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Caecilius est in horto.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who guards the guardians (watches the watchers etc)
I like 'pluralites non est ponenda sine necessitate' - Occam's Razor (the simplest explanation is the most likely...literally 'Do not posit more entities than necessary (for the explanation). It is a general logical principle and Occam's Razor can be used to 'cut' silly ideas.
Also, don't try and literally translate Latin phrases coz most of the time you'll get nonsense...they are idiomatic.
Alea (sp?) iacta est - The die is cast (Julius Caesar, according to Rome TW)
Cogito, ergo sum.
QED - Quod erat demonstratum (I think)
Semper Fi! (fidelis I think) - isn't that a marine corps motto or something? Always faithful/true/virtuous?
I think there was a Latin quote in Dune above the Emperor's throne or room or something that meant 'law is the ultimate science' but I can't remember what it was, and besides, it isn't true.
Bene Gesserit? Well-dipper?
I like 'pluralites non est ponenda sine necessitate' - Occam's Razor (the simplest explanation is the most likely...literally 'Do not posit more entities than necessary (for the explanation). It is a general logical principle and Occam's Razor can be used to 'cut' silly ideas.
Also, don't try and literally translate Latin phrases coz most of the time you'll get nonsense...they are idiomatic.
Alea (sp?) iacta est - The die is cast (Julius Caesar, according to Rome TW)
Cogito, ergo sum.
QED - Quod erat demonstratum (I think)
Semper Fi! (fidelis I think) - isn't that a marine corps motto or something? Always faithful/true/virtuous?
I think there was a Latin quote in Dune above the Emperor's throne or room or something that meant 'law is the ultimate science' but I can't remember what it was, and besides, it isn't true.
Bene Gesserit? Well-dipper?
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Current badge of 617 Sqn RAF (The Dam busters) with their motto "Apres Moi Le Deluge" (After Me The Flood)
Not much of a quote, but,Latin as far as I know!
No mate that's French
Current badge of 617 Sqn RAF (The Dam busters) with their motto "Apres Moi Le Deluge" (After Me The Flood)
Not much of a quote, but,Latin as far as I know!
That's French, not Latin.
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I thought their motto was "OOO Ra!"?
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Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt
Everywhere right and glory leads. Royal Artillery cap badge motto, my old Regiment.
Everywhere right and glory leads. Royal Artillery cap badge motto, my old Regiment.
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"Phasmatis in apparatus"
"Ghost in the machine"
"Ghost in the machine"
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amor vincit omnia
Friend told me it, and according to her Latin GCSE, it's Love conquers all
Friend told me it, and according to her Latin GCSE, it's Love conquers all
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Isn't that "Deus ex machina"?
Isn't that "God from a machine"?
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Apparatus = Machine
Machina = Contrary to popular belief is not latin
Deus ex = God from
Phasmatis in = Ghost in the