HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Kalendas Martias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Sacrifice of Polyxena; 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: Nil time (English: Fear nothing).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post nubes lux (English: After clouds, the light).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Equo ne credite, Teucri! (English: Don't trust the horse, O Trojans!).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Fatuus fatua loquetur. (English: The fool will speak foolish things).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Alia Lacon, alia asinus illius portat (English: Lacon is carrying one thing, but his donkey is carrying something else; from Adagia 2.2.86 — Trying to avoid taxes, Lacon hid his honey underneath some barley, but the donkey slipped and fell, revealing the hidden honey).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Κύων εἰς τόν ἴδιον ἔμετον (English: The dog goes to his own vomit).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Nosce Teipsum. Click here for a full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/sapientiaomnia.jpeg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/Cumaudacenoneasinvia.jpg)
Sapientia omnia operatur.
Wisdom can do all things.
Cum audace non eas in via.
Do not travel with a bold companion.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Satyrus et Viator, a funny fable about blowing both hot and cold (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canis et Homo Admorsus, a story about canine crime and punishment.
![Homo a Cane Morsus](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4925306166_589429e82d.jpg)
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Senex et Vulpes, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
![leo et vulpes](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4908988973_4ecbf2a9dc.jpg)