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More Latin Proverbs
War is sweet to those who have never fought.
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.
They condemn what they do not understand.
From the older ox the younger learns to plow.
Knowledge has no enemies but the ignorant.
All things change, and we change with them.
The scar remains.
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.
To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.
As you are, I was. As I am, you will be. (used on Roman tombstones).
Appeal to modesty in an argument.
One corrects customs by laughing at them.
Glory paid to ashes comes too late.
Everything that is born passes away. (Quintillan)
A fox may change its skin but never its character.
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free.
May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well
I’ll either find a way or make one.
The sun shines for everyone.
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves.
Truth conquers all.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
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