Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: December 15

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HODIE: ante diem duodevicesimum
Kalendas Ianuarias

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Qui fuit rana nunc est rex.
Who was once a frog is now a king.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Non datur ex meritis maiorum gloria vera;
   Ex propriis meritis gloria vera datur.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Leonina societas periculorum plena.
The lion's company is full of dangers.




Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.
Not even Hercules takes on two at once.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Corvus Aquilam Imitans
Latin version and English version(s)




Cornix et Canis
Latin version and English version

RANDOM CAROL
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