Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 7

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HODIE: ante diem septimum Idus Septembres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Ex ungue leonem.
(You know) the lion by his claw.

Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere.
It's the good shepherd's job to shear the sheep, not flay them.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Sapientia gubernator navis.
Wisdom is the ship's navigator.




Sic itur ad astra
This is how you reach the stars.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Draco, Villanus, et Vulpes Iudex
Latin version and English version

Leo et Acies Eius
Latin version and English version

BOOKS ONLINE:

Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang

Aesop's Fables by Jenny H. Stickney