Latin Phrases: I

ipsa scientia potestas est
Knowledge itself is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)

in solitudo vivent, qui rem nimium bene gesserunt.
They, who were too successful, live in solitude.

divide et impera.
(Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great)
Divide and conquer.

animal bipes implume
Two-legged, featherless animal (Plato)

sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
But who will guard the guards themselves?

saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent
Often, the greatest minds lie hidden. (Titus Maccius Plautus)

Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi (Anonymous)
What Jupiter is allowed, the ox is not.

nihil est... simul et inventum et perfectum
Nothing is conceived and perfected at the same time. (Cicero)

modus omnibus in rebus (Plautus)
Moderation in everything.