Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 31

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HODIE: pridie Kalendas Novembres

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Leonem stimulas.
You're provoking a lion.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Fessa prius somno quam tradas lumina, dices:
   Fugit ut ista dies, sic mihi vita fugit.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro.
The greedy soul is satisfied by no amount of profit.




O pessimum periclum, quod opertum latet!
O worst possible danger, which lurks in hiding!

AESOP'S FABLES:

Pisciculus et Piscator
Latin version and English version(s)

Ranae Duae et Puteus
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

The Idea of the Labyrinth by Penelope Reed Doob



Myths and Legends by Thomas J. Shahan