In regione caecorum rex est luscus.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. (Erasmus)
~ Latin ProverbsAdde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.
Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap. (Ovid)
~ Latin ProverbsBeneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.
To accept a favour is to sell one's freedom.
~ Latin Proverbs
De gustibus non est disputandum.
In matters of taste, there is no argument.
~ Latin ProverbsDulce bellum inexpertis.
War is sweet to those who have never fought.
~ Latin ProverbsDamnant quod non intelligunt.
They condemn what they do not understand.
~ Latin Proverbs
Cicatrix manet.
The scar remains.
~ Latin ProverbsAbsentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat.
To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.
~ Latin ProverbsCastigat ridendo mores.
One corrects customs by laughing at them.
~ Latin ProverbsVulpes pilum mutat, non mores!
A fox may change its skin but never its character.
~ Latin ProverbsAut viam inveniam aut faciam.
I'll either find a way or make one.
~ Latin ProverbsTimeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
I fear the Danaens [the Ancient Greeks] even if they bring presents.
(Virgil, Aeneid, 2, 49) Uttered by Laocoön as he warns his fellow Trojans against accepting the Trojan Horse.
~ Latin ProverbsDeos enim religuos accepimus, Caesares dedimus.
The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves.
~ Latin ProverbsUbi fumus, ibi ignis.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
~ Latin ProverbsTempus rerum imperator.
Time is sovereign over all things.
~ Latin ProverbsTempus anima rei.
Time is the soul of things.
~ Latin ProverbsCrede quod habes, et habes.
Believe that you have it, and you do.
~ Latin ProverbsCucullus non facit monachum.
The cowl does not make the monk.
~ Latin ProverbsCineri gloria sera venit.
Fame to the dead comes too late.
~ Latin ProverbsVasa vana plurimum sonant.
Empty pots make the most noise.
~ Latin ProverbsFlectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.
~ Latin Proverbs
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
~ Latin ProverbsAb ove maiori discit arare minor.
From the older ox the younger learns to plow.
~ Latin ProverbsCorruptisima re publica plurimae leges.
In the most corrupt state are the most laws. (Terence)
~ Latin ProverbsSum quod eris; fui quod es.
As you are, I was. As I am, you will be. (used on Roman tombstones).
~ Latin Proverbs
Cineri gloria sera est.
Glory paid to ashes comes too late.
~ Latin ProverbsLegum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free.
~ Latin ProverbsSol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines for everyone.
~ Latin Proverbs
Vincit omnia veritas.
Truth conquers all.
~ Latin Proverbs
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.
Arapaho ~ Native American Proverbs
Hope is the physician of each misery.
~ Irish Proverbs
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
~ John F. Kennedy
