Your Favorite Roman Latin Quotes Maxims Mottos Sayings ?

[Jona Lendering]

philosophum non facit barba
A beard doesn't make a philosopher.
Plutarch

Which reminds me of Primum vivere dein philosophari, which is hard to translate. Personally, I think that "First life, then philosophy" is not really clear, but perhaps a native speaker of the English language sees no problem. Anyhow, no language can beat Brecht's "Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral" (from the Three Penny Opera) which is even better than the Latin original. :wink: