Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A(classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination)Expressions of general truths: Latin to English maxims, proverbs, and mottoesAll entries are from Latin unless otherwise indicated.argumentum baculinum; argumentum baculum
An appeal to force.
This has long been a popular and effecive form of persuasion. The force is suggested by wielding a walking stick (baculum), but a baculum was also the scepter that symbolized magisterial authority, so the force implied may also be that of governmental authority or legal compulsion. An argument with a cane; the appeal to the use of force in a debate. Ars mercede viget.
Art flourishes by patronage.
Motto of Reading School, U.K. ars moriendi
The art of dying.
The Romans are said to have put a great deal of importance in dying nobly. Arte, Marte, Vigore.
By skill, valor, and energy.
Arte conservatus.
Preserved by skill.
arte et animo
By skill and courage.
arte et labore
By skill and toil (work).
artes, scientia, veritas
Arts, science, truth.
Motto of the University of Michigan, USA. Artes/scientias/humanitates.
Arts/sciences/humanities.
Motto of the New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. Artium Baccalaureus
Bachelor of Arts.
Abbreviated A.B. or B.A. This is the undergraduate degree which is awarded by colleges and universities in the USA. It has been suggested that the medieval Latin term baccalaureus, "bachelor", was adapted from baccalarius, meaning "laborer" or "tenant". Artium Magister
Master of Arts.
Abbreviated A.M. or M.A. This is another university degree that is usually achieved after the A.B. or B.A. degree. a spe in spem
From hope to hope.
Assiduitate, non desidia.
By industry, not sloth.
Motto of King Williams's College, Isle of Man, U.K. asyndeton
Not + fastened together.
A rhetorical figure that gains brevity and force through the omission of connective words. In Julius Caesar's statement Veni, vidi, vici ("I came, I saw, I conquered") the conjunction et (and) has been omitted before vici. Audaces fortuna iuvat (juvat).
Fortune favors the bold.
Also given as Audentes fortuna iuvat. (Fortune favors the daring). This motto for the bold and successful and for those who aspire to success was cited by many Roman writers. The English proverb, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" provides another viewpoint of this Roman saying.
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