Motto

[Illustrious]

All the best mottos are, of course, in Latin. A few of my favourites:

DE GUSTIBUS NIL DISPUTANDUM

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT

SEMPER UBI SUB UBI

CARPE LUCREM ET FUGI

QUANTUM EST ILLE CANIS IN FENESTRA?

Open to anyone who cares to translate them.....

 

[cgannon64]

Originally posted by ShiplordAtvar
Be a Man among Men

When you stop to think about that phrase, it doesn't make much sense, does it?

 

[betazed]

Originally posted by Illustrious
All the best mottos are, of course, in Latin. A few of my favourites:

DE GUSTIBUS NIL DISPUTANDUM

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT

SEMPER UBI SUB UBI

CARPE LUCREM ET FUGI

QUANTUM EST ILLE CANIS IN FENESTRA?

Open to anyone who cares to translate them.....

No disputing about tastes.

Thru struggle to the stars.

No one wounds me with impunity.

{Don't know the next one}

Grab the money before it flies.

{Don't know the last one.}

My personal favorite latin motto is

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis

 

[cgannon64]

4th: Always wear underwear. (Its fake Latin...ubi is "where".)

Funny that I take Latin and only know the bootleg phrases.

 

[ShiplordAtvar]

Originally posted by cgannon64
When you stop to think about that phrase, it doesn't make much sense, does it?

*apologizes in advance for the off-topic direct reply in the forum*

It does, if you're a Rhodesian man, and you wish to do the manly thing and defend your country. Being a soldier is ever so slightly more manly than being an interior decorator or a male prostitute. Being a man among men doesn't necessarily refer to a group of homosexuals, mind you. In a group of soldiers, there can exist a spirit of camaraderie that binds them together. And if they need a break from being around men only, they can always go purchase the services of a harlot.

That being said, nobody's making you buy the t-shirt.

 

[cgannon64]

Originally posted by ShiplordAtvar
*apologizes in advance for the off-topic direct reply in the forum*

It does, if you're a Rhodesian man, and you wish to do the manly thing and defend your country. Being a soldier is ever so slightly more manly than being an interior decorator or a male prostitute. Being a man among men doesn't necessarily refer to a group of homosexuals, mind you. In a group of soldiers, there can exist a spirit of camaraderie that binds them together. And if they need a break from being around men only, they can always go purchase the services of a harlot.

That being said, nobody's making you buy the t-shirt.

OK, I see.

I've heard it used as saying "You're a man among men" meaning you're a better man than everyone else, which doesn't make much sense.

Your usage makes more sense.

 

[The Last Conformist]

QUANTUM EST ILLE CANIS IN FENESTRA?

"How much is that dog in the window?"

Originally posted by betazed

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis

Something like "I doubt the Greeks even when they give"?

 

[SanPellegrino]

Originally posted by The Last Conformist
Something like "I doubt the Greeks even when they give"?

Isn't it "I fear the Carthaginians even when they bring presents?" and what does it mean as a motto for modern life ? or is it also joke latin? because IIRC it is ferentes not ferentis

 

[betazed]

It translates to "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts."

 

[The Last Conformist]

Well, I almost got it, didn't I?

 

[SanPellegrino]

Originally posted by betazed
It translates to "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts."

mm, I am pretty sure the Danians where the name the Romans had for Carthago, would make more sense historically also.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Danai are Greeks, I'm quite positive.

 

[SanPellegrino]

sorry, yes you are right, don't know where I got that from

 

[betazed]

Originally posted by The Last Conformist
Well, I almost got it, didn't I?

Of course you did, TLC. I was not correcting you, just refining.

 

[sourboy]

Temet nosce & carpe diem.

 

[Achinz]

A motto on many domestic toilet doors in Oz:

"We aim to please, you aim too please".

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

"The only rights a man has, are the ones he give himself"

 

[jack merchant]

Originally posted by SanPellegrino
Isn't it "I fear the Carthaginians even when they bring presents?" and what does it mean as a motto for modern life ? or is it also joke latin? because IIRC it is ferentes not ferentis

It is ferentes IIRC. The quote is from (again IIRC) the Trojan priest Laocöon in reference to the famous horse which the Greeks supposedly left behind as a gift to the gods but in actual fact concealed the men who opened the gates of holy Troy.

I don't think it means a lot for modern life, unless you're prejudiced against the Greeks .

More on topic, my sig of course contains some wise advice too .

 

[Bigfoot]

"Nothing exceeds like excess."

"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me."

"Murphy was an optimist."

"Ignorance breeds."

 

[Alexnm]

Pretty girls make graves.