More Latin Proverbs

Call on God, but row away from the rocks... >>

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day... >>

No peacock envies another peacock his tail.... >>

He is rich who owes nothing... >>

It is not a fish until it is on the bank... >>

Other Proverbs

The king goes as far as he can, not so far as he would.... (Spanish) >>

He who is shipwrecked the second time, cannot lay the blame ... (English) >>

He who is in the mud likes to get another into it.... (Spanish) >>

Tough times don't last but tough people do.... (French) >>

The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes... (Spanish) >>

To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fairest in creation.

- Latin Proverb