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107 Cards in this Set
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Alter frenis, alter eget calcaribus.
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One person has need of reins, another of spurs.
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Omnis est rex in domo sua
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Each man is king in his own home.
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Sto super vias antiquas
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I stand upon the old ways.
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Noli numerare pullos antequam nascuntur
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Don't count the chicks before they are born.
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Tangor, non frangor, ab undis.
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I am touched but not broken by the waves.
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Tempus est optimus iudex
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Time is the best judge.
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Repetitio mater memoriae
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Repetition is the mother of memory.
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Nihil annis velocius
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Nothing is faster than the years.
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Vivis piscibus aqua, mortuis vinum.
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Water for the live fish, wine for the dead ones.
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Te de aliis quam alios de te suavius est fieri doctos.
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It is a sweeter thing for you to become wise from others' mistakes than for others to become wise from your mistakes.
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Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam.
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If your wheel's broken, you better make your way on foot.
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Trium litterarum homo: fur.
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A man of five letters: thief.
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Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae
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There is no great talent without an admixture of madness
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Stercus optimum vestigium domini
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The master's footstep is the best fertilizer.
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Sol oculus mundi.
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The sun is the eye of the world.
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Non curat numerum lupus.
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The wolf doesn't worry about the number.
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Plus a medico quam a morbo periculi.
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More danger from the doctor than from the disease.
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Quo altior mons, tanto profundior vallis
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The higher the mountain, the lower the valley.
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Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina.
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Beneath the lamb's skin often lurks a wolf's mind.
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Non scholae sed vitae discimus.
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We learn, not for school, but for life.
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Non faciunt meliorem equum aurei freni.
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Golden reins do not make a better horse.
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Aqua et panis est vita canis.
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A dog's life is water and bread.
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Auribus oculi fideliores sunt
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The eyes are more trustworthy than the ears.
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Auro vitam venditat.
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He's putting his life up for sale in exchange for gold.
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Caesar non supra grammaticos.
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Caesar is not superior to the grammarians.
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Cani indicium sunt temporis, non sapientiae.
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White hair is a sign of time, not of wisdom.
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Cicada vocalior
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More talkative than a cricket.
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Cito maturum, cito putridum
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Quickly ripe, quickly rotten.
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Corruptissima respublica, plurimae leges
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The most corrupt state, the most laws
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Cupido atque ira consultores pessimi.
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Desire and Anger are the worst advisors.
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Ditior Croeso.
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Richer than Croesus.
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Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt.
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When fools try to avoid errors, they run into the opposite errors.
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E verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellum.
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We hold a donkey by the ear; we hold fools by their words
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Elephantus culicem non curat
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An elephant doesn't notice a gnat.
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Eloquentia sagitta.
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Eloquence is an arrow.
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Errores medicorum terra tegit
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The earth covers the doctors' mistakes.
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Est avis in dextra melior quam quattuor extra
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A bird in the right hand is better than four outside.
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Fabula, sed vera.
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A story, but a true one.
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Gloria cuique sua est.
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To each his own glory.
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Homines sunt eiusdem farinae
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People are (made) from the same flour.
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In tenebris salto.
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I take a leap in the shadows.
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Innocentia ubique tuta
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Innocence is safe everywhere.
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Intacta invidia media sunt.
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Middle things are untouched by envy.
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Longa est vita si plena est.
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Life is long, if it is full.
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Lupi apud oves custodes
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The wolves are watching over the sheep.
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Manus operarii corporis, digiti chordarum plectra.
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The hands are the body's workers, the fingers are pluckers of strings.
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Mutare non potest pardus varietates suas
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A leopard cannot change his spots
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Ne capra contra leonem
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A goat should not (confront) a lion.
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Nec caput nec pedes habet
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It hasn't got a head or feet.
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Nemo nisi sapiens liber est.
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No one, unless he is wise, is free.
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Morborum medicus omnium mors ultimus.
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The last doctor of every disease is death.
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O quantum est in rebus inane!
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Oh how much trivial stuff there is in the world!
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Fortuna imperatrix mundi.
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Fortune is the empress of the world.
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Regum fortuna casus praecipites rotat.
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Fortune spins the headlong downfalls of the kings.
