Latin proverbs

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Currens per prata non est lepus esca parata. Show translation Running through the meadows is not ready rabbit food. To sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.
Ovem lupo committere. Show translation To commit a sheep to the wolf. To set the wolf to keep the sheep.
Iuventus, ventus. Show translation Youth, the wind. Boys will be boys.
Alii sementem faciunt, alii metunt. Show translation Some sow, others reap. One sows and another reaps.
Fames optimum condimentum. Show translation Hunger is the best sauce. Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
Expertus metuit. Show translation He was afraid of the test. Whom a serpent has bitten, a lizard alarms.
Sapienti sat dictum. Show translation Enough is said to the wise. Beat the dog before the lion.
Asini cauda non facit cribrum. Show translation A donkey's tail does not make a sieve. You cannot make a silk purse of a sow's ear.
Vespere flet crebro, qui risit mane sereno. Show translation He weeps often in the evening, who laughs in the clear morning. If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night.
Veterrimus homini optimus est amicus. Show translation A man's oldest is his best friend. Old friends are better than new ones.
Nidus testatur, ibi qualis avis dominatur. Show translation The nest is witnessed, there the quality of the bird dominates. The house shows the owner.
Si nimium bibis, non diu eris in vivis. Show translation If you drink too much, you will not live long. Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
Quod mane potes facere, non exspectes in vespere. Show translation What you can do in the morning, do not wait in the evening. Never put off till tomorrow What may be done today.
In scirpo nodum quaeris. Show translation You are looking for a knot in the rope. Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.
Canis canistri malus est custos. Show translation The basket dog is a bad watchman. Send not a cat for lard.
Folia qui timet, silvas non adeat. Show translation He who fears leaves should not go to the woods. He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.
Murilego mures fiunt absente rebelles. Show translation Murilego mice become rebellious in their absence. A servant is known by his master's absence.
Ante barbam doces senes. Show translation You teach the old before the beard. Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Multae manus onus levius reddunt. Show translation Many hands make the load lighter. Many hands make light work.
Omne promissum cadit in debitum. Show translation Every promise falls into debt. An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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