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More Off-Topic Latin Tags

My particular favourite is, Si non oscillas, noli tintinnare, which was engraved on a brass plate above the Playboy Mansion’s doorbell. It means, “If you don’t swing, don’t ring.”

That has nothing to do with the election, but who knew Hugh Hefner was such an adept classicist?

My own philosophy is, Omnis homo mendax — Every man is a liar.

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