientia et industria cum probitate
Scientia et labore altiora petimus
Scientia et labore omnia adipiscere
Scientia et praxis
Scientia et religio, ex uno fonte
Scientia et technica pro humanitate sub libertatis tutela
Scientia et veritas
Scientia fons libertatis
Scientia lumen vitae
Scientia non habet inimicum nisi ignorantem
Scientia potentia est
Knowledge is power.
Scientia vincere tenebras
Scientia vinces
Scientia, ingenium, virtus
Scientia, labor, libertas
Scientia, virtus et communitas
Scientia, virtus, devotio
Scientiae cedit mare
Scio me nihil scire
I know that I know nothing.
Scire aliquid laus est, pudor est nihil discere velle
Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons
Wisdom is the beginning and source of writing well.
Scribere qui nescit, nullum putat esse laborem
Scrutamini Scripturas
Scuto amoris divini
Se lumen proferre
Sed convivatoris, uti ducis, ingenium res adversae nudare solent, celare secundae
Sed ita a principio inchoatum esse mundum, ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent
Sed obstinata mente perfer, obdura. Vale, puella, iam Catullus obdurat
Sed satis est iam posse mori
Sed tamen ira procul absit, cum qua nihil recte fieri, nihil considerate potest
Sede vacante
With the seat being vacant.
Sedes apostolica
Apostolic See.
Sedes sapientiae
Sedet, aeternumque sedebit
He sits, and will sit forever.
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
He who feared he would not succeed sat still.
Semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum
A word once let out flies away beyond recall.
Semel in anno licet insanire
Once a year it is permitted to go mad.
Semper ad meliora
Always towards better things.
Semper aliquid haeret
Something always sticks.
Semper anticus
Always forward.
Semper apertus
Always open.
Semper ardens
Semper avarus eget
The greedy man is always in want.
Semper eadem
Always the same.
Semper excelsius
Semper fidelis
Always faithful.
Semper flamma fumo est proxima
Semper fortis
Always strong.
Semper idem
Always the same.
Semper instans
Always threatening.
Semper invicta
Always invincible.
Semper liber
Always free.
Semper libertas
Always liberty.
Semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit
The necessity of proof always lies with the one who brings the charge.
Semper paratus
Always ready.
Semper primus
Always first.
Semper progrediens
Always progressing.
Semper reformanda
Always in need of being reformed.
Semper supra
Always above.
Senatores boni viri, senatus autem mala bestia
Senators are good men, but the Senate is a bad beast.
Senatus Populusque Romanus
The Senate and the People of Rome.
Sensu lato
Sensu stricto
In the strict sense.
Sensus plenior
The fuller meaning.
Sequela Christi
Sera parsimonia in fundo est
Thrift comes too late when you reach the bottom of the cask.
Sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem
Sermo tuus veritas est
Your word is truth.
Sero molunt deorum molae
The mills of the gods grind slowly.
Sero sed serio
Sero te amavi, pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova, sero te amavi
Sero venientes male sedentes
Sero venientibus ossa
Serpens, nisi serpentem comederit, non fit draco
A serpent, unless it devours a serpent, does not become a dragon.
Serum est cavendi tempus in mediis malis
It is too late to be careful when you are in the middle of trouble.
Serva me, servabo te
Save me and I will save you.
Servabo fidem
Servatis servandis
Serviam
Serviens in lumine veritatis
Servus servorum Dei
Servant of the servants of God.
Sesquipedalia verba
Words a foot and a half long.
Si decem habeas linguas, mutum esse addecet
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?
Si dormiam capiar
If I sleep, I may be caught.
Si fractus illabatur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae
If the world should break and fall upon him, its ruins will strike him unafraid.
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice
If you seek his monument, look around you.
Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.
Si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti; si nil, his utere mecum
Si sapis, alterum alteri misce: nec speraveris sine desperatione nec desperaveris sine spe
Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses
If you had kept silent, you would have remained a philosopher.
Si vales, valeo
If you are well, I am well.
Si vis amari, ama
If you want to be loved, love.
Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi
Si vis pacem, cole iustitiam
If you want peace, cultivate justice.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war.
Si vivis Romae, Romano vivito more
Sic cum inferiore vivas, quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis vivere
Sic currite ut comprehendatis
So run that you may obtain the prize.
Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum
So I can live neither with you nor without you.
Sic et non
Yes and no.
Sic itur ad astra
Thus one goes to the stars.
Sic parvis magna
Thus great things from small beginnings.
Sic passim
Thus here and there.
Sic semper erat, et sic semper erit
Sic semper tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Thus passes the glory of the world.
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas
Use your own property so as not to harm another's.
Sic vita est
Sic vive cum hominibus tamquam deus videat; sic loquere cum deo tamquam homines audiant
Sicut mater, ita et filia eius
Signum fidei
Silentium est aureum
Silence is golden.
