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    • What Is Quickly Gained, Is Quickly Lost

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 18, 2009
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    quod cito acquiritur cito perit
    What is quickly gained, is quickly lost.

    It Is Solved By Practice

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 18, 2009
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    solvitur ambulando
    It is solved by walking (by practice).

    All Is Well That Ends Well

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 17, 2009
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    si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit
    All is well that ends well.

    The Way To Hell Is Easy

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 11, 2008
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    facilis descensus Averno (Virgil)
    The way to hell is easy.

    Ages Erect Cities, One Hour Destroys Them

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 11, 2008
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    urbes constituit aetas, hora dissolvit
    Ages erect cities, one hour destroys them. (Anonymous)

    I Fear Greeks Even Carrying Gifts

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 11, 2008
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    timeo Danaos et dona ferentis
    I fear the Greeks even [when they are] carrying gifts (Virgil)

    But Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves?

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 11, 2008
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    sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
    But who will guard the guards themselves?

    Often, The Greatest Minds Lie Hidden

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 10, 2008
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    saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent
    Often, the greatest minds lie hidden. (Titus Maccius Plautus)

    The Road From The Earth To The Stars Is Not Easy

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 10, 2008
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    non est ad astra mollis e terris via
    The road from earth to the stars is not easy.
    (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a.k.a., Seneca the Younger).

    Nothing Is Conceived and Perfected at the Same Time

    Submitted by Latin Phrases on August 10, 2008
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    nihil est... simul et inventum et perfectum
    Nothing is conceived and perfected at the same time. (Cicero)