Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: November 10

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HODIE: ante diem quartum Idus Novembres

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Dormienti vulpi cadit intra os nihil.
While a fox is sleeping,
no (food) is just going to fall into her mouth.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Cum fueris felix, quae sunt adversa caveto:
Non eodem cursu respondent ultima primis.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Cotidie multatur, qui semper timet.
If you are always afraid,
you pay the price of fear every day.




Spina etiam grata est, ex qua spectatur rosa.
Even a thorn is welcome when it bears a rose.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Lepus et Canis
Latin version and English version(s)

Pluto et Hercules
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Myths from Many Lands
by Eva March Tappan




The Seven Kings of Rome