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Translated Into Latin

Quotes that were originated in a different language but are well-known in their Latin translation.

What I Have Written, I Have Written

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

Woe To The Solitary Person

vae soli
Woe to the solitary person. (Ecclesiastes, 4:10)

Two-Legged Featherless Animal (i.e., a Human Being)

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

I Think, Therefore I Am

Cogito, ergo sum
(Rene Descartes - French philosopher, writer, scientist and mathematician.)
I think, therefore I am.

Art [of Medicine] Is Long, Life Is Short

ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short.
(Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician)

(Do Not Give) A Sword To A Boy

ne puero gladium
[Do not give] a sword to a boy.