Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 3

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HODIE: ante diem quintum Nonas Octobres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Albae gallinae filius.
Son of a white hen.
[i.e. a lucky person]

DISTICHA LATINA:

Quae vitae concessa tibi sint tempora, nescis:
   Ergo fac citius quae facienda vides.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Scientia sol mentis.
Knowledge is the light of the mind.




Omnis est rex in domo sua.
Each man is king in his own home.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Abies et Dumus
Latin version and English version(s)

Serpentis Cauda
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Lucian's Wonderland by St. J. Basil Wynne Willson

The Forge in the Forest by Padraic Colum