Latin Quotes Quotes

“The cart slowed as they came to a place so dark and quiet that it seemed as if they had entered some remote forest. Peeking beneath the hem of the cart's canvas covering, Garrett saw towering gates covered with ivy, and ghostly sculptures of angels, and solemn figures of men, women, and children with their arms crossed in resignation upon their breasts. Graveyard sculptures. A stab of horror went through her, and she crawled to the front of the cart to where West Ravenel was sitting with the driver.
"Where the devil are you taking us, Mr. Ravenel?"
He glanced at her over his shoulder, his brows raised. "I told you before- a private railway station."
"It looks like a cemetery."
"It's a cemetery station," he admitted. "With a dedicated line that runs funeral trains out to the burial grounds. It also happens to connect to the main lines and branches of the London Ironstone Railroad, owned by our mutual friend Tom Severin."
"You told Mr. Severin about all this? Dear God. Can we trust him?"
West grimaced slightly. "One never wants to be in the position of having to trust Severin," he admitted. "But he's the only one who could obtain clearances for a special train so quickly."
They approached a massive brick and stone building housing a railway platform. A ponderous stone sign adorned the top of the carriage entrance: Silent Gardens. Just below it, the shape of an open book emblazoned with words had been carved in the stone. Ad Meliora. "Toward better things," Garrett translated beneath her breath.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Hello Stranger

“Illam meae si partem animae tulit
Maturior vis, quid moror altera?
Nec carus aeque, nec superstes
Integer. Ille dies ultramque
Ducet ruinam.
[Wenn meinen besten Teil der Seele die Parzen vor der Zeit abrissen, was zaudert der andere, der mir nicht lieber, nicht überlebender ist! Ein Tag stürzt uns beide ins Grab.]”
― Michel de Montaigne, Die Essays Michel de Montaigne: Die Originalkopie des Buches

“Ratio et prudentia curas,
Non locus effusi late maris arbiter aufert.
[Was Sorgen zerstreut, ist Weisheit und Ruhe, nicht schöne Aussicht nach Hügeln und Meeren.]”
― Michel de Montaigne, Essays

“Amicitia vera, rara avis in terra!”
― Latin quote

“Përsëritja asht nana e dijes.”
― Rexhai Surroi, Besniku

“If the wind doesn't blow in the sails, then start rowing.”
― Unknown

“Inveniam viam aut faciam…”

“I will find a way or make one.”
― Hannibal, Hannibal

“Aut inveniam viam aut faciam…” ~Latin~

“I shall either find a way or make one.”
― Hannibal, Hannibal

“Si cades, cade fortis.”
― Barraq Abrar Balapati

“Dum spiro spero”
― susan fletcher, The Night in Question: A Novel