Irregular Verbs

• A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality
• Adeunt etiam optima. The best is yet to be. (i.e, is approaching)
• Cito fit quod di volunt. What the gods wish happens quickly. (Petronius)
• Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest. Done is done, it cannot be made undone. (Plautus, Aulularia)
• in posse - In possibility
• Ipsa scientia potestas est. Knowledge itself is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
• Malo quod teneo, quam quod spero. I prefer what I have to what I hope for. (i.e., a bird in the hand...) St. Augustine
• Melius est iniuriam ferre quam inferre. It is better to bear a wrong than to inflict one.
• Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te. (Martial) I can’t live with you, I can’t live without you.
• Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi. But nobody can rule who cannot also be ruled. (Seneca Philosophus, De ira)
• Nihil fit sine causa. Nothing happens without a reason.
• Non omnia possumus omnes. We cannot all do everything. (Vergilius, Eclogae)
• Omnes viae ad Romam ferunt. All roads bring you to Rome.
• Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid)
• Possunt quia posse videntur. (Vergil) They are able because they seem to be able.
• Qui totum vult, totum perdit. He who wants the whole thing loses it all.
• Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt. Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace)
• Sic transit gloria mundi. So passes the glory of the world.
• Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus)
• Vae, puto, deus fio! Alas, I think I'm becoming a god! (Vespasian's last words)
• Velle est posse. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
• Volens et potens - Willing and able

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