Latin quotation of the day

Wow, George. I thought that Helen of Troy said that.

I believe it was Helen who said:
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
(Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?)

Today's quotation is from Julius Caesar's Commentaries:

Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.

Men gladly believe that which they wish for.

(As true now as the day old Julius wrote it.)

Now a word from Horace (Satire I):

Amoto quaeramus seria ludo.
Joking aside, let's pursue serious matters.

This is the Latin equivalent of "But, seriously, folks..."

Pons Asinorum

Bridge of Asses

This is the name schoolmasters of old gave to fifth proposition of Euclid's
Elements (that the two angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are
equal). The idea is that this is the first proposition encountered by
geometry students that requires any degree of reasoning and the dull
student would have difficulty getting over it.

Mutatis mutandis

Having changed the things that had to be changed

Wonderful economy of expression!

George, What in the world is with all this Latin stuff?

Sic semper tyrannis

Letty telling her dog whose name is Tyrant to get Semper who is attempting to break into her house.

Ok..ok. So it's not as good as yours.

Just amusing myself, Letty.
(Down, Tyrant!)

In hoc signo vinces.

In this sign you will conquer.

The Emperor Constantine is said to have seen these words in a vision of
the cross prior to his victory over his rival Maxentius in 312.

The phrase is the motto of the College of the Holy Cross as well as the
motto written beneath the coat of arms on the package of Pall Mall
cigarettes.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

After this, therefore because of this

A logical fallacy also known as "coincidental correlation". Just because I
gained three pounds after all those holiday parties doesn't mean I gained
three pounds because of those holiday parties. On the other hand...