Vacca foeda - Stupid cow Vade in pace - Go in peace (Roman way of saying goodbye) Vae victis! - Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy) Vagans - Cruising Vale, lacerte! - See you later, alligator! Variatio delectat - There's nothing like change! (Cicero) Velle est posse - To be willing is to be able Veni vidi vici - I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar) Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home Venienti occurrite morbo - Meet the misfortune as it comes. (Persius) Ventis secundis, tene cursum - Go with the flow Ventis secundis, tene/tenete cursum - The winds being favorable, hold the course Verba de futuro - Words about the future Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet - Words fly away, the written (letter) remains Verbum sapienti sat est - A word to the wise is sufficient Veritas vincit - Truth conquers Veritas vos liberabit - The truth shall make you free Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt - I have jerks like you for breakfast Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts Vestigia terrent - The footprints frighten me. (Horace) Vestis virum reddit - The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus) Veto - I forbid Via media - A middle way or course Vice versa - In reverse Victis honor - Honour to the vanquished Victoria, non praeda - Victory, not loot Victurus te saluto - He who is about to win salutes you Vide et credere - See and believe Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor - I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? - Seen any good movies lately? Vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo, prospera omnia cedunt - By watching, by doing, by counsulting well, these things yield all things prosperous. (Sallust) Vincit omnia amor - Love conquers all Vincit omnia veritas - Truth conquers all Vincit qui se vincit - He conquers who conquers himself Vinculum unitatis - The bond of unity Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret - It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth Vinum et musica laetificant cor - Wine and music gladden the heart Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - A wise man does not urinate against the wind Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur - That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue) Vires acquirit eundo - It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil) Virtus in medio stat - Virtue stands in the middle Virtute et armis - By courage and by arms Virus - Poison or slime Vis comica - Sense of humour Vis medicatrix naturae - The healing power of nature Visa - Things seen Vita brevis, ars lunga - Life is short, art is long Vita luna! - Crazy life! Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is more than merely staying alive Vita sine libris mors est - Life without books is death Vitam impendere vero - To risk one's life for the truth Vitanda est improba siren desidia - One must steer clear of the wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace) Vitiis nemo sine nascitur - No-one is born without faults. (Horace) Vivos voco, mortuos plango - I call the living, I mourn the dead (on a church bell) Volo, non valeo - I am willing but unable Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores - You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. (Petrarch) Vultus est index animi - The face is the index of the soul/mind |