Vices creep into our hearts under the name of virtue.
—Latin Proverb
We are content to forgo joy when pain is also lost.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Blessings
If there is no wind, row.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Confidence, Self-reliance
He fights with spirit as well as with the sword.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Warfare, Enthusiasm
The doctor is to be feared more than the disease
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Doctors
Bad beginnings lead to bad results.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Beginning
Where curiosity is not the purveyor, detraction will soon be starved.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Curiosity
Bold in design, but timid in execution.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Design
Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Speech
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Adversity
Wine is given to bring mirth not drunkenness.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit.
—Latin Proverb
It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one’s present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Drinking, Proverbs, Wine
It is easy to be generous with other people’s money.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Wealth, Money
Practice is the best master.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Practice
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Wisdom
Respect is greater from a distance.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Fashion
Every madman thinks all other men mad.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Sanity, Madness, Proverbs
Who loves me loves my dog.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Animals
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Fortune
To silence another, first be silent yourself.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Silence
My inclination first leads me in one direction, then in the opposite.
—Latin Proverb
Let him who exhorts others to give, give himself.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Giving
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Profit, Economy, Wealth
Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Doubt, Skepticism
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Appreciation, Perspective
Many promises impair confidence.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Confidence
The beginning is half of the whole.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Beginning
A poor joke must invent its own laughter.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Humor