Simia est simia, etiamsi purpura vestiatur
Similia similibus curentur
Let like be cured by like.
Similis simili gaudet
Like delights in like.
Simplex sigillum veri
Simplicitas legibus amica
Simul iustus et peccator
At the same time righteous and a sinner.
Sine agricultura nihil
Sine amicitia vitam esse nullam
Without friendship life is nothing.
Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus
Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus grows cold.
Sine die
Without a day.
Sine ira et studio
Without anger and partiality.
Sine labore non erit panis in ore
Without work there will be no bread in the mouth.
Sine metu
Sine nomine vulgus
Sine poena nulla lex
Sine prole superstite
Without surviving offspring.
Sine qua non
Without which not.
Sine scientia ars nihil est
Without knowledge, skill is nothing.
Sine timore aut favore
Without fear or favour.
Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes
The years as they pass rob us of one thing after another.
Sinite parvulos venire ad me
Sint ut sunt aut non sint
Siste, viator
Sisto activitatem
I stop the proceedings.
Sit humus cineri non onerosa tuo
Sit nomen Domini benedictum
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Sit nomine digna
Sit tibi terra gravis
Sit tibi terra levis
Sit venia verbo
Societas delinquere non potest
Societas Iesu
Sol invictus
The unconquered sun.
Sol iustitiae, et occidentem illustra
Sol iustitiae, illustra nos
Sol lucet omnibus
Sola cogitatio furti faciendi non facit furem
Sola fide
By faith alone.
Sola gratia
By grace alone.
Sola nobilitat virtus
Sola scriptura
By Scripture alone.
Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris
It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in sorrow.
Soli Deo gloria
Solidum petit in profundis
Solus Christus
Christ alone.
Solvitur ambulando
It is solved by walking.
Somnus est imago mortis
Sleep is the image of death.
Sortes biblicae
Biblical lots.
Spartam nactus es; hanc exorna
Sparta is your lot; make it beautiful.
Spatio brevi spem longam reseces
Since life is short, cut back long hopes.
Specialia generalibus derogant
Special provisions override general ones.
Species nova
New species.
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae
They come to see, and they come to be seen.
Spectemur agendo
Let us be judged by our deeds.
Spem gregis
The hope of the flock.
Spem reduxit
Hope restored.
Spero meliora
I hope for better things.
Spes bona
Good hope.
Spes contra spem
Spes messis in semine
Spes vincit thronum
Hope overcomes the throne.
Spiritus est qui vivificat
Spiritus mundi
Spirit of the world.
Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma
Spiritus rector
Spiritus ubi vult spirat
The spirit breathes where it will.
Splendide mendax
Splendor sine occasu
Splendour without setting.
Spoliatis arma supersunt
Stabat Mater
Stante pede
Stare decisis
Stat crux dum volvitur orbis
The Cross stands firm while the world turns.
Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus
The rose of old remains only in its name; we hold only bare names.
Stat sua cuique dies
Each person has their appointed day.
Statio bene fida carinis
A safe harbour for ships.
Status quaestionis
The state of the question.
Status quo
The state in which.
Status quo ante bellum
The state in which things were before the war.
Stet fortuna domus
May the fortune of the house endure.
Stipendium peccati mors est
The wages of sin is death.
Strenuis ardua cedunt
The heights yield to the strenuous.
Stude, non ut plus aliquid scias, sed ut melius
Studiis et rebus honestis
Stultorum est se alienis immiscere negotiis
Stultorum infinitus est numerus
The number of fools is infinite.
Stultum facit Fortuna, quem vult perdere
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy, she first makes foolish.
Stupor mundi
The wonder of the world.
Sua sponte
Sub cruce lumen
Sub Iove frigido
Sub judice
Sub omni canone
Sub poena
Sub rosa
Under the rose; in secret.
Sub silentio
Sub specie aeternitatis
Sub tuum praesidium
Sub umbra floreo
Sublata causa, tollitur effectus
Sublimis ab unda
Succisa virescit
Sufficit diei malitia sua
Sui generis
Sui iuris
Sum quod eris
Summa cum laude
Summa summarum
Summum bonum
Summum ius, summa iniuria
The highest law, the highest injustice.
Sumus quod sumus
We are what we are.
Sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus
Sunt facta verbis difficiliora
Deeds are harder than words.
Sunt lacrimae rerum
Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant
Sunt superis sua iura
Suo motu
Suos cultores scientia coronat
Super firmum fundamentum Dei
Super omnia vincit veritas
Superbia in proelio
Superbientem animus prosternet
Pride will bring down the proud.
Surge et ambula
Sursum corda
Sursum versus
Sustine et abstine
Sustinere est difficilius quam aggredi
Enduring is harder than attacking.
Suum cuique
To each their own.
Suum cuique pulchrum