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vita (s), vitae (pl)
1. A brief account of someone's life.
2. A brief summary of a person's career and accomplishments.
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(Latin: life, living, pertaining to life, essential to life)
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Cum dubia in certis versetur vita pericli pro lucro tibi pone diem quicumque sequetur.
Since our frail life through dangers sure must run, count every day that comes as something won.

Cato (c. 234-149 B.C.), called "the Censor" or "the Elder", to distinguish him from the later Catos, was consul in 195 B.C., and censor in 184. In the latter office he tried to reform Roman morals, sparing no one and banning foreign habits and customs.

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Ego sum via veritas et vita.
I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Motto seen over the entrance to St. Steven's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary.

Estot velocior vita.
Be swifter than life.
Lux tua vita mihi.
Your light is my life.
Mors tua, vita mea.
Your death, my life.

It also means, "You must die so that I may live." A reference to someone who can preserve his own life only by taking the life of another. For instance, it could refer to a very ill patient who is waiting for an organ transplant from a dying donor or some other situation in which a person's life is dependent upon the death of another person.

Nihil est melius quam vita diligentissima.
Nothing is better than a life of utmost diligence.
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Non est vivere sed valere vita est.
Life is not being alive but being well.

Also translated as, "Life is more than just being alive."

Quid est vita sine philosophia? (Latin question)
Translation: "What is life without philosophy?" or "What is life without a love of/for wisdom?"
Via veritas et vita.
The way, the truth, and the life.

Motto of Felician College, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Vita brevis, longa ars.
Life is short, art is long.

It is also often quoted as Ars longa, vita brevis.

Vita hominis sine literis mors est.
The life of man without letters [learning] is death.

Motto of Derby School, U.K.

Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est.
Life is not [just] to live, but life is to be strong, vigorous.

Life is more than merely staying alive.

Vita sine litteris mors est.
Life without learning [education] is death.
vitaglass, vita glass
1. Window glass containing quartz for transmitting the ultraviolet rays of sunlight.
2. A specially prepared glass that is transparent to ultraviolet rays of the spectrum.
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Ars longa, vita brevis.
Art is long, life is short.
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Durante vita.
During life.
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