HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Nonas Iulias, the day before the Nones of July.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and the Amazons; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Vincit veritas (English: Truth triumphs).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post nubila sol (English: After clouds, the sun).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina (English: Beneath the lamb's skin often lurks a wolfish mind).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Vos estis sal terrae (English: You are the salt of the earth).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Quid non fies, profectus Arbelas? (English: What will you not be able to do if you go to Arbelae?; from Adagia 2.8.17 — The citizens of Arbelae in Sicily were notorious fools, so anyone with a brain who went to Arbelae would be sure to succeed).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἐυτυχία πολύφιλος (English: Good luck has many friends).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Noli Differre. 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/disceresivultisprodestsapientiamultis.jpg)
Amicus res rara.
A friend is a rare thing.
Discere si vultis, prodest sapientia multis.
If you want to learn, wisdom has many benefits / benefits many.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Lupus et Puer Mendax, the famous story of the boy who cried wolf (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mures Duo, another famous fable: the city mouse and the country mouse.
![Mures Duo](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3677209786_5f5a6429ee.jpg)
Growth Mindset Memes. For more about this growth cat, see this blog post. Persevera per severa. Persevere through difficulties.
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