latin phrases worth knowing:

latin phrases worth knowing:    

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language)

  • ad astra per aspera to the stars through difficulties
  • alis volat propriis – he flies by his own wings
  • amantium irae amoris integratio est – the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love
  • ars longa, vita brevis art is long, life is short
  • aut insanity homo, aut versus facit – the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses
  • dum spiro spero – while I breathe, I hope
  • ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem – with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty
  • exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior – I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad
  • experiential docet – experience teaches
  • helluo librorum – a glutton for books (bookworm)
  • in libras libertas – in books, freedom
  • littera scripta manet – the written letter lasts
  • mens regnum bona possidet – an honest heart is a kingdom in itself
  • mirabile dictu – wonderful to say
  • nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit – there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part
  • omnia iam fient quae posse negabam – everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now
  • poeta nascitur, non fit – the poet is born, not made
  • qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit – let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it
  • saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit – often, it is not advantageous to know what will be
  • sedit qui timuit ne non succederet – he who feared he would not succeed sat still
  • si vis pacem, para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war
  • struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat – when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears
  • sub rosa – under the rose
  • trahimir omnes laudis studio – we are led on by our eagerness for praise
  • urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit – he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble
  • ut incepit fidelis sic permanet – as loyal as she began, so she remains

Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse by Vetsch Architektur in Switzerland
An earth-covered, subterranean community of nine homes. The daytime
areas are situated towards the south, the nighttime area towards the
north. In the middle, you find the bathrooms and the connecting stairs
to the basement. Natural light is provided through sunlights in the
living roof.

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

A high-precision,
three-dimensional survey of 21 different species of trees has revealed
an as-yet unknown cycle of subtle canopy movement during the night. Such
‘sleep cycles’ differed from one species to another. Detection of
anomalies in overnight movement could become a future diagnostic tool to
reveal stress or disease in crops. 

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it