Latin Proverbs on Man (114 Proverbs)
- Men learn oratory by practice.
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- A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
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- A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.
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- A man may lose what are his clearest rights by not demanding them.
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- A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
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- A man is judged of by his companions.
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- A man is a king in his own house.
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- A good orator, but a very bad man.
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- A drunken man, when asleep, is better left alone. [Let a slumbering evil rest where it is.]
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- A covetous man does nothing that he should till he dies.
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- Figs he calls figs, a spade a spade. [Said of a man who speaks with sincerity and means what he says.]
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- A wise man should never give his wife too much rein.
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- Every reproach against an accused man is contemptible.
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- A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.
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- Every man who can blow a horn is not a huntsman.
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- Even a child may beat a man that's bound.
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- Even a boy can beat a man when bound.
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- Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.
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- Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.
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- Do chattering monkeys mimic men, Or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?
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- Courts grant not their favours as men are good and deserving.
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- Correct a wise man, and he will be grateful; correct a fool, and he will not only give a deaf ear, but send you off with a flea in your ear.
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- Happy the man who keeps out of strife.
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- But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine, and women, these three have made me poor.
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- Happy is the man whose father went to the devil.
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- Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.
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- Happy is the man who is out of debt.
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- As a man has lived, so will he die.
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- Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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- An ungrateful man is a tub full of holes.
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- Give a helping hand to a man in trouble.
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- An evil conscience breaks many a man's neck.
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- From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
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- According to the nature of his sin shall a man be punished.
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- No man is his craft's master the first day.
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- It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, To see a man live poor to die rich.
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- No man is contented with his lot in this life.
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- It would be clear enough even to a blind man.
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- No man can think well of himself who does not think well of others.
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- It matters little whether we are the slaves of circumstance, or of man.
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- No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.
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- It is no advantage for a man in fever to change his bed.
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- No man can be happy without a friend, or be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
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- In vain does a man possess property if he makes no use of it.
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- Men worship the rising, not the setting sun.
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- In time of sickness man is ever on his best behaviour.
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- Men see more of the business of others than of their own.
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- In courtship a man pursues a woman until she catches him.
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- Men learn oratory by practice. [Practice in speaking makes us eloquent.]
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- If all men were on an equality, the consequence would be that all must perish: for who would till the ground? who would sow it? Who would plant? who would press wine?.
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- Men are bound by words, bulls' horns by ropes.
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- If a man falls in love with a frog, he thinks his frog a very Diana.
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- Man's life's a vapor, and full of woes; he cuts a caper, and down he goes.
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- He who knows not how to employ his leisure hath more cares on his mind than the most busy of busily-engaged men.
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- Man's life is a sojourn in a strange land.
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- Man is to man a wolf, man is to man a demon.
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- Man is himself the author of every sorrow he endures.
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- Nothing bears a stronger resemblance to a madman than a man when drunk.
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- Live near a lame man, and you will soon learn to limp.
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- No man should be a witness in his own cause.
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- Let not your sword be drawn at any man's bidding.
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- No man is so rich as to say, "I have enough!"
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- Kings learn wisdom from associating with wise men.
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- Wealth, like an index, reveals the character of men.
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- Wealth lightens not the heart and care of man.
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- We hate the man whom we have wronged.
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- Tis gold, Which makes the true man killed, and saves the thief; Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man; what Can it not do, and undo?
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- The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint.
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- The field should be poorer than the farmer. [It is useless for a man to attempt farming without capital.]
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- The brave man may die, but he will never say "die."
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- That man is wise who talks little. [Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.]
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- You trust the guard to a naked or unarmed man.
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- Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
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- You tell a tale to a dead man.
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- Silence is wisdom and gets a man friends.
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- You should know a man seven years before you stir his fire.
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- Presumption first blinds a man, and then sets him a running.
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- You may judge of a man by his remarks.
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- Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
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- You may judge a man by his countenance.
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