Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 12

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HODIE: pridie Idus Iunias
(the day before the Ides of June!)

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Asinus in pelle leonis.
A donkey in a lion's skin.
(see Aesop's fables below)

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.
The crows get forgiven; the pigeons get punished. Juvenal.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Odium numquam potest esse bonum.
Hatred can never be a good thing.

Sapientia omnia operatur.
Wisdom can do all things.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Asinus Leonis Pelle Indutus
Latin version and English version(s)

Vulpes et Asinus Pelle Leonis Indutus
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Tales from Euripides by Vincent King Cooper
online book link

Tales of Ancient Greece by G. W. Cox
online book link