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I am trying to translate "Never Quit" as in give up in my dreams, from English to Latin.

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Hello,

The negative imperative  "Never Quit"  can be translated as follows:

1-“Noli umquam cedere!”

or:

2-"Numquam cede!" as an adaptation of a Virgil’s line which reads: ”Tu ne cede…“ (“Do not give in ..”,Aeneid, book VI, line 95)

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Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-Never = UMQUAM / NUMQUAM

-quit = NOLI CEDERE   /  CEDE ( both in the 2nd.person singular)

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