Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: January 9

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HODIE: antediem quintum Idus Ianuarias

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Lupus non leporem sed lupum generat.
A wolf bears not a rabbit but a wolf.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Si duo proponas mala, quaelibet ut faciamus,
Unum sumamus minus, ut maius caveamus.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Fames optimus coquus.
Hunger is the best cook.

Fac hodie: fugit haec non reditura dies.
Do it today:
this day runs away, not to return.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Scarabaeus, Lepus, et Aquila

Latin version and English version(s)

Simia et Vulpes, Iter Facientes
Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

Fables and Satires by Sir Brooke Boothby




Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics by R. Folkard