Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 5

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HODIE: Nonae Iuniae,
The Nones of June

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Ut nulli nocuisse velis, imitare columbam;
serpentem, ut possit nemo nocere tibi.
If you want to hurt no one, be like the dove;
if you want that no one hurt you, be like the snake.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Magnus amor tuus est, si multum hoc tempore dones;
Si multum credas, est tua magna fides.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Maiori cede, sed non contemne minorem!
Yield to the greater, but scorn not the lesser!

Audentes deus ipse iuvat.
God himself favors the bold ones.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Rubus et Vulpes
Latin version and English version(s)

Delphinus et Simius
Latin version and English version(s)

AESOP IN 100 WORDS:

Luscinia et Hirundo
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The Swallow and the Nightingale