1,924 Latin Proverbs
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“I bear the laurel-branch.”
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“I beggar is not favoured even by his relations.”
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“I came, I saw, I won.”
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“I cannot get on with you, or without you.”
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“I have lost my labour and my cost.”
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“I have washed my hands of it.”
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“I kill the boars, but another eats the flesh.”
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“I know Simon, and Simon knows me. [A couple of rogues.]”
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“I prefer death to disgrace.”
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“I regret that I have given what I have.”
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“I shall paint you in your own colours. [Take you according to
your own showing.]”
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“I simply state what I have heard.”
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“I speak of garlic, you reply about onions. [I speak of one
thing, you reply what is wholly irrelevant.]”
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“I wince to win.”
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“I wish I were at home. [Oh! that I were out of this mess and in
safety.]”
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“I would not purchase it at the price of a rotten nut.”
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“I would rather be in an apple-tree, than a bad man in distress.”
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“I would rather buy than beg.”
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“Idleness is ever the root of indecision.”
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“If a man falls in love with a frog, he thinks his frog a very
Diana.”
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“If all men were on an equality, the consequence would be that all
must perish: for who would till the ground? who would sow it?
Who would plant? who would press wine?.”
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“If being well bearded brings happiness. a he-goat must be happier
than any of us.”
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“If better were within, better would come out.”
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“If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors--Rest,
cheerfulness, and moderate diet.”
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“If flesh is not to be had, fish must content us.”
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