Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 16

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HODIE: ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Decembres

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
The mountains are giving birth;
a laughable little mouse will result.
(see the Aesop's fable below)

DISTICHA LATINA:

Ad bene vivendum quidquid natura paravit,
   Nil datum amicitia gratius est homini.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Dubium sapientiae initium.
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.




Cave ne cadas!
Take care not to fall!

AESOP'S FABLES:

Mus et Montes
Latin version and English version(s)

Mustela et Mus Grandaevus
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

 Fifty Famous Sky Stories
by Caroline Silver June




Art of the Classical World
in The Metropolitan Museum of Art