HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum Idus Apriles.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Dionysus and the Dolphins, and there are more images here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Fruere tua fortuna (English: Enjoy your good luck).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Amat victoria curam (English: Victory loves careful planning).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Est pax villana melior quam pugna Romana (English: A rustic peace is better than a Roman war).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Qui fodit foveam, incidet in eam (Ecc. 10:8). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Animi Quies. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
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A deo rex, a rege lex.
From God, the king; from the king, the law.
Ingenium mala saepe movet.
Genius often stirs up trouble.
TODAY'S FABLES:
PHAEDRI FABULAE: The illustrated fable from Phaedrus for today is Anus diligens iuvenem, item puella, a paradoxical love story: Latin text and Smart's translation.
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STEINHOWEL: The illustrated fable from Steinhowel for today is De columbis, milvo et accipitre, a story about tyranny: Latin text and English versions.
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And some of you may have been hearing about Brazilian politics in the news... so here's Latin LOLBaby: