Life is short and other philosophical phrases

vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam

the shortness of life prevents us from entertaining far-off hopes



"bis vincit qui se vincit"

 ("he/she who prevails over himself/herself is twice victorious")



virtus et scientia

virtue and knowledge




vivat crescat floreat

 may it live, grow, and flourish!



vivere est cogitare

To live is to think

Cicero. Compare with "cogito ergo sum".

Cogito ergo sum (French: "Je pense donc je suis"; English: "I think, therefore I am") is a philosophical Latin statement proposed by René Descartes. The simple meaning of the phrase is that someone wondering whether or not he or she exists is, in and of itself, proof that something, an "I", exists to do the thinking.

vive memor leti

 live remembering death

(Persius. Compare with "memento mori")is a Latin phrase translated as
 "Remember your mortality",
 "Remember you must die" or
 "Remember you will die"



vita incerta, mors certissima

Life is uncertain, death is most certain

In simpler English, "The most certain thing in life is death".








Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito_ergo_sum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28V%29