More Latin Proverbs

What one knows it is sometimes useful to forget... >>

Night is the mother of council.... >>

The wolf changes his coat but not his nature... >>

Apples taste sweetest when they are going.... >>

To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature by art.... >>

Other Proverbs

She is good who is close to the fire and does not burn.... (Spanish) >>

Possession is nine tenths of the law.... (French) >>

I don't want it, I don't want it, but put it into my hood.... (Spanish) >>

Better give a penny then lend twenty.... (Italian) >>

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.... (Spanish) >>

He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.

- Latin Proverb