Latin proverbs

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Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur. Show translation Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Honesta mors turpi vita potior. Show translation Honorable death is preferable to a life of shame. Better die with honour than live with shame.
Omnia tempus habent. Show translation A time for everything. All in good time.
Sine labore non erit panis in ore. Show translation Without labor there will be no bread in the mouth. No pains, no gains.
Si quis non vult operari, nec manducet. Show translation If a man does not want to work, he will not eat. He that will not work shall not eat.
Quod cito fit, cito perit. Show translation What is quickly done, quickly perishes. More haste, less speed.
Qui fodit foveam, incidet in eam. Show translation He who digs a pit will fall into it. He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
Aliena nobis nostra, plus aliis placent. Show translation More pleasing to us, and ours to other people. Our neighbour's ground yields better corn than ours.
Corvus oculum corvi non eruit. Show translation The raven did not pluck out the raven's eye. Hawks will not pick out hawks' eyes.
Pluris est oculatus testis unus, quam auriti decem. Show translation One eyewitness is more than ten hearers. Seeing is believing.
Nulla aetas ad discendum sera. Show translation No age is too late to learn. Never too late to learn.
Omnia mors poscit; lex est, non poena perire. Show translation Death demands everything; it is a law, not a punishment, to perish. Here today and gone tomorrow.
Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo. Show translation A live dog is better than a dead lion. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Mala herba cito crescit. Show translation Weed grows quickly. III weeds grow apace.
Sol omnibus lucet. Show translation The sun shines for all. The sun shines everywhere.
Factum fieri infectum non potest. Show translation It cannot be made wet. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
Litterarum radices amarae sunt, fructus iucundiores. Show translation That the roots of are bitter, but the fruit pleasant is. The man who has not been flogged is not educated.
Factum est factum. Show translation It was done. What is done cannot be undone.
Semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum. Show translation Once sent, the word flies irrevocably. When the word is out it belongs to another.
Lupus non mordet lupum. Show translation The wolf does not bite a wolf. Dog does not eat dog.

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