Latin Quote by Anonymous

“Speaking Latin properly is indeed to be held in the highest regard – not just because of its own merits, but in fact because…

— Cicero

But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay there's truth in…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.

— Peter Brodie

A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.

— Miguel de Cervantes

When you are not in agreement with someone, we Latin people are loud when we argue.

— Aroldis Chapman

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

— William James

Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips…

— Saint Augustine

“A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up the details...”

— George Orwell

Whatever you have read I have said is almost certainly untrue, except if it is funny, in which case I definitely said it.

— Tallulah Bankhead

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

— Gloria Naylor

“English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language of a…

— Paul Scott

There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]

— Ovid