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This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!

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Fabas indulcet fames Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good!
Faber est suae quisque fortunae Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus)
Faber quisque fortunae suae Each man (is) the maker of his own fortune
Fabriacate diem, punk Make (my) day, punk
Fabricati diem Make my day
Fac et spera Do and hope
Fac me cocleario vomere! Gag me with a spoon!
Fac ut nemo me vocet Hold my calls
Fac ut vivas Get a life
Facias ipse quod faciamus suades Practice yourself what you preach
Facie tenus Even to the face
Faciem durum cacantis habes You have the face of a man with severe constipation
Facies quails, mens talis As the countenance is, so is the mind
Facile princeps Acknowledged leader
Facilis descensvs averno The descent to Avernus (Hell) it's easy to fall, hard to rise
Facilius est multa facere quam diu It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. (Quintilianus)
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca)
Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)
Facsimile Make a similar one -- origin of the word fax.
Facta, non verba Deeds, not words (Actions speak louder than words)
Factis, non verbis With deeds, not with words
Factum est It is done
Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest Done is done, it cannot be made undone. (Plautus)
Factus est Dominus protector meus The Lord has been made my protector
Facundia difficilis Eloquence is difficult
Facundia felix Happy eloquence
Fallaces sunt rerum species The appearances of things are deceptive. (Seneca)
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus False in one thing, false in all
Fama crescit eundo The rumour grows as it goes. (Vergil)
Fama nihil est celerius Nothing is swifter than rumor
Fama perennis erit Fame will be everlasting
Fama semper vivat May his/her fame last forever
Fama semper vivit Fame lives always
Fama volat The rumour has wings. (Vergil)
Famae studiosus honestae Zealous of honorable fame
Famae vestigial retinens Keeping to the footsteps of fame
Faman extendimus factis We extend our reputation by deeds
Fames est optimus coquus Hunger is the best cook
Familias firmat pietas Religion strengthens families
Fari fac Make him speak out
Fari quae sentias To speak what you think
Fari quae sentiat To speak what he thinks
Fari qui sentient To speak what they shall feel
Farrago fatigans! Thuffering thuccotash!
Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies. Publius Ovidius Naso [Metamorphoses]
Fas est et ab hoste doceri We can learn even from our enemies
Fata viam invenient The fates will find a way
Fato providential major Providence is greater than fate
Fato prudential major Wisdom is greater than fate
Faveat fortuna May fortune favor
Favente Deo By God’s favor
Favente Deo, supero By the favor of God I succeed
Favente numine By the favor of Providence
Faventibus auris With favoring breeze
Favete linguis To keep a (religious) silence. (Horace)
Fax mentis honesta gloria Honest fame is the torch of the mind
Fax mentis incendium gloriae The torch of the mind is the incitement to glory
Fecit (fec.) Made by
Fecunditate afficior I am blessed with fruitfulness
Feles mala! Bad kitty!
Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui. Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it.
Felicem reddet religio Religion will render man happy
Felicior quo certior The happier, the surer
Feliciter floret Flourishes prosperously
Felis qvi nihil debet Happy [is] he who owes nothing
Felix Happy
Felix culpa Happy fault
Felix qui pacificus Happy is the peacemaker
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. Vergil
Felix sit anno novus Happy new year
Femina Indomabilis Indomitable Woman
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar)
Ferendo et feriendo By bearing and striking
Ferendo feres You will gain by enduring
Ferendum et sperandum Enduring and hoping
Feret ad astra It shall carry to heaven
Feret ad astra virtus Virtue shall bear to the stars
Ferio, tego I strike, I cover (I strike and defend)
Ferme en foy Strong in faith
Feroci fortior More brave than fierce
Feror unus et idem I am borne along one and the same
Feros ferio I strike the fierce
Ferox inimicis Bold against enemies
Ferro comite The sword my companion
Ferro consulto I appeal to the sword
Fert lauream fides Faith bears the laurel
Fertur discrimine fructus Profit is gained by peril
Festina lente. Make haste slowly. (Suetonius)
Fiat Let it be done
Fiat Dei voluntas Let God’s will be done
Fiat exhibeo heraldicus Let there be heraldic display
Fiat heraldica Let there be heraldry
Fiat justitia ruat coelum Let justice be done, though heaven should fall in ruins -- attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus.
Fiat justitia, pereat mundus! Let there be justice, even if the world perishes! (Johannes Manlius)
Fiat lux (et facta est lux) Let there be light (and there was light) -- from Genesis, also the motto of the University of California and Angelo State University.
Fiat voluntas Dei Let God’s will be done
Fiat volvntas tua Let Thy will [be done] (Biblical)
Fide et amore By fidelity and love
Fide et armis By fidelity and arms
Fide et constantia By fidelity and constancy
Fide et diligentia By fidelity and diligence
Fide, non armis By faith, not arms
Fidei Defensor (Fid Def or fd) Defender of the Faith -- a title given to Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X on October 17, 1521 before Henry became an heresiarch. Appears on all British coins, usually abbreviated.
Fides punica Treachery. (Livy) (lit. Carthaginian fidelity)
Fides quaerens intellectum Faith seeking understanding
Fidus Achates Faithful Achates (friend)
Filioque And from the son
Filius nullius A bastard
Finem respice Look to the end [before setting forth]
Finis The end
Finis coronat opus The ending crowns the work. (Ovid)
Flagrante delicto Literally while the crime is blazing. Caught red-handed, in the very act of a crime
Flamma fumo est proxima Flame follows smoke. (Plautus)
Flatus cerebri Brain fart (Gangalius)
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo. If I can not move the gods, I will set the forces of the underworld in motion. (Publius Vergilius Maro [The Aeneid])
Flocci non facio I don't give a damn
Floreat regina regina May it flourish. (The motto of the City of Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)
Floruit He flourished. A period of flourishing (as of a person or movement).
Fluctuat nec mergitur Float but never sink, the motto of Paris.
Foedus sed meus It’s ugly but it’s mine
Fons et origo The wellspring and origin.
Foras gradiamur Let's step outside!
Forma bonum fragile est Good form is fragile
Fors fortis Fat chance
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
Forsan miseros meliora sequentur For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil)
Fortasse meas cupiditates non intellegis Perhaps you do not understand my desires
Fortes et liber Strong and free. (Alberta)
Fortes fortuna adiuvat Fortune favors the brave. (Terence)
Fortis et liber Strong and free
Fortiter Fideliter Forsan Feliciter Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo Resolutely in action, gently in manner. (To do unhesitatingly what must be done but accomplishing it as inoffensively as possible)
Fortiter procedere Boldly go
Fortitudine vincimus By endurance we conquer
Fortitudo est domina et regina virtutem Courage is the mistress and queen of all virtues
Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat The fortune is preparing friends, the abundance is testing them
Fortuna caeca est Fortune is blind. (Cicero)
Fortuna fortes metuit, ignavos permit Fortune fears the brave and crushes the cowardly
Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!
Fractum Jalopy
Frangar non flectar I am broken, I am not deflected
Frater, ave atque vale Brother, hello and good-bye. (Catullus)
Frena pro feris teneo I brake for animals
Fronti nulla fides No reliance can be placed on appearance. (don't judge a book by its cover)
Fructu non folis arborem aestima Judge the tree by its fruit, not by its leaves
Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione quadraturae circuli Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544)
Fugit hora The hour flies
Functus officio Having discharged his duty and thus ceased to have any authority over a matter
Furnulum pani nolo I don't want a toaster
Furor heraldicus Heraldic frenzy
Furor poeticus Poetic frenzy
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