Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: July 3

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HODIE: ante diem quintum Nonas Iulias

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

De asini umbra disceptare.
To dispute about a donkey's shadow.
(see the Aesop's fable below)

Bos lassus fortius figit pedem.
When tired, the cow plants its foot more forcefully.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Ut ameris, ama.
In order to be loved, you must love.

Alta pete.
Seek lofty things.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Asinus et Umbra Eius
Latin version and English version(s)

Ostreum et Mus
Latin version and English version

BOOKS ONLINE:

The Medea of Euripides
 translated by Arthur Way

Wonder Stories by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey