The Latin Library See the biography and works of the Roman legends, philosophers and scholars of the Roman Times. Forum Romanum Discover. This site contains Latin words and phrases as used today in the legal world. Rest without reading is like dying and being buried alive. Fortuna multis dat nimis, nulli satis.
Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough.
To accept a favour is to sell freedom. Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur. Nobody should be punished for his thoughts. Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur. Good laws are born of bad customs.