I need a ring, and I have been looking for one on etsy.  I want something fairly simple–a thick silver band.  There are quite a few with inscriptions available so I have been considering that.  Most of my favorite sayings are too long for these rings, but the first thing that came to mind was DFTBA, or Don’t Forget to Be Awesome.  Something I always live my life by.

But someone was offering rings with your favorite Latin inscription.  You know everything sounds more profound in Latin (nunc est bibendum
quid Latine dictum sit altum videtur).  So I compliled my list of awesome Latin phrases.  I put in italic (ha!) the ones I am most interested in….Opinions?

• alis volat propris “she flies with her own wings” (state motto of Oregon)
• caveat utilitor “let the user beware”
• cura te ipsum “take care of your own self”
• delectatio morosa “peevish delight”  (In Catholic theology, a pleasure taken in sinful thought or imagination, such as brooding on sexual images. It is distinct from actual sexual desire, and involves voluntary and complacent erotic fantasizing, without any attempt to suppress such thoughts.)
• disce quasi semper victurus “Learn as if always going to live”
• dulce periculum “danger is sweet”
• dura mater “tough mother” (also a part of the skull)
• ens causa sui ‘existing because of oneself’ (both anti-god & individualistic)
• de omnibus dubitandum “be suspicious of everything, doubt everything”
• hic et nunc “here and now”
• illegitimi non carborundum “don’t let the bastards get you down”
• In omnia paratus “Ready for anything.” (also, Gilmore Girls connection)
• memento mori “remember that [you will] die” (wunderkammern connection)
• nemo saltat sobrius “Nobody dances sober”
• Rara avis (Rarissima avis) “Rare bird” (”very rare bird”)
• res nullius “nobody’s thing”
• scientia vincere tenebras “Conquering darkness by science”
• scientia potentia est “For also knowledge itself is power”
• tempus edax rerum “time, devourer of all things”
• vide supra (v.s.)     “see above” (footnote joke)