HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Kalendas Iunias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/mythimages/DianaEndymion.jpg)
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Carpe diem (English: Seize the day).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Pro mundi beneficio (English: For the good of the world).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Vulpes aetati fit astutior (English: With age, the fox grows more clever).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Plus valet bonum nomen, quam divitiae multae (English: A good name is worth more than many riches).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Ne mihi Suffenus essem (English: I would not be a Suffenus with regard to myself; from Adagia 2.5.12 - Suffenus was a poet quick to criticize others with no awareness of his own faults).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἀκαιρος ἐύνοια οὐδὲν ἔχθρας διαφέρει (English: Ill-timed benevolence is no different from enmity).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Nil Iratus Facies. Click here for a full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BdbHIR8pq20UbDRFxcDHdkmqTXA7lvcm0yP6QnT7UFpgkr0-5-5SEEodtdlBWqwW0eFbWmFlL57YKVHZnV7GknY311AKw2qbaSFvjA6kuphHTFDdEVBc9o0CVLYGtRwjRwOca36BMBgb/s400/iratus.jpg)
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/utameris.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/artesvirtutissuntmagistrae.jpg)
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be lovable.
Artes virtutis sunt magistrae.
The arts are the teachers of excellence.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus Res Sacras Portans, the story of a self-important donkey (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mors et Cupido, a story about Death and Cupid swapping arrows.
![Cupido et Mors](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4899935118_1233361590.jpg)
Evan Millner's Fables. I thought you might enjoy Evan Millner's marvelous fable videos; they are available at YouTube.