Many of the quotes and phrases that we use regularly today were coined by Roman writers in Latin and preserved throughout the years. Most of the famous quotes are part of larger texts but their meanings still have relevance today. Even more famous Latin quotes have been written by later students of the famous Roman writers and students of Latin.

Famous Latin quotes such as Virgils' "love conquers all things" are still used verbatim, but others such as a quote by Plautus, "Done is done, it cannot be made undone" have been slightly modified over the years but retain their original meaning.

Here is a list of some of the more common phrases in the original Latin and translated into English. See how many you recognize and use on a daily basis.

Timendi causa est nescire ~Seneca

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

Audentis fortuna iuvat ~Virgil

Fortune favors the brave.

Ipsa scientia potesta est ~Bacon

Knowledge itself is power.

Amor vincit omnia ~Virgil

Love conquers all things.

Lapsus linguae

A slip of the tongue

Carpe diem ~Horace

Seize the day.

Errare humanum est ~ Seneca the Younger

To err is human.

Credula res amor est ~ Ovid

In love you'll believe anything.

Nunc scio quid sit amor! ~ Virgil

Now I know what love is!

Dum vita est, spes est. ~ Cicero

While life is, hope is.

Ut sementem feceris, its metes. ~ Cicero

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Festina lente ~ Augustus Caesar

Make haste slowly.

Veni, vidi, vici! ~ Julius Caesar

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. ~ Cicero

The beginnings of all things are small.

Cogito ergo sum ~ Descartes

I think therefore I am.

Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. ~Ovid

Times are changing and we are changing with them.

Cum grano salis ~ Pliny the Elder

With a grain of salt.

Aspirat primo fortuna labori. ~ Virgil

Fortune smiles upon our first effort.

In virtute sunt multi ascensus. ~ Cicero

In excellence there are many degrees.

Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. ~ Caesar

Men gladly believe that which they wish for.

Alea iacta est. ~ Caesar

The die has been cast.

De nihilo nihil ~ Lucretius

Nothing comes from nothing

Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest. ~ Plautus

Done is done, it cannot be made undone.

Fama crescit eundo. ~ Virgil

The rumor grows as it goes.

In aere aedificare. ~ St. Augustine

Build castles in the air

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