Latin proverbs

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Quod ab alio odis fieri tibi, vide, ne alteri tu aliquando facias. Show translation What you hate to be done to you by another, see that you never do to another. Do as you would be done by.
Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas. Show translation Against the shameless, too much ingenuity is foolish. Fight fire with fire.
Qualis rex, talis grex. Show translation As the king, so the crowd. Like master, like man.
Quid, de quoque viro et cui dicas, saepe videto. Show translation I often see what you say about the man and to whom. A word and a stone let go cannot be called back.
Raro antecedentem scelestum deseruit pede poena claudo. Show translation Rarely did he abandon the previous criminal with the punishment of a lame foot. God stays long, but strikes at last.
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet. Show translation A fearful dog barks more vehemently than it bites. Barking dogs seldom bite.
Clara pacta, boni amici. Show translation Clear agreements a good friend. Even reckoning makes long friends.
Ulula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. Show translation Howl with the wolves you want to be with. Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
Malum nullum est sine aliquo bono. Show translation There is no evil without some good. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia. Show translation There is often wisdom even under the sordid cloak. A little body often harbours a great soul.
Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris. Show translation A stranger's crop is ever more fertile in the fields. The grass is always greener over the hill.
Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est. Show translation All luck is to be overcome by striking. Everything comes to him who waits.
Margaritas ante porcos. Show translation Pearls before swine. To cast pearls before swine.
Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Show translation Whatever the kings rave about, the Achives are placated.
Omne initium difficile est. Show translation Every beginning is difficult. The first step is the hardest.
Nulla regula sine exceptione. Show translation No rule without exception. There is no general rule without some exception.
Dicere non est facere. Show translation To say is not to do. Fine words butter no parsnips.
Certa amittimus, dum incerta petimus. Show translation Sure, we lose while unsure. Grasp all, lose all.
Omnia mors aequat. Show translation Death makes all equal. Death is the grand leveller.
Quaerite et invenietis. Show translation Seek and ye shall find. Seek, and ye shall find.

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