Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: November 29

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HODIE: ante diem tertium Kalendas Decembres

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Noli irritare crabrones.
Don't stir up the hornets.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Quo cui plus dederis, magis hoc tibi fiet amicus;
   Quo plus credideris, hoc magis hostis erit.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Non mare transisset,
pavidus si nauta fuisset.
The sailor would not have crossed the sea
if he had been afraid.

Arma nesciunt leges.

Weapons know no law.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Pastor, Vestis Eius, et Oves
Latin version and English version(s)

Formica et Columba
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Stories from the Classics by Eva March Tappan




Heroes of myth and legend by B. I. Wheeler