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Dicunt enim et non faciunt
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For they speak, and do not do it.
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Numquam est fidelis cum potente societas
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An alliance with someone powerful is never reliable
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Nemo nisi sapiens liber est.
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No one, unless he is wise, is free.
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Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.
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The censor forgives the crows and harasses the doves.
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Ubi dolor, ibi digitus.
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Where there is pain, there the finger
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Multum, non multa.
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Much, not many.
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Dat verba in ventos.
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He's pouring words out on the winds.
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Si satis est, multum est.
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If it is enough, it is a great deal.
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Sub pallio sordido sapientia
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Beneath a filthy cloak, wisdom.
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Optimus magister bonus liber
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The best teacher is a good book.
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Stulti est compedes, licet aureas, amare.
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It is for a fool to love fetters, even though they be golden.
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Plures necat gula quam gladius.
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The gullet kills more than the sword.
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Sto in extrema tegula.
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I'm standing on the last roof tile
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Ut flatus venti, sic transit gloria mundi.
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Like a puff of wind, so passes the glory of the world.
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Celerius quam asparagi coquuntur.
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Faster than asparagus is cooked.
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Ex pede Herculem.
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You know Hercules by his foot.
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Manus digiti coaequales non sunt, omnes tamen usui.
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The fingers of the hand are not equal, but all are useful.
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Procul a Iove, procul a fulmine.
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Far from Jupiter, far from his thunderbolt.
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Lupus hiat.
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The wolf is gaping.
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Musica laetitiae comes, medicina dolorum.
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Music is a companion to joy and a medicine for pains.
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Cicada cicadae cara, formicae formica.
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Cricket is dear to cricket, ant to ant.
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Pisces natare doces.
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You're teaching fish how to swim.
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Philosophia vitae magistra.
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Philosophy is the teacher of life.
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Cum vino intrat, exit sapientia.
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When wine enters, wisdom exits.
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Asinus asinum fricat.
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One donkey scratches another donkey.
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Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat.
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Prosperity obtains friends, poverty puts them to the test.
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Improbe Neptunum accusat qui iterum naufragium facit.
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The man who shipwrecks a second time unjustly accuses Neptune.
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Omnia sapientibus facilia.
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All things are easy for the wise
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Facile omnes cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus.
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We all find it easy to give the right advice to the sick when we are well.
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In medio stat veritas.
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The truth stands in the middle.
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Durum ad nutum alterius ambulare
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It is a hard thing to walk according to someone else's nod.
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Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo.
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I have not, I lack not, I care not.
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In praetoriis leones, in castris lepores.
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In the palace, lions; in the camp, rabbits.
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Publica fama non semper vana.
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Common gossip is not always groundless.
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E verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellum.
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We hold a donkey by the ear; we hold fools by their words.
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In vestimentis non est sapientia mentis
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Wisdom of mind is not in the clothing
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Haec manus inimica tyrannis.
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This hand is hostile to tyrants.
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Animum debes mutare, non caelum.
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You should change your state of mind, not the sky.
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Cani indicium sunt temporis, non sapientiae.
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White hair is a sign of time, not of wisdom.
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Omne solum forti patria est ut piscibus aequor.
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Every land is a homeland for the courageous man, as water is a homeland for the fish.
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Anulus aureus in naribus suis.
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A gold ring in a pig's nose.
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Ars varia vulpi, ars una echino maxima.
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The fox has various tricks, the hedgehog has one trick, a great one.
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Aliis lingua, aliis dentes
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Some people have got tongues, other people have got teeth.
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Absque sanitate nemo felix.
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Without good health, no one is happy.
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Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial for a living man.
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Procul ex oculis, procul ex mente.
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Far away from the eyes, far away from the mind.
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Alius est amor, alius cupido
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Love is one thing, desire another.
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Mea mecum porto
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I carry my things with me.
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Cani indicium sunt temporis, non sapientiae
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White hair is a sign of time, not of wisdom.
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Fratrum inter se irae sunt acerbissimae
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Brothers hold their fiercest anger for one another.
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Sol oculus mundi
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The sun is the eye of the world.
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Alis luporum catulos
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You are raising wolf cubs.
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Necessitas artis magistra
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Necessity is the teacher of skill.
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