Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 19

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HODIE: ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Novembres

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Aliud noctua sonat, aliud cornix.
The owl make one sound, the crow another.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Sicut it, ire sinas, nam sic vult, sicut it, ire;
Sicut enim nunc it, semper sic ivit et ibit.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Deliberando discitur sapientia.
By pondering, wisdom is learned.




Nil magis amat cupiditas, quam quod non licet.
Greed loves nothing more than what is not allowed.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Anguis et Milvus
Latin version and English version(s)

Canis Dormiens et Lupus
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Greek and Roman Ghost Stories
by Lacy Collison-Morley




Legends of the Birds
by Charles Godfrey Leland