Temporis ars medicina fere est.

More Latin Proverbs

• The cowl does not make the monk.
• Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself. (Terence)
• No one gives what he does not have.
• In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
• Fame to the dead comes too late.
• Whoever desires is always poor. (Claudian)
• You are worth as many people as the languages that you speak.
• Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap.
• Empty pots make the most noise.
• Even a God finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.
• Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.
• To accept a favour is to sell one’s freedom.
• If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.
• Conscience is as good as a thousand witnesses.
• It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
• In matters of taste, there is no argument.
• If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
• Don’t speak against the sun. (i.e., don’t argue an obvious fact)
• What is medicine to some, is bitter poison to others.
• War is sweet to those who have never fought.
• From the older ox the younger learns to plow.
• Knowledge has no enemies but the ignorant.
• All things change, and we change with them.
• They condemn what they do not understand.
• In the most corrupt state are the most laws. (Terence)
• Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.
• Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold.