HODIE (Roman Calendar): Idus Iuniae, the Ides of June.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Europa and the Bull; 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: Excelsior! (English: Higher!).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Fato prudentia maior (English: Forethought is greater than fate).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Sapit qui reputat (English: He is wise who thinks twice). 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: Habet suum venenum blanda oratio (English: Sweet speech has its own venom).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem (English: The wolf may change his coat, but not his character; from Adagia 3.3.19).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Luciferi Regna. 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:
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Cupiditati nihil satis.
Greed is never satisfied.
Libros lege; quae legeris, memento.
Read books; what you read, remember.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mus in Cista Natus, about the mouse's broadening horizons (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Vulpes Sine Cauda, a story about the tyranny of fashion.
![Vulpes et Cauda Detruncata](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4900415016_a65c385734.jpg)
Growth Mindset Memes. For more about this growth cat, see this blog post. Irrideo tempestatem. I scoff at the storm.
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