#latin

Facilis descensus Averno: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. ↗

— Virgil the aeneid

#latin #inspirational

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done. ↗

— J. L. Austin

#come #commonly #done #going #happen

Ad astra per aspera- From the mud to the stars ↗

— Jessica Warman

#latin #inspirational

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. ↗

— Unknown Philosopher

#inspirational #latin #philosophy #truth #wisdom

Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies. ↗

— Ovid

#latin #philosophy #enemy

I have never been so calculating as to sing some Barry White song to get a girl. But I do think it's very romantic to cook dinner and sit around the piano at night and sing together. ↗

— John Stamos

#barry #barry white #been #calculating #cook

Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.) ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#latin #ignorance

There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#latin #language

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes] ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#hell #latin #motto #comedy

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#hispanic-american #identity #latina #latina-american #latino-american