- Sic semper tyrannis
- Sic semper tyrannis (Wikipedia)
Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning “thus always to tyrants”. In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. The phrase also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants.
The beginnings of all things are small.
Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum- The Latin specific epithet vulgaris means “common”.
- The motto “God be with us as He was with our fathers” comes from 1 Kings, 8:57
- There are likely several English iterations of Henry II’s original quote because it had to be translated; Henry, though he understood many languages, spoke only Latin and French.
Veni, vidi, vici
Julius Caeser- Veni, vidi, vici (Wikipedia)
Veni, vidi, vici (Classical Latin: [ˈu̯eːniː ˈu̯iːd̪iː ˈu̯iː.kiː], Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈveːni ˈviːd̪i ˈviː.t͡ʃi]; “I came; I saw; I conquered”) is a Latin phrase used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory. The phrase is popularly attributed to Julius Caesar who, according to Appian, used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate around 47 BC after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela (modern-day Zile, Turkey).