HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Kalendas Novembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Atlas and Heracles, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Vive in diem (English: Live for the day).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Alit lectio ingenium (English: Reading nourishes talent).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Mortales laetos vinum facit atque facetos (English: Wine makes mortal men happy and witty).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium; intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces (Matt. 7:15). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit: No man in the world is wise at al houres. It is only belonging to God and properly due unto him never to commit follie. There is, I say, no man, but otherwiles doteth, but is deceived, but plaieth the foole, though he seme never so wise. Whan I say man, I except not the woman.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vivere Disce, et Mori. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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Per ardua surgo.
Through difficulties, I rise.
Optimus magister bonus liber.
The best teacher is a good book.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Simia, Camelus, et Elephantus, where the monkey is not very happy with the candidates for king.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Struthiocamelus Perfidus, the story of a treacherous ostrich (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: TEMPUS VALET VOLAT VELAT.
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