Latin Proverbs (2261 Proverbs)
- He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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- He who hath much peas may put the more in the pot.
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- He who cannot do what he wishes, must needs do as he can.
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- He rises early that is hanged before noon.
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- He is the architect of his own fortunes.
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- He gives well and bountifully who accompanies the gift with a pleasing look.
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- He dies before he is old who is wise before his day.
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- Of no sort of good to himself, or to anybody else.
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- Nobility of conduct is a greater recommendation than nobility of birth.
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- No man ever became wicked all at once.
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- My inclination first leads me in one direction, then in the opposite.
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- Men worship the rising, not the setting sun.
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- Malice itself drinks the largest part of its own poison. [Malitia ipsa maximam partem veneni sui bibit]
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- Limping justice ne'er will fail To hunt out the longest trail.
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- Let him that earns the bread eat it.
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- Judge of the statue of Hercules by the size of the foot.
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- It is the very backbone of wisdom not to trust too hastily.
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- It is not easy suddenly to cast aside a fancy long indulged in.
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- It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.
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- It is an easy task to improve upon an invention.
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- It flies at our approach but follows us as we retire. [A Shadow, Glory, or Love.]
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- In the great sea fish is always to be caught. [There is a greater chance for enterprise in a large place.]
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- If you seek a lovely peninsula, look about you.
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- If I wrestle with a filthy thing, win or lose, I shall be defiled.
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- I shall paint you in your own colours. [Take you according to your own showing.]
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- I am in a fix. [In a place where three ways meet.]
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- His tongue says little, but powerful is his right arm.
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- He who waits till an opportunity occurs may wait for ever.
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- He who hath lost his good name how shall he in future gain his living.
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- He who cannot conceal his sentiments, knows not how to live.
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- He puts up with small annoyances to gain great results.
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- He is separated from the water by a plank.
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- He gives too late who waits to be asked.
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- He conquers who conquers himself. [Vincit qui se vincit.]
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- Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
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- No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
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- No man commands ably unless he has himself obeyed discipline.
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- My conscience is more to me than what the world says. [Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.]
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- Men see more of the business of others than of their own.
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- Make too much haste and pay the penalty.
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- Let not your sword be drawn at any man's bidding.
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- Let him take the oars who has learned to row.
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- Jokes, which carry injury with them, are never agreeable.
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- It is the tree that gives its nature to the fruit.
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- It is not becoming to play the fox, or to play up on both sides.
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- It is cruel to refer to those things which cause sorrow.
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- It is an absurdity that he should rule others who cannot command himself.
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- It doubles the value of a gift to be well-timed.
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- In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
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- If you say that he is guilty of ingratitude, you need say no more.
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- If he should ask for wine, box his ears.
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- I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the worse!
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- Hunger and thirst scarcely kill any, But gluttony and drink kill a great many.
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- Him whom Jove would destroy he first deprives of his reason. [Arrogant, insolent, and vainglorious people work out their own ruin.]
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- He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
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- He who hastens too much stumbles and falls.
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- He who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.
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- He prepares evil for himself who plots mischief for others.
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- He is not happy who does not realize his happiness.
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- He gives neither too little, nor too much.
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- He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
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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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- If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry.
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- I regret that I have given what I have.
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- However extravagant men's desires, they hope to see them gratified.
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