Latin Via Proverbs: Home - Previous - Next

Group 116: Latin

1502. Alget qui non ardet.

1503. Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.

1504. Suo quisque studio gaudet.

1505. Sua cuique nocet stultitia.

1506. Suum cuique placet.

1507. Stercus cuique suum bene olet.

1508. Suus cuique crepitus bene olet.

1509. Meum mihi placet, illi suum.

1510. Aliud alios decet.

1511. Aliud cupido, mens aliud suadet.

1512. Alter frenis, alter eget calcaribus.

1513. Alter alterius auxilio eget.

1514. Duabus sellis sedet.

1515. Testimonium unius non valet.

1516. Sapiens a se ipso pendet.

1517. Homo doctus in se divitias semper habet.

1518. Alterum pedem in cymba Charontis habet.

1519. Longius aut propius mors sua quemque manet.

Audio

Study Guide

1502. He grows cold who does not burn. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1503. What is permitted to Jove is not permitted to an ox. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1504. Each person enjoys his own pursuit. (You can find this saying in Erasmus's Adagia, 3.10.2.)

1505. Each person's foolishness does him harm. (You can find this saying in Seneca.)

1506. Each person likes what is his. (You can also find this in the abbreviated form suum cuique; compare the English, "to each his own." You can see the phrase used in Pliny's Natural History.)

1507. Each person likes the smell of his own shit. (There's a most amusing essay about this saying at Laudator Temporis Acti, featuring the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, no less!')

1508. Each person likes the smell of his own fart. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1509. Mine pleases me, his pleases him. (You can find this saying in Cicero.)

1510. One thing suits some people, another things suits others. (You can find this saying in Quintilian.)

1511. Desire urges one thing, reason another. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1512. One person has need of reins, another of spurs. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1513. One person has need of another's help. (You can find this saying in Sallust.)

1514. He's sitting on two chairs. (You can find this in Seneca the Elder.)

1515. One person's testimony is of no account. (This is a Latin legal saying, the idea being that without corroborating testimony, one person's testimony is not valid. Compare this similar saying, testis unus, testis nullus, "one witness, no witness.")

1516. The wise man relies on himself. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1517. A learned person always has riches within himself. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1518. He's got one foot in Charon's boat. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

1519. Each person's death awaits him, sooner or later. (You can find this saying in Propertius.)