Proverbs and old sayings Latin, page 93

2061 proverbs and old sayings latin

However extravagant men's desires, they hope to see them gratified.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hope, man

When the tale of bricks is doubled, then Moses makes his appearance.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about fairy tales

Had he not been visited by sickness, he would have perished utterly.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He hath not a farthing left wherewith to buy a rope to hang himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about commerce

He is a fool who spares the children after having killed the father.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about children

You are looking for wings in a wolf. [You hunt for impossibilities. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about woman, man, god

You should eat plentifully of the flesh of the turtle or not at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Make a virtue of necessity. [Claim credit for compulsory rectitude. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about virtue

If a man falls in love with a frog, he thinks his frog a very Diana.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about love, man

He who would speak well should well consider his subject beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about ancestors

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas. the worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck

Treachery will eventually betray itself; though wary enough at first.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Believe not that the stream is shallow because its surface is smooth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about faith

My inclination first leads me in one direction, then in the opposite.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

That which is wanting in some respects, may be made up for in others.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Be what you appear to be. [Act up to the reputation which you enjoy. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about prestige