Latin Proverbs (2261 Proverbs)
- A rogue says "Yes" to what a rogue says.
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- A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
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- A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. [Fable of boy and wolf.]
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- A fool repays a salve by a stab, and a stab by a salve. [He mistakes friends for foes and foes for friends.]
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- A cough assists a musician when he hesitates.
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- A ring of gold in a sow's nostril.
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- A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser.
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- A learned man has always wealth in himself.
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- A fire is nourished by its own ashes. [Difficulties embolden rather than impede the brave.]
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- A common shipwreck is a consolation to all.
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- A ridiculous accident has often been the making of many.
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- A man of three letters, "F U R."
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- A king, a master, a parent, a judge, may fail to frighten us; but sickness coming brings with it successful reproof.
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- A few things gained by fraud destroy a fortune otherwise honestly won.
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- A clear conscience is a wall of brass.
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- A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
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- A man of good natural plain common sense.
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- A kindness bestowed on the good is never thrown away.
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- A faithless wife is shipwreck to a house.
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- A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.
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- A precipice is in front, a wolf behind.
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- A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.
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- A jealous woman will set a whole house on fire.
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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 chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
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- A precipice in front of you, and wolves behind you; that is life.
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- A man of few words but learned withal.
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- A horse deprived of his food won't work.
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- A drop of luck is worth a cask of wisdom.
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- A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
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- A praetor does not occupy himself with petty matters
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- A man may lose what are his clearest rights by not demanding them.
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- A honey-comb in the mouth of a lion!
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- A dog which has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
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- A cautious man will observe the indications of character which nature reveals in others.
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- A poor joke must invent its own laughter.
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- A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
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- A guest should not remain for ever a guest.
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- A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.
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- A blow from a frying-pan blacks, though it may not hurt.
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- A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.
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- A man is judged of by his companions.
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- A greedy mind is satisfied with no amount of gain.
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- A dog that has once tasted the flesh cannot be kept from the skin.
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- A blockhead, a dolt, a donkey, a leaden-headed fellow.
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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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- He catches the best fish who angles with a golden hook.
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- Happy the man who keeps out of strife.
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- Give to each man that which is his due.
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