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Group 41: Latin

555. Bellorum exitus incerti.

556. Longae regum manus.

557. Manus operarii corporis, digiti chordarum plectra.

558. Manus digiti coaequales non sunt, omnes tamen usui.

559. Per fluctus ad oram.

560. Post tot naufragia portum.

561. In portu quies.

562. Magno iam conatu magnas nugas.

563. Non luctu, sed remedio opus est in malis.

564. Sapientia est filia usus et memoriae.

565. Domi leones, foras vulpes.

566. Domi Argus, foris talpa.

567. Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.

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555. The outcomes of wars are uncertain. (You can find this saying in Cicero. Compare the use of the singular exitus in Proverb 549. Varius et dubius est belli eventus.)

556. Long are the hands of kings. (You can read a brief essay about this proverb at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

557. The hands of the body are its workers, and the fingers are the pluckers of its strings. (You can read a brief essay about this proverb at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

558. The fingers of the hand are not equal to one another, but they are all useful. (You can read a brief essay about this proverb at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

559. Through the waves to the shore. (Notice that fluctus is accusative plural, with the preposition per.)

560. After so many shipwrecks, the harbor. (Notice that portum is in the accusative, so you can supply a verb in English, such as "we reach the harbor," "we find a haven," etc.)

561. In the harbor, calm. (You can also add a verb to the English translation: "In the harbor, there is calm.")

562. Now after great effort, great trifles. (This is a saying adapted from Terence. Notice that nugas is in the accusative, so that you can supply a verb in English: I've ended up with great trifles, you've got great trifles, etc.)

563. In troubles, there is need, not of grief, but of remedy. (This saying appears in Erasmus's Adagia, 3.9.41.)

564. Wisdom is the daughter of practice and of memory. (You will find this saying in Aulus Gellius, who cites Afranius.)

565. Lions at home, foxes abroad. (You can find this saying in Petronius.)

566. An Argus at home, a mole outdoors. (Argus was a hundred-eyed giant, referred to as Argus Panoptes, "Argus the All-Seeing." The mole, on the other hand, was proverbial for its poor eyesight.)

567. Weapons are of little value abroad, unless there is deliberation at home. (You can find this saying in Cicero.)