HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Novembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Orestes and the Furies, and there are more images here.
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TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Virtute quies (English: By means of virtue, repose).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Musica donum dei (English: Music is a gift of God)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Maximae divitiae non desiderare divitias (English: The greatest wealth is not to desire wealth). 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: Sero in periclis est consilium quaerere. It is too late to seek advice in the midst of dangers (English: It is too late to seek advice in the midst of dangers).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Midas auriculas asini (English: Midas has the ears of a donkey; from Adagia 1.3.67... alluding to the story of Midas and his barber).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Senex et Iuvenis. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum.
No one ever reached the top by being afraid.
Patientia vincit omnia.
Patience overcomes all things.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Delphinus et Pisciculus, in which there is nothing nice about the dolphine (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursus et Apes, a story about the dangers of having a bad temper.
![Ursus et Apes](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4911529541_2c9dbbf645.jpg)
I keep forgetting to include this fun article that Kate Gladstone shared with me: The Strange Victorian Computer That Generated Latin Verse.