1,924 Latin Proverbs
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“Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be
harmed unless you have sore places.”
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“Feigned love is worse than hatred.”
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“Fetters of gold are still fetters, and silken cords pinch.”
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“Fight with silver spears, and you will overcome everything.”
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“Figs he calls figs, a spade a spade. [Said of a man who speaks
with sincerity and means what he says.]”
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“Fill your garners, harvest lasts not for ever.”
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“Find a cruel man and you see a coward.”
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“Find words butter no parsnips.”
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“Find you without an excuse, and find a hare without a meuse.”
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“Finders keepers losers weepers.”
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“Findings keepings.”
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“Fire will not put out fire. Anger is not appeased by anger.”
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“Fire, the sea, and woman; these are three ills.”
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“Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy.”
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“Flies, dogs. and mimics are the first to rush to the dish.”
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“Flight towards preferment will be but slow without some golden
feathers.”
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“Fling him into the Nile, and he will come up with a fish in his
mouth.”
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“For a paltry gift, little thanks.”
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“For God and our country.”
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“For our altars and our hearths.”
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“For the king, the laws and the people.”
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“For the last comer the bones.”
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“Force not favours on the unwilling.”
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“Forget not that you are a man.”
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“Forgetting trouble is the way to cure it.”
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