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| faber est quisque fortunae suae (L) Every man is the architect of his own fortune. — Sallust, De Republica 1: 1. |
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| facile est inventis addere (L) It is easy to add to things already invented. |
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| facilis descensus Averno (L: the descent to Avernus is easy) The road to evil is easy. — Virgil, Aeneis 6: 126. |
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| facit indignatio versum [versus] (L) Indignation makes verse [verses]. — Juvenal, Satirae 1: 79. |
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| facta non verba (L) deeds, not words. |
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| faex [faeces] populi (L) the scum of the people (cf. Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem 2: 9: 5). |
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| fama clamosa (L) public scandal. |
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| fama semper vivat! (L) May his [her] fame last forever! |
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| fas est et ab hoste doceri (L) It is right to learn even from an enemy. — Ovid, Metamorphoses 4: 428. |
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| fata obstant (L) The Fates oppose. — Virgil, Aeneis 4: 440. |
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| fata viam invenient (L) The Fates will find out a way. — Virgil, Aeneis 10: 113. |
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| fatti maschii, parole femine (It.) Deeds (are) manly, words womanish. (米国 Maryland 州のモットーの一つ; ただしこのモットーでは ‘Manly deeds, womanly words'の意と解される) |
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| favete linguis (L: favor with your tongues) Be silent. — Horace, Odae 3: 1: 2. |
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| felicitas multos habet amicos (L) Prosperity has many friends. (cf. donec eris…) |
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| fendre un cheveu en quatre (F: to split a hair in four) to split hairs. |
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| festina lente (L) Make haste slowly. |
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| fiat lux (L) Let there be light. — Gen. 1: 3. |
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| fide, sed cui vide (L) Trust, but see whom (you are trusting). |
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| finis coronat opus (L) The end crowns the work. |
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| flamma fumo est proxima (L: flame is very near to smoke) Where there's smoke there's fire. — Plautus, Curculio 1: 1: 53. |
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| flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo (L: if I cannot move the gods I will move Acheron) I will do everything to obtain the end. — Virgil, Aeneis 7: 312. |
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| foenum habet in cornu (L: he has hay on his horn) Beware of him. — Horace, Satirae 1: 4: 34 (秣(まぐさ)を角につけることで危険な牛を見分けたことから). |
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| forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit (L) Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to call even these things to mind. — Virgil, Aeneis 1: 203. |
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| fortes fortuna (ad)juvat (L) Fortune favors the brave. — Terence, Phormio 1: 4: 26. |
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| forti et fideli nihil difficile (L) Nothing is difficult to the brave and faithful. |
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| fortiter in re, suaviter in modo (L) forcibly in deed, gentle in manner. |
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| fortuna favet fatuis [fortibus] (L) Fortune favors fools [the brave]. |
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| fortuna vitrea est; tum, cum splendet, frangitur (L) Fortune is glass; just when it becomes bright, it is broken. — Publilius Syrus, Sententiae 284. |
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| froides mains, chaud amour [chaudes amours] (F) Cold hands (is the sign of) warm heart(s). |
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| fronti nulla fides (L) There is no trusting to appearances. — Juvenal, Satirae 2: 8. |
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| fugit hora (L) The hour flies. — Persius, Satirae 5: 153. |
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| fugit irreparabile tempus (L) Irrecoverable time glides away. — Virgil, Georgica 3: 284. |
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| fuimus Troes; fuit Ilium (L: we once were Trojans, Troy is no more) We have seen better days. — Virgil, Aeneis 2: 325. |
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| fulmen brutum ⇒本文 brutum fulmen. |
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| furor arma ministrat (L) Rage provides arms. — Virgil, Aeneis 1: 150. |
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