Labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil) Labra lege - Read my lips Latet anguis in herba - A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil) Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin Laudant illa, sed ista legunt - Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis) Laudatores temporis acti - Praisers of time past Lectio brevior lectio potior - The shortest reading is the more probable reading Lege et lacrima - Read it and weep Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus - The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid) Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar) Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes - Our thoughts are free. (Cicero) Liberate Te Ex Inferis - Save yourself from hell Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) Liberum arbitrium - Free will Licentia liquendi - Liberty of speaking Licentia poetica - Poetic licence. (Seneca) Litoralis - Beach bum Locus classicus - The most authoritative source Locus enim est principum generationis rerum - For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon) Lupus in fabula - The wolf in the tale (i.e. speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence) Lux et veritas - Light and Truth |