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Translation please!
I think it begins with something about throwing this in with a grain of salt?

They're all famous Latin phrases. You'll know some of them at least - Carpe diem?

The die has been cast.
With a grain of salt.
Presumption of innocence. (Literally, in doubt for the sake of the thing)
Now let us drink.
By this sign, you shall win.
Willing or unwilling.
Money doesn't smell.
A full stomach does not study willingly.
First among equals.
Let there be light! That which was
to be shown.
Sieze the day! There is no
accounting for tastes.
While I breath, I hope.
Further yet! Repetition
is the mother of studies.

Edited Date: 2008-01-24 04:15 pm (UTC)

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I am tickled that "Now let us drink" is written on a Lego piece for small children.

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I also have eight overflowing beer mugs from them. The spills around the mug bases optionally snap on. You can tell it's not an American company!

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P.S. Praise where praise is due - obviously you DID recognize some of it, but then gave up before you got to other recognizable parts.

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Yes, I can pick out various bits of it, but I was trying to read it as a single paragraph, rather than just as a collection of sayings, because although i still remember bits of vocabulary, my grasp of Latin grammar is non-existant! :-)

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