# What's your Latin motto?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-latin-motto/296367>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-latin-motto/296367 "2005-03-26T16:30:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-latin-motto/296367/61 "2005-03-29T01:00:17Z")

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I stole this from somewhere, but I don’t remember where:

Carpe per diem

which I translate as “seize the (pay)check.”

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-latin-motto/296367/62 "2005-03-29T01:07:47Z")

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Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare.

“He who wishes to give little should not ask for much.”

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