Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas - Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid) Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. (Cicero) Saepe stilum vertas - May you often turn the stylus (You should make frequent corrections.) Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit - I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken Sapere aude! - Dare to be wise! (Horace) Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat - A wise man states as true nothing he does not prove (don't swear to anything you don't know firsthand) Sat sapienti - Enough for a wise man. (Plautus) Satius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis, quam innocentem damnari - It is better that a crime is left unpunished than that an innocent man is punished. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! - I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals! Scito te ipsum - Know yourself Scribere est agere - To write is to act Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal) Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - He who feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear of failure, he did nothing.) (Horace) Semper fidelis - Always faithful (US Marines Motto) Semper Gumby - Always flexible (United States Air Forces, Europe, Contracting squadron motto) Semper idem - Always the same thing. (Cicero) Semper Letteris Mandate - Always get it in writing! Semper paratus - Always ready (US Coast Guard Motto) Semper Primus - Always first (US Army Pathfinder motto) Semper ubi sub ubi ubique - Always wear underwear everywhere Sequens mirabitur aetas - The following age will be amazed Serva me, servabo te - Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter) Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities Si fecisti nega! - If you did it, deny it (stonewall!) Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit - If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well) Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere - If it ain't broke, don't fix it Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.' Si post fata venit gloria non propero - If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry (if one must die to be recognised, I can wait) Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses - If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. (Boethius) Si vis amari, ama - If you wish to be loved, love. (Seneca) Sic ad nauseam - And so on to the point of causing nausea Sic faciunt omnes - Everyone is doing it Sic itur ad astra - Such is the path to the stars (i.e. gain reputation) (Vergil) Sic volo, sic iubeo - I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis) Silent enim leges inter arma - Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero) Sine die - Without a day (being set) Sine ira et studio - Without anger or bias. (Tacitus) Sine nobilitatis - Without nobility (SNOB) Sit vis nobiscum - May the Force be with you Sobria inebrietas - Sober intoxication Sol omnibus lucet - The sun shines upon us all. (Petronius) Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt - They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus) Sona si latine loqueris - Honk if you speak Latin Spectaculorum procedere debet - The show must go on Spemque metumque inter dubiis - Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil) Spero nos familiares mansuros - I hope we'll still be friends Splendor sine occasu - Splendour without end Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes - It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus) Sub secreto - In secret Sub silentio - In silence Sub sole nihil novi est - There's nothing new under the sun Subucula tua apparet - Your slip is showing Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi - An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity Sui generis - Of one's own kind Summa cum laude - With highest honor Summam scrutemur - Let's look at the bottom line Summum ius, summa iniuria - The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero) Sumptus censum ne superet - Let not your spending exceed your income (live within your means) Suo jure - In one's rightful place Suos cuique mos - Everyone has his customs. (Gellius) Sursum corda - (lift) up (your) hearts Suum cuique pulchrum est - To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero) |