Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: March 10

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HODIE: ante diem sextum Idus Martias

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Bos sibi ipsi pulverem movet.
The ox stirs up dust against himself.

DISTICHA LATINA:

Maiorem metuas; similem fer; parce minori:
Tuta erit his mediis vita futura tribus.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Fit fastidium copia.
Abundance turns into boredom.




Miscentur tristia laetis.
Sad things are mixed with joys.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Equus Superbus et Asinus

Latin version and English version(s)




Aesopus et Lucerna

Latin version and English version(s)

BOOKS ONLINE:

The Stars and Their Stories
by Alice Mary Matlock Griffith




The Fables of Aesop
by Joseph Jacobs