Beware of the man of one book.
—Latin Proverb
To win a war quickly takes long preparation.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Preparation
Hidden valor is as bad as cowardice.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Courage
Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Attitude, Open-mindedness
Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Speech
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Fortune
No gain satisfies a greedy mind.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Appreciation, Gratitude, Blessings
Let him who exhorts others to give, give himself.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Giving
Once in each man’s life fortune smiles.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Smile
A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Love, Proverbs
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Profit, Wealth, Economy
Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more; for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Time Management, Value of a Day
Danger can never by overcome without taking risks.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Risk, Danger
Deliberate often – decide once.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Thinking
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Appreciation, Perspective
Nothing bears a stronger resemblance to a madman than a man when drunk.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Bold in design, but timid in execution.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Design
Revenge is a confession of pain.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Tragedy, Revenge, Proverbs
We all envy other people’s luck.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Reality, Opportunities
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Right, Rightness
If there is no wind, row.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Confidence, Self-reliance
We are content to forgo joy when pain is also lost.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Blessings
A drunken man, when asleep, is better left alone.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
Many promises impair confidence.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Confidence
Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Fashion
The acquisition of wealth is a work of great labor; its possession a source of continual fear; its loss, of excessive grief.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Wealth
Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Instincts, Reason
A good beginning ensures a good ending.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Beginning
We learn the value of things more in their loss than in their enjoyment.
—Latin Proverb
Topics: Enjoyment
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