HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Nonas Apriles, the day before the Nones of April.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Pasiphae and the Minotaur; 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: Cras mihi (English: Tomorrow [it will be] mine).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Omnium finis mors (English: Death is the end of all things)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam (English: If your wheel's broken, you better make your way on foot). 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: Qui se ipse laudat, cito derisorem invenit (English: He who praises himself quickly finds a scoffer).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Ut canis e Nilo (English: Like a dog drinking from the Nile; from Adagia 1.9.80 - the idea being that because of the crocodiles, the dog has to drink on the run).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Paries Aures Fert. 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/scientiadecus.jpeg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/signumpacisamor.jpeg)
Scientia maximum vitae decus.
Knowledge is the greatest honor in life.
Signum pacis amor.
Love is the sign of peace.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Simia et Piscatores, a fable of monkey-see monkey-do (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Vulpes et Uva, which is the origin of our saying "sour grapes."
![Vulpes et Uva](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5024772420_d0490aaaa7.jpg)
GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν τραγῳδία γίνεται καὶ κωμῳδία γραμμάτων. Ex iisdem tragedia fit et comedia litteris. Tragedy and comedy are composed of the same letters.
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