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  O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! - Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world! (Lucilius)

  O di immortales! - Good heavens! (uttered by Cicero on the Senate floor)

  O diem praeclarum! - Oh, what a beautiful day!

  O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! - An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero)

  O quam cito transit gloria mundi! - O how quickly passes the glory of the world!

  O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus)

  O tempora, O mores! - Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! (Cicero)

  O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! - Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!

  Obesa cantavit - The fat lady has sung

  Obiit (ob.) - He/she died

  Obiter (ob.) - In passing

  Obiter dictum - Something said in passing - parenthetical remark

  Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras! - I forgot to polish the clocks!

  Obscurum per obscurius - The obscure by means of the more obscure

  Obsta principiis - Resist the beginnings - Nip it in the bud

  Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur - Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease. (Publius Syrus)

  Occasio facit furem - Opportunity makes a thief

  Oderint dum metuant - Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca)

  Odi et amo - I hate (her), and I love (her) (Catullus)

  Odium theologicum - Theological hatred. (a special name for the hatred generated in theological disputes)

  Olevm addere camino - To pour fuel on the stove adding gasoline to a fire

  Olevm perdisti - You have lost oil you've wasted your time on this criticism for a misallocation of resources

  Olim habeas eorum pecuniam, numquam eam reddis: prima regula quaesitus - Once you have their money, you never give it back: the 1st rule of acquisiton

  Olim - Formerly

  Omne ignotum pro magnifico est - We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus)

  Omne initium est difficile - Every beginning is difficult

  Omne trium perfectum - Everything that comes in threes is perfect

  Omne tvlit pvnctvm qvi miscvit vtile dvlci - [he] has gained every point who has combined [the] useful [with the] agreeable

  Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant - All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus)

  Omnes deteriores svmvs licentia - Too much freedom debases us

  Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy

  Omnes una manet nox - The same night awaits us all. (Horace)

  Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat - All (hours) wound, the last kills. (inscription on solar clocks)

  Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid)

  Omnia mea mecum porto - All that is mine, I carry with me. (My wisdom is my greatest wealth) (Cicero)

  Omnia mihi lingua graeca sunt - It's all Greek to me

  Omnia mors aequat - Death equals all things

  Omnia munda mundis - Everything is pure to pure ones

  Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis - All things change, and we change with them

  Omnia mutantur, nihil interit - Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid)

  Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis - All things are changing, and we are changing with them

  Omnia vincit amor - Love conquers all

  Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori - Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil)

  Omnium gatherum - Assortment

  Omnium rerum principia parva sunt - Everything has a small beginning. (Cicero)

  Onus probandi - The burden of proof

  Opere citato (op. cit.) - In the work just quoted

  Optimis parentibus - To my excellent parents. A common dedication in a book

  Optimus magister, bonus liber - The best teacher is a good book

  Opus Dei - The work of God

  Ora et labora - Pray and work. (St. Benedict)

  Ora pro nobis - Pray for us

  Oratvr fit, poeta nascitvr - An orator is made [but] a poet is born

  Orbes volantes exstare - Flying saucers are real

  Orbiter dictum/dicta - Said by the way (miscellaneous remarks)

  Orcae ita - Pretty straightforward

  Ore rotundo - With full voice

  Osculare pultem meam! - Kiss my grits!

 

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