Latin Proverb Famous Quotes
"By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn."
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
"The dog that fetches will also carry. (Translation If someone reveals another's secrets to you, the same person will reveal your secrets to the world.)"
"If there is no wind, row."
"It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it."
"Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places."
The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.
"Live your own life, for you will die your own death."
Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping.
It is easier to pull down than to build up.
"Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the hours wound you, the last one kills)"
Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.
He fishes well who uses a golden hook.
"A man is not where he lives, but where he loves."
Love is a kind of military service.
Deliberate often--decide once.
"God will be present, whether asked or not."
Never give a child a sword.
It is honourable to be accused by those who deserve to be accused.
"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars."
Latin Proverb Quotations
I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.
Doug McLeod
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Abba Eban
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
English Proverb
"Sometimes I wonder if we live life by reliving life, rather than by living life."
Michael Landon
"Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves."
George Santayana
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost 100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
Robert X Cringely
Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision
Marilyn Monroe
"When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy, one doubts nothing."
Joseph Roux
"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls."
Epicurus
He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
Tryon Edwards