Proverbs and old sayings Latin, page 96

2061 proverbs and old sayings latin

When an observation by joke is true, it is out of place and ill-natured.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about joke

It is not at the altar that we should consider the course we would take.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The antidote before the poison. [To offer excuses before an accusation. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

We learn the value of things more in their loss than in their enjoyment.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about joy, value, things

It is better to enjoy what we possess than to hanker after other things.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about things

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about haughtiness, proudness, beauty

There is no good but contains some evil; no evil but contains some good.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck

To remove the hairs from a horse's tail, one by one must be plucked out.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Flight towards preferment will be but slow without some golden feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about flight

Differing in words, not in reality. [A verbal, not an actual difference. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about reality, word

Let the ignorant learn, and the learned delight in refreshing the memory.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about memory

It is the duty of a good sportsman to kill game freely, but not kill all.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about duty, games, good, good luck

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. [Fable of boy and wolf. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about truth

As numerous as the leaves of the oak, or the waves which wash the island.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is an absurdity that he should rule others who cannot command himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about rules

Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing

You should only believe half of what you see, and none of which you hear.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about faith

A physician is an angel when employed, but a devil when one must pay him.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about devil

No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes a lady.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about past