Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: July 6

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HODIE: pridie Nonas Iulias

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

E cantu dignoscitur avis.
From its song, the bird is known.

Caudae pilos equinae
paulatim oportet evellere.
To pull out the hairs of a horse tail,
you have to do it one by one.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Ne crede oculis; falli possunt.
Don't believe your eyes; they can be fooled.

Quod scripsi, scripsi.
What I have written, I have written.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Leo Amatorius et Silvanus
Latin version and English version(s)

Mercurius et Lignator
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Stories From Livy by Alfred Church

Stories of the East from Herodotus
also by Alfred Church