HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Augustas.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Daedalus and Icarus; 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: Audentior ibo (English: I will go more boldly).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Silentium stultorum virtus (English: Silence is the fools' virtue).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Asinus stramen mavult quam aurum (English: A donkey prefers straw to gold). 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: Furor fit laesa saepius patientia (English: Patience wounded once too often becomes rage).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Semper graculus adsidet graculo (English: One jackdaw always sits next to another; from Adagia 1.2.23... birds of a feather flock together).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Homerus. 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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Vult et non vult piger.
The lazy man wants and doesn't want.
Irritare canem noli dormire volentem.
Do not disturb a dog who wants to sleep.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus et Grammaticus, the story of a sneaky schoolteacher (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Vultur Convivium Faciens, the grim story of the vulture's birthday party.
![vultur et aves](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4908988819_4f6eab588b.jpg)
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