Just because a language is dead doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can learn. Translations are included for those of us who may not know latin very well.
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“Sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Translation: But what a woman says to her lover it is best to write in the wind and in the swiftly. flowing water”-Catullus
“Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori.
Translation: Love conquers all things; let us yield to love.-Virgil
“Serva me, servabo te.
Translation: Save me and I will save you.-Petronius Arbiter
“Amor gignit amorem.
Translation: Love begets love.-Unknown
“Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
Translation: Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.-Publilius Syrus and Laberius
“Ammor magnus doctor est.
Translation: Love is a great teacher.-Saint Augustine of Hippo
“Militat omnis amans.
Translation: Every lover is a soldier. Love is a warfare-Ovid, Amorum. I. 9. 1.
“Amantium iræ amoris redintegratio est.
Translation: The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.-Terence
“Qui non vult fieri desidiosus, amet.
Translation: Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.-Ovid, Amorum. I. 9. 46.
“Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit.
Translation: True love will hold on to those whom it has held.-Seneca
“Amans iratus multa mentitur.
Translation: An angry lover tells himself many lies.-Publilius Syrus
“Amantes sunt amentes.
Translation: Lovers are crazy.-Unknown
“Si vis amari, ama.
Translation: If you want to be loved, love.-Seneca
“Quid me nutrit me destruit.
Translation: What nourishes me also destroys me.-Latin proverb
“Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
Translation: Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow.-Horace, Odes
“cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet.
Translation: May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.-Pervigilium Veneris
“Ama me fideliter, Fidem meam toto, Decorde totaliter, Et ex mente tota, Sum presentialiter, Absens in remota.
Translation: Love me faithfully, See how I am faithful, With all my heart and all my soul, I am with you, even though I am far away-Unknown
“Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet.
Translation: Friendship always benefits, love sometimes injures.-Seneca and Publilius Syrus
“Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem.
Translation: It is difficult at once to relinquish a long-cherished love.-Catullus, Carmina, LXXVI. 13.
“Semper Fidelis.
Translation: Always Faithful.-Unknown
“Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur.
Translation: We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving.-Syrus
“Fluctuat nec mergitur.
Translation: It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink.-Unknown
“Amor caecus est.
Translation: Love is blind.-Unknown
“Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat.
Translation: When a woman weeps she is setting a trap with her tears.-Unknown
“Amor aeternus.
Translation: Love forever.-Unknown