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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samloyal23" data-source="post: 7789525" data-attributes="member: 21432">Bone up on that Latin...1. Barba tenus sapientes ("Wise as far as his beard"): someone that looks intelligent but actually isn't2. Corvus oculum corvi non eruit ("A crow will not pull out the eye of another crow"): solidarity in the face of criticism3. Auribus teneo lupum ("Holding a wolf by the ears"): a shaky situation that will end badly no matter what happens4. Brutum fulmen ("Senseless thunderbolt"): an empty threat5. Carpe noctem ("Seize the night"): make the most of your time, specifically working through the night to finish something6. Castigat ridendo mores ("Laughing corrects morals"): the usefulness of comedy in affecting social change7. Panem et circenses ("Bread and circuses"): people being happy solely with food and entertainment8. Vox nihili ("Voice of nothing"): a pointless statement9. Cui bono? ("Who benefits?"): rhetorical question meaning whoever has the most to gain is most likely the guilty party10. Felix culpa ("Happy fault"): an error that eventually has a positive outcome11. Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto ("I am a human being so nothing human is strange to me"): showing respect for people simply because we are all human12. Hic manebimus optime ("Here we will stay, most excellently"): staying in an situation or location despite the fact that things have gone sour13. Ignotum per ignotius ("The unknown by the more unknown"): when trying to explain a situation becomes more confusing than the situation already is. 14. Caesar non supra grammaticos (“The Emperor is not above the grammarians.”): Everyone needs to follow the rules for them to work.15. Carpe noctem. (“Seize the night.”) Make the most of every night.16. Carthago delenda est (“Carthage is to be destroyed.”) 17. Et in Arcadia ego… (“And in Arcadia, I am…:”) 18. Ex nihilo nihil fit (“Nothing comes from nothing.”) There is no free lunch, you have to work for what you want.19. Hannibal ad portas (“Hannibal is at the gates.”) The bogeyman is here.20. Imperium in imperio (“An empire within an empire.”) A state within a state.21. Panem et circenses (“Bread and circuses”) Basic needs to keep people happy.22. Velocius quam asparagi coquantur (“Faster than you can cook asparagus.”) Something that happens quickly.</blockquote>

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