- 1. Caveat Emptor
(KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware” - 2. Persona Non Grata
(puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person” - 3. Habeas Corpus
(HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body” - 4. Cogito Ergo Sum
(CO-gee-toe ER-go SOME): “I think, therefore I am” - 5. E Pluribus Unum
(EE PLUR-uh-buhs OOH-nuhm): “Out of many, one” - 6. Quid Pro Quo
(kwid proh KWOH): “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” - 7. Ad Hominem
(ad HAH-mi-nem): “To attack the man” - 8. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
(ad-MA-yor-em DAY-ee GLOR-ee-um): “All for the Greater Glory of God” - 9. Memento Mori
(meh-MEN-toh MOR-ee): “Remember, you must die” - 10. Sui Generis
(SOO-ee JEN-er-is): “Of its own genus,” or “Unique and unable to classify”
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