HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Idus Apriles, the day before the Ides of April.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Phaethon; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Semper fidelis (English: Always faithful — and the Latin has been famously rendered as "Semper fi" in the Marine Corps motto).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Veritas temporis filia (English: Truth is the daughter of time).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Pardus maculas non deponit (English: The leopard does not set aside his spots). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Heu, quam miserum est discere servire, ubi dominari doctus es (English: Oh, how wretched it is to learn to serve, when you were schooled in rule).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Simia simia est, etiam si aurea gestet insignia (English: A monkey is a monkey, even if it's wearing gold medals; from Adagia 1.7.11).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vita Hominis. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/nemosinecriminevivit.jpg)
Omnes filii Dei estis.
You are all children of God.
Nemo sine crimine vivit.
No one lives without doing wrong.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Graculus et Pavones, the story of a bird in borrowed feathers (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo, Vacca, Capra, et Ovis, the fable of the lion's share.
![leo, vacca, capra et ovis](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4909571588_2fce17ea51.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Iratus et Puteus , with links to the audio and to the blog post.
![Leo et Puteus](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4914905284_9b8269de96.jpg)