Could someone please tell me what this Latin phrase means in English?

Question

"Valeant benefici, poenas dent malefici"

Thankyou!!!

Answer 1

I have no idea, but was intrigued to find the phase on a variety of 'chat' sites, including one in, I think, Spanish. Be honest, are you "Free to enslave" on one chat site or Dr Hellsing on another? Very impressed if you can speak two languages.

One site came up with this - http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?pi...

""Let/may those who do good be strong;
let/may those who do evil pay the penalty.

Or, a little more colloquially,

May the good guys do well,
May the rest go to h***.""

second reference
http://www.psicofxp.com/forums/idiomas.4...

Answer 2

Both verbs (valeant, dent) are present subjunctive - and this 'dent' has nothing to do with teeth.

'May the kind/generous prevail; may the scurrilous/slanderous pay the penalties'.

Answer 3

Bid farewell kindness , pain teeth wicked.

I think! used the translation engine below