220 Quotations with Latin.
- 21. Ambrose Bierce: ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a pl ...
- 22. Ambrose Bierce: TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful der ...
- 23. Ambrose Bierce: ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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- 24. Ambrose Bierce: YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the mo ...
- 25. Ambrose Bierce: Happiness, noun. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of ...
- 26. Mike Kellen: Etymology, n.:
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- 27. Robin Williams: Ah yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through ...
- 28. H. L. Mencken: All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them ...
- 29. Ed Moran: CALIFORNIA: From Latin 'calor', meaning "heat" (as in English 'calorie' or Spani ...
- 30. Heinrich Heine: The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obl ...
- 31. Sir Eric Ashby: The engineer is the key figure in the material progress of the world. It is his ...
- 32. Carl Sagan: If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason ...
- 33. Anna Lappe: Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the ...
- 34. H. L. Mencken: All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them ...
- 35. Katharine Hepburn: Enemies are so stimulating.
- 36. Robin Williams: Ah, divorce. The Latin word meaning to rip a man's genitals out through his wall ...
- 37. John F. Kennedy: Who can tell who will be the President a year from now? -- John F. Kennedy, spea ...
- 38. Ambrose Bierce: Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of anoth ...
- 39. T.S. Eliot: We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that ...
- 40. Latin Hymn of the 15th century: Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Our triumphant holy day; Who did once upon the cro ...
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