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It a collection of my favorite Latin sayings feel free to ad your own 
Non scholae sed vitae discimus "We learn not for school, but for life."
verba volant, scripta manent "words fly away, writings remain"
mundus vult decipi "the world wants to be deceived"
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum "The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet"
Primus in orbe deos fecit timor "It was fear which first brought gods in to the world" (Petroices)
Omnes eodem cogimur "We are all on a journey to the same place" (Horace)
Homini plurima ex homine sunt mala "Man is the root of almost all man's problems" (Pliny the younger)
Sermo datur cunctis; animi sapientia paucis "Speech is given to many; intelligence to few"
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit "That which achieves its effect by accident is not art" (Seneca)
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet "He who feared he would not succeed sat still" (For fear of failure, he did nothing) (Horace)
Accidit in puncto, quod non seperatur in anno "Something that does not happen in years can happen in a single moment"
Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae "Every man is the artisan of his own fortune"
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est "Knowledge is power"
Omnium rerum principia parva sunt "Everything has a small beginning"
Inter arma enim silent leges "In times of war, the law falls silent." (Cicero)
Si vis pacem, para bellum. "If you want peace, prepare for war" (Vegetius)
Non scholae sed vitae discimus "We learn not for school, but for life."
verba volant, scripta manent "words fly away, writings remain"
mundus vult decipi "the world wants to be deceived"
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum "The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet"
Primus in orbe deos fecit timor "It was fear which first brought gods in to the world" (Petroices)
Omnes eodem cogimur "We are all on a journey to the same place" (Horace)
Homini plurima ex homine sunt mala "Man is the root of almost all man's problems" (Pliny the younger)
Sermo datur cunctis; animi sapientia paucis "Speech is given to many; intelligence to few"
Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit "That which achieves its effect by accident is not art" (Seneca)
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet "He who feared he would not succeed sat still" (For fear of failure, he did nothing) (Horace)
Accidit in puncto, quod non seperatur in anno "Something that does not happen in years can happen in a single moment"
Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae "Every man is the artisan of his own fortune"
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est "Knowledge is power"
Omnium rerum principia parva sunt "Everything has a small beginning"
Inter arma enim silent leges "In times of war, the law falls silent." (Cicero)
Si vis pacem, para bellum. "If you want peace, prepare for war" (Vegetius)