Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 17

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HODIE: ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Septembres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Cicada cicadae cara, formicae formica.
One cicada is dear to another, and ant to ant.

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.
A scared dog barks more fiercely than he bites.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Amor mundum fecit.
Love made the world.

Bene vixit qui bene latuit.
He has lived well who has kept well hidden.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Cervus et Cornua Eius
Latin version and English version(s)

Delphinus et Pisciculus

Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

The wisdom of the ancients and New Atlantis
by Francis Bacon

The word-picture fable book,
or, Old Aesop in a new dress