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Group 177: Latin

2287. Sedulo numen adest.

2288. Deus otiosis non adest.

2289. Quid est veritas? Est vir qui adest.

2290. Nocte iam color unus inest rebus.

2291. Formicae sua bilis inest, habet et musca splenem.

2292. Inest sua gratia parvis.

2293. Amicitia semper prodest.

2294. Dulce pomum cum abest custos.

2295. Meliora supersunt.

2296. Di fortioribus adsunt.

2297. Cum re opus est, nihil prosunt verba.

2298. Stemmata quid prosunt, si virtus deficit omnis?

2299. Desunt inopiae multa, avaritiae omnia.

2300. Mus salit in stratum dum scit abesse cattum.

2301. Canis caninam non est.

2302. Pisces minutos magnus comest.

2303. Si lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum.

Study Guide

2287. Divine approval attends the one who is persistent.

2288. God does not attend people who are lazy.

2289. What is truth? He is the man who is here.

2290. At night, things now have a single color.

2291. The ant has her bile; even the fly has her spleen.

2292. There is a charm in small things.

2293. Friendship is always useful.

2294. Sweet is the fruit when the guardian is away.

2295. The better things survive.

2296. The gods attend people who are strong.

2297. When there is need of a deed, words accomplish nothing.

2298. What good are pedigrees, if personal worth is completely lacking?

2299. Poverty is a lack of many things; greed is a lack of all.

2300. The mouse jumps on the bed when it knows the cat is gone.

2301. A dog does not eat dog flesh.

2302. The big fish eats the little ones.

2303. If a wolf eats a lamb, it is no big surprise.