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Quotes by Latin Proverb

“Danger can never be overcome without taking risks”

“Injuries put us on our guard”

“We are the authors of our own disasters”

“Believe that you have it and you have it”

“Its an ill plan that cannot be changed”

“Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.”

“When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best”

“A man devoid of religion is like a horse without a bridle”

“If you share your friends crime, you make it your own”

“A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit”

“He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory”

“Even the just may sin with an open chest of gold before them”

“Stupidity is a force unto itself.”

“Sickness shows us what we are”

“It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise”

“Submission to one wrong brings on another”

“Even a hare will insult a dead lion”

“Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water”

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

“He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.”