HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Neoptolemus and Priam; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Beati misericordes (English: Blessed are the merciful).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Deo et labore (English: By means of God and hard work).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Fugiens ursum, incidi in leonem (English: Fleeing the bear, I ran into the lion).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Cui multum datum est, multum quaeretur ab eo (English: Much is expected from him to whom much is given).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Amyclas perdidit silentium (English: Silence destroyed Amyclae; from Adagia 1.9.1 - Supposedly the people of Amyclae had once been disturbed by false reports of an enemy invasion, so they passed a law forbidding anyone to report an enemey invasion, which meant the town was easily captured when the enemy did arrive).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἀνερρίφθω κῦβος (English: The die is cast).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Viribus Iungenda Sapientia. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Mens sana in corpore sano.
A healthy mind in a healthy body.
Cuncta docet necessitas.
Necessity teaches all things.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Tigris et Venatores, a sad story of a mother's love.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Testudo et Iuppiter, the story of how the turtle got its shell (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Growth Mindset Memes. For more about this growth cat, see this blog post. Aedificate alterutrum. Help one another.
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