Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 23

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HODIE: ante diem decimum Kalendas Septembres

ANIMAL PROVERBS:

Citius elephantem sub ala celes.
You'd be able to more quickly hide an elephant in your armpit.

Aquilam volare doces.
You're teaching an eagle to fly.

LATIN LOLCATS:

Vultus imago animi.
The face is the portrait of the soul.




Beatus qui invenit amicum verum.
Blessed is he who has found a true friend.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Hircus et Vulpes in Puteo
Latin version and English version(s)

Mors et Pauper
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Myths of Greece and Rome
by Hélène Adeline Guerber

The Odyssey for boys and girls
by Alfred J. Church