Proverbs and old sayings Latin, page 95

2061 proverbs and old sayings latin

A mouse in pitch. [A man engaged in useless and perplexing inquiries. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

He who loves a one-eyed girl thinks that one-eyed girls are beautiful.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Fling him into the Nile, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about fishing

There grows not the herb, which can protect against the power of death.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about power, death

He keeps watch over a good castle who has guarded his own constitution.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck

Nothing bears a stronger resemblance to a madman than a man when drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing, man

Nobility of conduct is a greater recommendation than nobility of birth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about conduct

Married life without children is as the day deprived of the sun's rays.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about sun, children, life, day

The laughter, the tears, and the song of a woman are equally deceptive.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about laughter, tears, woman

It is said that for a sick man, there is hope as long as there is life.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hope, life, man

Mirth must be indulged in to prepare the mind for more serious matters.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind

It matters little whether we are the slaves of circumstance, or of man.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

From a simple spark there will often be produced a great conflagration.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

We start to die when we are born, and the end depends on the beginning.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about beginning, end, death

His wit got wings and would have flown, But poverty still kept him down.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about poverty

Men learn oratory by practice. [Practice in speaking makes us eloquent. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about oratory, man

I wish I were at home. [Oh! that I were out of this mess and in safety. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about safety, wish, home

All men grieve, and if you ask them the reason why, they cannot tell it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about reason, man

The wolf dances round the well. [Longing for the water he cannot reach. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about longing, water