Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: July 27

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HODIE: ante diem sextum Kalendas Augustas

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Elephantus non capit murem.
An elephant does not catch a mouse.

Asinus asino, sus sui pulcher,
et suum cuique pulchrum.
One donkey looks beautiful to another,
pig to pig, and to each his own is beautiful.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Carcer numquam pulcher.
Prison is never pretty.

Mens alitur discendo et cogitando.
The mind is nourished by learning and thinking.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Haedus Saltans et Lupus
Latin version and English version(s)

Mus et Leo
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Greek story and song by Alfred J. Church

The Muses' Pageant:
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece
by W. M. L. Hutchinson