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(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

iacta alea est  - “the die is cast”. (famously attributed to julius caesar in 49BC when he led his army across the rubicon river and started a war. variations: alea iacta est; acta alia esto. there’s a great discussion on the variations in translations here if you’re interested!)

panem et circuses - bread and circuses. (read about it’s meaning here)

dulce periculum - live life on the edge

vivere memento - remember to live

omnia vincit amor - love conquers all

pulvis et umbra sumus - we are but dust and shadow

flectere si nequeo superos, acheronta movebo - if i cannot sway the heavens, i will raise hell

sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum - so i cant live either without you or with you

ubi dibium ibi libertas - when there is doubt, there is freedom

esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem

si vis amari, ama - if you wish to be loved, love.

utere, non numera - use the hours, don’t count them.

quod me nutrit me destruit - what nourishes me, destroys me. (meaning: that which drives a person can consume them from within).

Bilbo, to the company: Oh no. I, you know, hail from the southwest part of the forest.

The company: Huh? Is the Shire segregated by gender? Do they not have women in the southwest?

Bilbo: Nooo….I mean I hail from the southwest part of the forest. As in, the southwest?

The company:

Bilbo:

The Need to Stay