Latin Proverbs (2261 Proverbs)
- Harsh is the voice which would dismiss us, but sweet is the sound of welcome.
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- God sends meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
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- Friendship lasts as long as the pot boils.
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- Fire, the sea, and woman; these are three ills.
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- Everybody has a name, but not always the same luck with it.
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- Even Jupiter himself cannot be in love and wise at the same time.
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- Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.
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- Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
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- Calumniate strongly and some of it will stick.
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- Both are the better for their mutual friendship.
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- Being but a woman, raise not the sword. [Offer not assistance when you can be of no service.]
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- As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the wicked man by his deeds.
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- An idle youth becomes in age a beggar.
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- All is not false which is publicly reported.
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- A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
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- A sure friend is discovered in an unsure situation
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- Hard things alone will not make a wall.
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- God and nature do not work together in vain.
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- Fortune wearies with carrying one and the same man always.
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- Fire will not put out fire. Anger is not appeased by anger.
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- Every virtue is but halfway between two vices.
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- Even a straw becomes heavy, if you carry it far enough.
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- Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.
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- Deeds, not words (Actions speak louder than words)
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- By what servant is his master better loved than by his dog?
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- Bones snatched from the mouth of a hungry dog.
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- Bear with others and you shall be borne with.
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- As numerous as the leaves of the oak, or the waves which wash the island.
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- An evil gain is equal to a loss.
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- All is in vain unless Providence is with us.
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- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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- A strong remedy for evils is ignorance of them.
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- Hard is the path from poverty to renown.
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- Give wine to them that are in sorrow.
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- Fortune to one is mother, to another step-mother.
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- Find you without an excuse, and find a hare without a meuse.
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- Every soil does not bear the same fruit.
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- Even a mangy camel will carry more that a herd of asses.
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- Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
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- Death to the wolf is life to the lambs.
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- By the sword she seeks peaceful quiet under liberty. [Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.]
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- Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.
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- Beads about the neck, and the devil in his heart.
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- As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends.
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- An evil conscience breaks many a man's neck.
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- All flute-players are mad; when once they begin to blow, away goes reason.
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- A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
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- A store-house of evil is a woman if she is depraved.
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- Hard by a river he digs a well.
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- Give way to him with whom you contend; by doing so you will gain the victory.
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- Fortune smiles on the brave, and frowns upon the coward.
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- Find a cruel man and you see a coward.
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- Every sheet has parted. [Every hope has vanished.]
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- Even a hare will insult a dead lion.
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- Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.
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- Death snatches away the most deserving, and leaves the wicked.
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- By the hands of many a great work is made light.
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- Birds fly not into our mouths ready roasted.
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- Be what you appear to be. [Act up to the reputation which you enjoy.]
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- As a man has lived, so will he die.
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- An evil doer abhors the light of day.
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- All are not harpers, who hold the harp.
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- A wise man states as true nothing he does not prove. [Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat.]
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- A soft answer bids a Furioso to put up his sword.
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- Obstinately to justify a fault is a second fault.
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- No protection is so sure as that of innocence.
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- No man can think well of himself who does not think well of others.
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- My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.
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- Men learn oratory by practice. [Practice in speaking makes us eloquent.]
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- Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
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- Light griefs can speak, but deeper ones are dumb.
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- Let him bear the prize, who has deserved it.
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- It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
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- It is the season not the soil that brings the crop.
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- It is not at the altar that we should consider the course we would take.
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- It is but fair that he who requires indulgence for his own offences should grant it to others.
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- It is all over: I may as well go and hand myself.
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- It does not fall to the lot of all to smell of musk.
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- In forming new friendships, forget not old friends.
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- If you desire peace, be ever prepared for war.
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