From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about ancestors
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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, contentment
Do chattering monkeys mimic men, Or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man
As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the wicked man by his deeds.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about deeds, man
Now I have got a ewe and a lamb, Every one cries, Welcome, Peter.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Now it rains, and again the sun shines forth brightly in the heavens.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about sun
Where curiosity is not the purveyor, detraction will soon be starved.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about curiosity
He seeks to live like a parasite. [He wants to sponge upon somebody. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Let it be well recorded that a harlot is a gate which leads to death.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about death
What though his hair be gray, his mind is no less vigorous than ever.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind
He is wise in vain who does not use his wisdom for his own advantage.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about use, wisdom
The ox in a strange stall often casts a longing look towards the door.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about longing
A man as he manages himself may die old at thirty, or young at eighty.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about death, man, old, olderness
A few things gained by fraud destroy a fortune otherwise honestly won.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about destruction, wealth, things
