It flies at our approach but follows us as we retire. [A Shadow, Glory, or Love. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about glory, shadow, love
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What is an exalted position to a low fellow but a golden ring in a swine's snout?
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about sleep, drinking, good, good luck
No man can be happy without a friend, or be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about happiness, man
Nobility without wealth is more worthless than the seaweed which the tide has left.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth
Every innovation startles us more by its novelty than it benefits us by its utility.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about innovation, novelty
Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind another's business.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about affair, mind
Unaccustomed to wear them, he displays the breeches he has on to every one he meets.
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England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about paradise, hell
Test the danger by the Carians. [Practise new experiments on things of little value. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about tests, value, danger, things
It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, To see a man live poor to die rich.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth, death, man
The conqueror weeps, the conquered is ruined. [Both sides suffer in war or litigation. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about suffering, war
Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hell
When once at sea, do not long to be on shore. [Be satisfied with your calling in life. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about life
A wolf's head (on which a price was put). [An outlaw. A Pariah. Fair game for anybody. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about games, heads
Negation proves nothing. [Mere opposition to a theory does not commit you to anything. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing, contentment
Arms are of little service abroad unless directed by the wisdom of counsellors at home.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wisdom, home
A woman is to be from her house three times: when she is christened, married and buried.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about home, house, woman
If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors--Rest, cheerfulness, and moderate diet.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about diets, rest
Safely housed to listen to the storm outside. [To contemplate danger from a safe place. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about danger
