The end justifies the means
exitus ācta probat
| # | English | Latin |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rome wasn't built in a day | Roma non uno die aedificata est |
| 2 | actions speak louder than words | rēs, nōn verba |
| 3 | all roads lead to Rome | omnēs viae Rōmam dūcunt |
| 4 | all roads lead to Rome | omnibus viīs Rōmam pervenītur |
| 5 | all that glitters is not gold | nōn omne quod nitet aurum est |
| 6 | art is long, life is short | ars longa, vīta brevis |
| 7 | art is long, life is short | vita brevis, ars longa |
| 8 | barking dogs seldom bite | canis sine dentibus vehementius lātrat |
| 9 | birds of a feather flock together | pares cum paribus facillimē congregantur |
| 10 | charity begins at home | proximus egomet mihi |
| 11 | clothes don't make the man | cucullus non facit monachum |
| 12 | crime doesn't pay | culpam poena premit comes |
| 13 | desperate times call for desperate measures | extremis malis extrema remedia |
| 14 | don't count your chickens before they're hatched | ante victoriam ne canas triumphum |
| 15 | don't look a gift horse in the mouth | equī dōnātī dentēs nōn īnspiciuntur |
| 16 | don't look a gift horse in the mouth | equī dōnātī dentēs nōn sunt īnspiciendī |
| 17 | don't look a gift horse in the mouth | nōlī equī dentēs īnspicere dōnātī |
| 18 | e pluribus unum | ē plūribus ūnum |
| 19 | e pluribus unum | e pluribus unum |
| 20 | eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth | oculum pro oculo dentem pro dente |
| 21 | forewarned is forearmed | praemonitus praemunitus |
| 22 | fortune favors the bold | fortis Fortuna adiuvat |
| 23 | hunger is a good sauce | fames optimum condimentum |
| 24 | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in regione caecorum rex est luscus |
| 25 | in wine, there is truth | in vino veritas |
| 26 | know thyself | nōsce tē ipsum |
| 27 | know thyself | tēmet nōsce |
| 28 | knowledge is power | scientia potentia est |
| 29 | misery loves company | Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris |
| 30 | no news is good news | nulla nova bona nova |
| 31 | no pain, no gain | quī arat olīvētum, rogat fructum |
| 32 | no pain, no gain | quī stercorat, exōrat |
| 33 | no pain, no gain | quī caedit, cōgit |
| 34 | no pain, no gain | sine labōre nōn erit pānis in ōre |
| 35 | no pain, no gain | sine labōre nōn est pānis in ōre |
| 36 | out of sight, out of mind | procul ex oculis, procul ex mente |
| 37 | practice makes perfect | repetitio est mater studiorum |
| 38 | practice makes perfect | fabricando fit faber |
| 39 | seeing is believing | videre est credere |
| 40 | silence is golden | silentium est aurum |
| 41 | spare the rod and spoil the child | quī bene amat, bene castīgat |
| 42 | speak softly and carry a big stick | post verba verbera |
| 43 | sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof | sufficit diei malitia sua |
| 44 | the cowl does not make the monk | cucullus non facit monachum |
| 45 | the cowl does not make the monk | barba non facit philosophum |
| 46 | the end justifies the means | exitus ācta probat |
| 47 | the fish rots from the head | null piscis primum a capite foetet |
| 48 | the fox may grow grey but never good | lupus pilum mutat, non mentem |
| 49 | the more the merrier | melius abundāre quam dēficere |
| 50 | the pen is mightier than the sword | cedant arma togae |
| 51 | the voice of the people, the voice of God | vox populi vox dei |
| 52 | the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature | lupus pilum mutat, non mentem |
| 53 | there is nothing new under the sun | nihil sub sole novum |
| 54 | there is nothing new under the sun | nihil sub sole novi |
| 55 | there's no accounting for taste | de gustibus non est disputandum |
| 56 | there's no place like home | nullus est locus domestica sede iucundior |
| 57 | third time's a charm | omne trium perfectum |
| 58 | to each his own | suum cuique |
| 59 | to err is human | errare humanum est |
| 60 | to err is human | humanum est errare |
| 61 | to the victor go the spoils | ut ursus ire anguilla |
| 62 | to thine own self be true | quisque sibi verus |
| 63 | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | si fueris Rōmae, Rōmānō vīvitō mōre; si fueris alibī, vīvitō sīcut ibī |
| 64 | when the cat's away the mice will play | audācem reddit fēlis absentia murem |
| 65 | when the cat's away the mice will play | fēle comprehensā saltant murēs in mensā |
| 66 | when the cat's away the mice will play | quō nōn versantur cattī mures dominantur |
| 67 | you can't teach an old dog new tricks | senex psittacus negligit ferulam |