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Latin Phrases: Q

Latin phrases containing words that begin with letter Q.

What Is Quickly Gained, Is Quickly Lost

quod cito acquiritur cito perit
What is quickly gained, is quickly lost.

Do Not Ask What Tomorrow Brings

quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere
Do not ask what tomorrow brings. (Horace)

What I Have Written, I Have Written

quod scripsi, scripsi
What I have written, I have written.

That, Which Is Absurd (QEA)

quod est absurdum
That, which is absurd.

Who Can Deceive A Lover?

quis fallere possit amantem? (Virgil)
Who can deceive a lover?

How Are You?

quomodo vales?
How are you?

But Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves?

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

What Jupiter Is Allowed, the Ox Is Not

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

They Pass Judgment On What They Do Not Comprehend

damnant quod non intellegunt
They pass judgement on what they do not comprehend.
(Cicero - Roman statesman, lawyer, philospher and orator)

God Will Also Put An End To This

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dabit deus his quoque finem (Virgil)
God will put also put an end to this.