Tuesday, October 24, 2006

- Q -

Dictionary of Latin Phrases and Proverbs: Q

quod me nutrit me destruit.
What nurishes me also destroys me.

qui audet adipiscitur
S/he who dares wins (or: s/he who wins dares)

quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur
Whom the gods love die young (only the good die young)

qui scribit bis legit
He who writes reads twice

qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit
He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.

qui tacet consentire
Who is silent gives consent.

quid ni?
why not?

quid novi?
What's new?

quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who will watch the watchers themselves?

quod erat demonstrandum
Which was to be proved

quod erat faciendum
Which was to be done

quot homines tot sententiac
So many men so many options

quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius ( Tabula Smaragdina or The Table of Emerald by Hermes Trismegistus).
As above so below

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